The votes are in! And, overwhelmingly, you’ve decided: The duke of dukes goes to Rudy Giuliani, once dubbed America’s mayor and of late America’s sinister buffoon.
There may be some recency bias in favor of Rudy but I think it also reflects a sense that even gonzo over-the-top venal corruption can do real damage in addition to being gobsmackingly outrageous.
ETA: Duke was mainly just his own ineluctably venal self, Rudy was that but also a feature and symbol of a system awry.
Rudy is Forrest Gump prevailing over Pulp Fiction. An entertainingly incompetent Zelig flitting in and out of history, who the uneducated masses found more surface-level appealing than a master of corruption playing the game at the highest levels, and doing it all on a party boat that he obtained as part of the grift. Mark my words, the Academy will regret this vote.
Rudy has always disgusted me and a lot of New Yorkers. When he was branded “America’s Mayor” after 911 I was afraid my eyes might lock in the rolled position. America’s Mayor, you might as well call me Hawaii’s Pole Vaulter. It’s just as random and makes about as much sense.
Wrong frat boy. That’s Gorsuch’s mom Anne. Apparently when Neil was a lad he was quite upset at how she was treated. His law school for kids book must of had something about contempt of court being a bad thing and superfund sites aren’t comic book heroes.
Really think wholesale renaming. Duke merely accepted bribes from American defense contractors, he didn’t actively collude with enemy nations to undermine our government, try to kidnap people and betray his country.