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
It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
Teen pregnancy went way down in the '90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
I've spent my entire career being a satirist.
My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's usually a sense of my understanding what the best course of action or the best thing for me to do. By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.
When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
What you see on the campaign trail is me. It's easy being me.
There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations.
Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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.