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Corleone Correlations
Posted by Karl on May 1st, 2008
2008
May 1
Hulsman and Mitchell wrote an excellent article for National Interest wherein they draw parallels between characters in The Godfather and American politics. I think their take on Tom, the consigliere, and Sonny are right on the money. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that there is a MIchael Corleone candidate. I think the parallels most closely align as follows: Hillary Clinton was represented by Tom Hagen; George W. Bush/John McCain was represented by Sonny Corleone; and Barack Obama was represented by Virgil Sollozzo (he seems to be bringing the family a good business opportunity, but in reality he seeks to transfer the power of the Corleones to other families).
