FRANK RICH: Scooter’s Sopranos Go to the Mattresses

[kevinmc]

AS a weary nation awaited the fade-out of "The Sopranos" last Sunday, the widow of the actual Mafia don John Gotti visited his tomb in Queens to observe the fifth anniversary of his death. Victoria Gotti was not pleased to find reporters lying in wait.


"It's disgusting that people are still obsessed with Gotti and the mob," she told The Daily News. "They should be obsessed with that mob in Washington. They have 3,000 deaths on their hands." She demanded to know if the president and vice president have relatives on the front lines. "Every time I watch the news and I hear of another death," she said, "it sickens me."

Far be it from me to cross any member of the Gotti family, but there's nothing wrong with being obsessed with both mobs. Now that the approval rating for the entire Washington franchise, the president and Congress alike, has plummeted into the 20s, we need any distraction we can get; the Mafia is a welcome nostalgic escape from a gridlocked government at home and epic violence abroad.

But unlikely moral arbiter that Mrs. Gotti may be, she does have a point. As the Iraq war careens toward a denouement as black, unresolved and terrifying as David Chase's inspired "Sopranos" finale, the mob in the capital deserves at least equal attention. John Gotti, the last don, is dead. Mr. Chase's series is over. But the deaths on the nightly news are coming as fast as ever. .....

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/06/frank-rich-scooters-sopranos-go-to.html

[bleever]

1. That's a good read.

"But what makes these letters rise above inanity is the portrait they provide of a wartime capital cut adrift from moral bearings."

K&R.

[ribrepin]

2. Recommended for the 5th time

Very well written article. Author equates the Bush administration to the mob. John Gotti could only dream of the scams these A-holes are pulling off. Gotti stole chicken feed compared to these guys and his death count wasn't even close.

Off to the greateest page.

[Burried News]

3. Great article ... I like this tidbit re Rove and Fleisher

"And that he compounded the original lies by lying repeatedly to investigators pursuing an inquiry that without his interference might have nailed others now known to have also leaked Valerie Wilson's identity (Richard Armitage, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer)."

That Fleisher is out of the public eye for this whole thing is especially annoying, since he was for a significant time a catapult for the propaganda.

[Olney Blue]

4. Great article.

[Jade Fox]

5. "Discussed, even mocked by bloggers..."

Hey, it's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it!! :patriot: