October 26, 2007
'You May Sleep On A Bench, But I'm At 8 Percent!'
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And so, I present, Al Taubenberger's quote to a group of homeless people at yesterday's homeless rally.
"Wanna hear the title of a sad book? My check book."
Al Taubenberger's check book is probably not as big as Michael Nutter's. But, hey, he has a check book.
Tune in tomorrow, when Taubenberger addresses a group of wildfire victims in California who lost their house and complains about how he could really use a new bathroom.
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Posted by D-Mac on October 26, 2007 08:40 AM
Posted to Al Taubenberger
, Check Books
, Finances
, Funny Quotes
, Homelessness
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Sounds more like a joke gone bad than Al trying to say something bad to me. What about the rest of his time there? You picked one bad thing. He was also stressing that in order to combat homelessness, Philadelphia needs jobs more than government assistant programs, something I agree with completely.
Posted by: Larry West at October 26, 2007 11:31 AM
I happened to be there. Towards the end of his speech, poor and homeless people started shouting things out at him. Al, meaning well but in a kind of boneheaded way, thought it was a good idea to address each thing and defend the fact that he isn't well-off financially. If you're defending the fact that you don't make a lot of money and hate paying your mortgage to homeless people, that's brain dead.
Posted by: yeah at October 26, 2007 06:10 PM
No, it means he isn't a politician. Vote for the outsider!
Posted by: Anonymous at October 26, 2007 06:44 PM
Probably the most braindead thing I've heard any politician say all year, and that is truly an accomplishment.
Posted by: TJ at October 26, 2007 10:31 AM