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I think you have to play the game on every level. If you need a friendly, charismatic, good-looking guy to be the mouthpiece, then so be it. And maybe Ralph Nader should just be behind the scenes telling that guy what to say.

Aaron McGruder

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Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
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When the news is slow, or when there's just so many other responsibilities bearing down on me that I don't have the time to do it right, that's when it gets frustrating. As an artist, you just don't wanna put bad work out. So when you have to do it seven days a week, you're just gonna have some bad days and bad weeks and bad months and bad years.
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
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Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you’re not left believing everything they’re telling you.
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Fame is not your friend. It ain't necessarily your enemy. It is what it is.
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I guess I was a conspiracy theorist when I said no weapons in Iraq. Now they call that history.
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But I know that in Toronto and Vancouver there are all the comforts of America, and yet there's a difference in the people, and I had health care.
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The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.
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I'm actually kind of angriest about the fact that everybody keeps saying how angry I am.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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It may sound weird, but I don't really look for culture, particularly in an American city.
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Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.
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I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand fairness and be able to verify each vote. And other countries can do this fairly easily. So I don't think you really want democracy if you're not willing to take that first step.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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I think, being a public figure - which, I have to admit, I guess I'm largely responsible for, in terms of going out and putting myself out there - comes with its own burdens, and its own things that cause you stress, and its own worries.
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Obviously, there's a million things we're allowed to say on late-night cable that you're not allowed to say on a prime time broadcast.
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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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Fidel Castro just talked a long time, and he talked and he talked and he talked and he talked... and he talked during the meeting. I think it was about four hours. But I guess that's part of the Castro spirit.
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