Wrong again. Al D'Amato was a very, very shrewd politician in his day, an excellent tactician, and now he's one of the wealthiest lobbyists in the New York area. He may be a lot of things, but "doofus" is not one of them.
Yeah, but he was also always a doofus. The Claudia Cohen "I'm in love" press conference, the Judge Ito impersonations, the "Old MacDonald" signing on the Senate floor.
I always had a lot of respect for Al D'Amato, actually. I almost puked wheh "Up Chuck" Schumer beat him. I really thought Al would whoop him and we'd be rid of Chuckie once and for all. Too bad it didn't work out that way.
Dumb-auto is a walking ethnic stereotype from Lawn Guyland who lost to another walking ethnic stereotype from Brooklyn (Schmucky Chucky).