Al Franken
Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Frankenis an American comedian, actor, politician, and writer. He is currently the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a writer and performer on the television comedy show Saturday Night Live. After several decades as a comedic actor and writer, he became a prominent liberal political activist. Franken was elected to the United States Senate in 2008, narrowly defeating incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman. Franken is a member...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 May 1951
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
You don't stand up and say 'Your president is lying to you and you are dying for no reason.' I don't do that joke.
When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.
If we have George W. Bush as president, we're going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president.
During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, 'There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.'
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
I'm neutral in this race but I'm for freedom of speech, which means people should be able to assemble and speak without being shouted down.
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog-one it, people like me.
If Kerry and Bush supporters can put aside their differences for a day to compete, well then, so can Bill O'Reilly and I,
not good enough to be endorsed by Fox News.
Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
The irony upon irony of this lawsuit was great. First, Fox having the trademark 'fair and balanced' -- a network which is anything but fair and balanced. Then there's the irony of a news organization trying to suppress free speech.
The USO invited me, and when they did, I said yes immediately.