I’ve been playing around with some tweets the last couple of days in the wake of the Michael Cohen investigation. When I saw the picture of Michael Cohen hanging around his posse yesterday I couldn’t help but think of Fredo in the The Godfather 2:
Fredo holding court. “He said there was somethin’ in it for me. On my own…It ain’t the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I’m smart! Not like everybody says! Like, dumb. I’m smart, and I want respect!” #Godfather2 #fredo #michaelcohen #MuellerIsComingForYou pic.twitter.com/hpFI9Pw8Ec
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) April 14, 2018
Or maybe Carlo Rizzi from The Godfather is more appropriate. Here is holding court before he gets beat up by Sonny Corleone:
Or how about this: #godfather #carlorizzi #michaelcohen #MuellerIsComingForYou #sonnyiscomingforyou pic.twitter.com/vHc0g7ylwD
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) April 14, 2018
And then there was this photo of a guy whispering something in Cohen’s ear. Who was this guy? It reminded me of this classic scene near the end of Godfather 2:
1/ Tom Hagen: When a plot against the Emperor failed… the plotters were always given a chance to let their families keep their fortunes. Right? #godfather #michaelcohen pic.twitter.com/E9vJj4JygQ
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) April 15, 2018
2/Frank Pentangeli: Yeah, but only the rich guys, Tom. The little guys got knocked off and all their estates went to the Emperors. Unless they went home and killed themselves, then nothing happened. And the families… the families were taken care of. #godfather #michaelcohen pic.twitter.com/lyF17RrWgZ
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) April 15, 2018
3/Tom Hagen: That was a good break. A nice deal.
Frank Pentangeli: Yeah… They went home… and sat in a hot bath… opened up their veins… and bled to death… and sometimes they had a little party before they did it. #godfather #michaelcohen #metaphorically pic.twitter.com/WckHIXzQ3p
— John Fea (@JohnFea1) April 15, 2018
