Frank Rich: Cheney v Gotti

"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."


I think the mob was more honorable.

Dowd: Tale of Two Tonys, unsatisfying endings

I am one of few people on the planet who didn't get catch Soprano fever. The violence was simply too much for me. While the world was watching the finale, I was in a local pub with a few of my former ball players plotting my return to the team.

Dowd like many fans was not happy how the show left you "hangin." Many contacted their local cable company believing there was a blackout.

Oh how I wish, the voting public would contact their elected leaders with the same zeal when meaningless bills are passed and we are left "hangin."

Cheney is no Tony Soprano

You may not like the mob but they have their own set of rules.

HHHHMMM this does sound like the current WH occupants.