To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.

  • -- Al Franken 弗兰肯

要证明媒体有左派、右派、自由派或保守派的偏见,就像问基地组织的问题是否在于他们在鹰嘴豆泥中使用了太多的石油。

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A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I'm somewhere in between: I believe water should be free, but that water flows downhill.

自由主义者是相信水可以流到山上的人。保守主义者认为每个人都应该为自己的水付费。我的观点介于两者之间:我认为水应该是免费的,但水是往下坡流的。

That's what they do in Europe. You go down to the city hall and you become legally connected. You have a civil union there. Then, if you're religious, you go down to the church, and the church blesses the union. That gets the problem

这就是他们在欧洲所做的。你走到市政厅,在法律上与他们建立了联系。那里有一个公民联盟。然后,如果你信教,你去教堂,教堂祝福联邦。这就有问题了

We ought not to be looking for something spectacular but rather develop a plan in conjunction with the White House to work our way out of this problem over the next six weeks.

我们不应该寻求什么宏伟的计划,而是应该与白宫共同制定一个计划,在未来六周内解决这个问题。

Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it.

对我来说,争论就是我呼吸的空气。无论提出什么主张,我都不能不相信对方,不能不为它辩护。

To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains.

重复别人说过的话,需要教育,挑战它,需要智慧。

A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.

保守主义者认为富人应该公平交易。