Most old bums start out as young bums. They cut school, they hung out ... until one day they were gray-headed, no teeth in their mouth, and the young guy that everybody thought was cool was just an old bum on his way to old bumblehood. That's a new word. Trust me. Write that down.
—Al Sharpton, American clergyman and civil rights activist, The Weekly Standard, February 23, 2004

Posted on February 19, 2004 at 10:47 AM

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