John Oliver, star of my current favorite TV show, has succeeded in his campaign to have the pūteketeke named as Bird of the Century in a national poll in New Zealand. Apparently, it wasn't even close with the pūteketeke receiving more than 290,000 votes. The kiwi (with 12,904) and the kea (with 12,060 votes) placing a distant second and third. Next Sunday when Mr. Oliver takes his well-earned victory lap, he will probably announce that the kiwi is claiming the vote was rigged and has hired Rudy Giuliani to contest the results in court.
I'm hoping Oliver can drum up the same kind of landslide for the Democratic nominee in the next presidential election. I still have this strange hunch it will not be Joe Biden but I wouldn't mind seeing Oliver make the rounds of the talk shows in a huge Joe Biden costume.