The Commissioner met him on New Years Eve 1999 in Palm Springs. It went like this: Commish: Hello Mr. Rooney - great show. Rooney: Who are you? Commish: The brother in law of your band leader. Rooney: Oh. And he walked away.
He ran for President twice. Apparently he was way, WAY too smart for that job.
(d) August 25th, 2018