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misanthrope

(7,411 posts)
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:05 PM Jan 2019

How fitting that on today's 20th anniversary of "The Sopranos" premiere we have a mobster POTUS

running a protection racket on the nation as we speak. He's "burning it down" unless we shell out what he wants.

His "tax relief legislation," was that the "bust out?" Or is there more to come?

We're two years into a coast-to-coast grift and there's no sign that enough people care to really put an end to it.

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How fitting that on today's 20th anniversary of "The Sopranos" premiere we have a mobster POTUS (Original Post) misanthrope Jan 2019 OP
Some similarities as far as the sociopathic criminal part Bradshaw3 Jan 2019 #1
I just finished bdamomma Jan 2019 #2
I've always thought, that if fuckface is analagous to any charactar on that show, it's Davey Scatino anarch Jan 2019 #3
Big difference I see between Trump and Scatino misanthrope Jan 2019 #4
ha, yeah, but he was kinda associating with Tony's crew and pretending to be part of it anarch Jan 2019 #5

Bradshaw3

(7,515 posts)
1. Some similarities as far as the sociopathic criminal part
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:13 PM
Jan 2019

But Tony was actually a competent, rational (for his sphere) mob boss. Of course he and dump share many characteristics such as pathological lying, narcissism, criminal mindset, etc.

I've been watching it off and on for the past few days and one of the things that struck me today is Hesh in one episode saying how Tony had changed recently, as part of the final season; then ghostwriter Tony Schwarz on Ari right after saying that drumpf had always been screwed up but he got much worse after being elected. I made a connection there between the two.

bdamomma

(63,840 posts)
2. I just finished
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:21 PM
Jan 2019

watching episodes of The Sopranos on HBO2. I still wonder if Tony and his family were in harms way the last episode when it ended abruptly what a great show.

There will never be such a great cast, and leading man James Gandolfini,

We have a con man SOB who illegally got in and is ruining this country.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
3. I've always thought, that if fuckface is analagous to any charactar on that show, it's Davey Scatino
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:14 PM
Jan 2019

The sports store owner that gets into debt to Tony, and the crew ends up busting out his store to collect. As in DJT=Davey, the Soprano crew = the Russians, and Ramsey Outdoor = the U.S.

If not familiar with the show, Davey is the guy on the phone at the start of this:




anarch

(6,535 posts)
5. ha, yeah, but he was kinda associating with Tony's crew and pretending to be part of it
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:14 AM
Jan 2019

When in reality he was just being taken advantage of by smarter, tougher people. I find it to be roughly analogous...my main point being, the U.S. is basically being busted out by organized crime.

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