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Liberal Hall of Shame
"We are flaming swords of justice," Franken told a cheering crowd at a party to launch the network Tuesday night. "Bush is going down, he is going down, he is going down. And we're going to help him." Liberal Radio Talk Show Launched
CBS Sunday Morning contributor Nancy Giles on October 5.
You know. I'm not that left-wing. I mean, but I'm a liberal and I'm not going to stand for this baloney that's coming from the right. I just won't stand for it anymore. AL FRANKEN October 2003
One thing I've noticed: Steve Forbes when he speaks almost never blinks. He has this weird stare while he's speaking, he's very programmed. It's amazing that Forbes is getting this far. I mean, the flat tax guy won't release his own tax form. I hope the guy gets nominated. It would be hilarious. He was asked in the Iowa debate, "How much would you save with the flat tax?" He sidestepped the question. But according to Fortune magazine he's worth $430 million; so if he's a mildly competent investor he would make $43 million a year on interest, at 10%. And he would pay no taxes on that $43 million, because the flat tax would eliminate taxes on interest and capital gains. His flat tax would save millions for his siblings too. So, come on Republicans, please, please nominate him. But I think they'll pick Dole. mean three of those guys -- Dornan, Keyes and Taylor -- could be certifiably crazy, you know what I mean? The SALON Interview AL FRANKEN
I have, to some degree. It just drives me nuts that these guys have stolen values, when they’re corrupt, dishonest, greedy. They hire people by cronyism. They hijack religion and Jesus, when Jesus talked about helping the poor. As I always say, if you cut out every passage in the New Testament where Jesus talks about helping the poor, or helping the least among us – if you cut out each one of those passages, you’d have the perfect box to smuggle Rush Limbaugh’s drugs. March 8, 2006
I hadn't really thought of that until this book. I thought of most comedians as liberal, most people in show business as liberal. But when the book came out, people said to me, "Thank God, finally, a funny liberal." And I'm going, "Liberals aren't funny? I thought we were. Oh, I guess we aren't." Yeah. I felt that my task in the book was really to go after the right the way the right goes after the Clintons. I have this chapter making fun of the various conspiracy theories about Vince Foster. Interviewed By Richard Blow November/December 1996
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I think the president -- I think people have to remember back to September 12, 2001. We were the most united we had ever been in our history that I can remember. And we had the world behind us. And I think the president hijacked 9/11 and used it to go to war with Iraq, in a way that was very divisive. And I think he was divisive by holding the-having the vote on the resolution for him to use force right before the election, and the way he used the Department of Homeland Security, which, if you see four years later, he hasn't really taken seriously at all. TRANSCRIPT MSNBC Updated: 8:46 a.m. PT Dec 8, 2005 |
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