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| | *"Nobody likes getting an abortion. Except perhaps, rape victims." <ref>''The Truth (With Jokes)'' p. 124</ref> | | *"Nobody likes getting an abortion. Except perhaps, rape victims." <ref>''The Truth (With Jokes)'' p. 124</ref> |
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| − | *Of how big an a-s [[Brit Hume]] is, and how shamless, how f*cking shamless these people are, these people are so f*cking shamless." <ref>Howard Dean fundrasier, 2003</ref> | + | *Of how big an a-s [[Brit Hume]] is, and how shameless, how f---ing shameless these people are, these people are so f---ing shamless." <ref>[[Howard Dean]] fundraiser, 2003</ref> |
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| | *"Ever tempted to run for office yourself?" Franken replied, "Oh, no! First of all, if I took one vote away from a serious candidate, it would be a sin." <ref>''Time'' magazine, 09/01/03</ref> | | *"Ever tempted to run for office yourself?" Franken replied, "Oh, no! First of all, if I took one vote away from a serious candidate, it would be a sin." <ref>''Time'' magazine, 09/01/03</ref> |
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| | *"The shocking thing about crack is how fast the addiction runs its course. It's not unusual for alcoholics to take 20 or 30 years to hit bottom. Cocaine addicts take maybe a couple of years. Crack, a form of cocaine, usually is a matter of months. The Reagan Administration has been the crack of our nation's debt addiction. And [[Ronald Reagan]], the crack dealer." <ref>"Addictions and Mr. Reagan" by Al Franken, ''The New York Times'', 7/19/88</ref> | | *"The shocking thing about crack is how fast the addiction runs its course. It's not unusual for alcoholics to take 20 or 30 years to hit bottom. Cocaine addicts take maybe a couple of years. Crack, a form of cocaine, usually is a matter of months. The Reagan Administration has been the crack of our nation's debt addiction. And [[Ronald Reagan]], the crack dealer." <ref>"Addictions and Mr. Reagan" by Al Franken, ''The New York Times'', 7/19/88</ref> |
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| − | *"In an odd way, I blame Linda Tripp and Ann Coulter for Sept. 11, because if they hadn't dug this stuff up, it may not have happened," Franken on-air comment following separate interviews about 'wagging the dog,' a reference to conservative accusations that Clinton diverted attention from the Monica Lewinsky scandal by launching attacks on terrorists.<ref>''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', 4/7/04</ref> | + | *"In an odd way, I blame [[Linda Tripp]] and Ann Coulter for Sept. 11, because if they hadn't dug this stuff up, it may not have happened," Franken on-air comment following separate interviews about 'wagging the dog,' a reference to conservative accusations that Clinton diverted attention from the Monica Lewinsky scandal by launching attacks on terrorists.<ref>''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', 4/7/04</ref> |
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| | *"I think, for example, "under God" probably shouldn't be in the Pledge of Allegiance, it wasn't put in there since, like the 50's, but it's not that big a deal to me. "In God we trust" probably shouldn't be on the coin. I don't care." <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rmm5ioINl4</ref> | | *"I think, for example, "under God" probably shouldn't be in the Pledge of Allegiance, it wasn't put in there since, like the 50's, but it's not that big a deal to me. "In God we trust" probably shouldn't be on the coin. I don't care." <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rmm5ioINl4</ref> |