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D'Amato is the éminence grise (or perhaps the éminence noire ) of the corrupt Nassau County Republican machine.
As a registered pedant, I cannot refrain from posing this political trivia question: Who was the original éminence grise on whom Shearer's word play is based?
If this is too easy, consider this bonus question: Who was the éminence rouge ? Hint: Ralph Reed, mutatis mutandis, would be a natural candidate for the title of "éminence blanche ."
Harry Shearer refers to Mike Deavers as the éminence cerise of the convention "Diary."