Cenk Uygur Quotes
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When's the last time CNN broke an important story or really made the government angry? I literally can't remember. That's because they're built to be inoffensive. They do the opposite of watchdog journalism. They simply pass on the government's message to their audience.
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I love doing talk shows.
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Our number one agenda is to get money out of politics, to drain the swamp, but not in the way that Trump said. He stacked his cabinet full of Goldman Sachs guys.
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I want to steer the national conversation in the right direction, from my point of view. I want to get under Robert Gibbs' skin and Rahm Emanuel's skin and Barack Obama's skin.
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There are a lot of things wrong with the country, and that doesn't mean America sucks. It means we should improve it.
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Jeremy Corbin is a little too liberal for me.
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If I get hungry, I get cranky on air.
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I have no love for the Republicans, but the Democrats drive me absolutely crazy.
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The American media is delivering nothing but fakeness.
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The older generation grew up on blow-dried anchors, plastic politicians, and an ocean of pretense. Realness seems unvarnished and unpolished to them.
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I had one of the best nights of my life at Mardi Gras.
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If you love what you do, you're going to work hard enough at it in order to succeed. If you don't love what you do, you're never going to be able to work hard enough to make it work.
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I think President Obama is clearly, you know, a Republican. I know, because in the 1990s I was a Republican, and he's way to the right of me, and I've hardly changed any positions.
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In politics, name recognition matters a lot.
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I don't have to do something I'm not comfortable with just to be on television.
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Trump is a maniac.
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If I'm working on the Internet, you know, it's different than working on television.
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I think a progressive is someone who cares to expand freedom for everybody.
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The devil I know is the establishment, and I'm gonna beat that devil.
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I've criticized myself over the years.
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The Republicans love alpha-males, and they're sick of the corruption, too. Not that Trump will do anything about it. But at least he's not bought. And he throws in just the right amount of racism to appeal to the Republican base.
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I didn't want to be a senator, but I considered it anyway.
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I grew up in Jersey. I've been to the Jersey Shore countless times. I've lived it.
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Liberty is the most important thing.