Rooney’s Racism, on ’60 Minutes’

I’m in a sour mood today. Last night the usually-enjoyable Andy Rooney was putting down the presidential candidates because of their names. What if Rudy Giuliani had been George Washington; how would it sound to go to Giuliani, D.C.? That kind of shtik. He threw in a swipe at Huckabee, and Romney too, but those felt like figleaves the producers threw in after the fact. His real target was ethnics with strange names, like Obama and Giuliani. You’re old Andy. Get used to it, or get out of the way.