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
I'm for Israel's right to exist.
I don't know what happens to you after you die. I'm not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
I don't know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can't see it.
I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.
The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
I couldn't think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow's leaders.
I believe people have a right to know what's going on with their information and how it's collected, how it's stored and who gets it.