Who is the best Don? Part II

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Who is the best Don? Part II #32461
09/08/05 03:38 PM 09/08/05 03:38 PM

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I think it would be easier to put this poll.

Pelé is the King
Maradona is God!

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32462 09/08/05 03:47 PM 09/08/05 03:47 PM
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Joe Batters Capo Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 330 Warsaw	Don Vito, Godfather, you are the besta Joe Batters Aspanu summon the all of the chiefs DEATH TO ALL WHO BETRAY GIULIANO!

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32463 09/08/05 05:32 PM 09/08/05 05:32 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 61 Italy Flora Corleone Button
Flora Corleone Button Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 61 Italy	Gotta go with Vito. He was the perfect Don and leader, balanced and shrewd, where Michael was too rutheless and unforgiving. "...Brucia la luna in cielo, e io brucio d'amore..."

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32464 09/08/05 06:38 PM 09/08/05 06:38 PM
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Don Andrew Underboss Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,046 Miami, FL	Vito put the family on top, Michael kept them there, and reached further heights, and Vincent is never seen in action as a Don. Mike, though I have a sentimental weakness for the Old Man. Hey, how's it going?

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32465 09/08/05 07:57 PM 09/08/05 07:57 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,211 Little Chicago Tony Love Underboss
Tony Love Underboss Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,211 Little Chicago	Quote Originally posted by Flora Corleone: Michael was too rutheless and unforgiving. Though I voted for Vito, I think that's what made Michael a great leader. Advisory from his father along with his ruthless personality. I think that's the way any Don should rule. There are too many people who are willing to stab you in the back. Some of the strongest men are the ones who do not hesitate when giving business orders. "Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so"-Gore Vidal "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth"-John Fitzgerald Kennedy "The reason the mainstream is thought of as a stream is because of its shallowness"-George Carlin

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32466 09/09/05 06:01 AM 09/09/05 06:01 AM
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Flora Corleone Button Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 61 Italy	Quote Originally posted by Tony Love: Quote Originally posted by Flora Corleone: [b] Michael was too rutheless and unforgiving. Though I voted for Vito, I think that's what made Michael a great leader. Advisory from his father along with his ruthless personality. I think that's the way any Don should rule. There are too many people who are willing to stab you in the back. Some of the strongest men are the ones who do not hesitate when giving business orders. [/b] Yes that's true, but it's also true Vito was able to obtain the same results without needing to show such a ruthless and coldhearted attitude. I mean, remember what Micheal says to Don Tommasino in GFIII: "Why you were so loved and I was so feared"? I think the same question could apply to his father. Vito was highly respected as a Don, but he was also loved by the people close to him. The famous charm to "make a no sounds as a yes", that I think it's fundamental for a leader - yes, even a crime leader. Of course Michael was respected too, but mainly just out of fear. "...Brucia la luna in cielo, e io brucio d'amore..."

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32467 09/09/05 07:57 AM 09/09/05 07:57 AM
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Sorentino Button Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 56	I honestly think Michael TRIED to be like his father, but never succeeded. He was in the end just trying to run away from the whole mafia deal. Being legitimate was also a hard case, Michael didn't know how to handle traitors either. Vito was the lecturer of Don's. They should all go to his grave and ask how to be a true boss.

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32468 09/09/05 08:16 AM 09/09/05 08:16 AM
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Flora Corleone Button Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 61 Italy	Quote Vito was the lecturer of Don's. They should all go to his grave and ask how to be a true boss. yes, Vito was definitely the "ultimate Don". "...Brucia la luna in cielo, e io brucio d'amore..."

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II #32469 09/09/05 12:34 PM 09/09/05 12:34 PM
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dontomasso Consigliere to the Stars Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 11,468 With Geary in Fredo's Brothel	Vito by far. The worst Don was Vincent, who botched his first job when his "security" plans at the opera house fell apart. "Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!" "I stood in the courtroom like a fool." "I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II [Re: dontomasso] #561594 12/03/09 06:18 PM 12/03/09 06:18 PM
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gnocchi G Associate Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	Vito easily...remember, Michael was hardly the Don his father was...he moved to Vegas and got involved with the Casino business, Cuba, he wasn't involved with organized crime in the "Five Families" sense

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II [Re: gnocchi] #561599 12/03/09 09:38 PM 12/03/09 09:38 PM
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Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,512 AZ	Michael was bigger and more ambitious than Vito, but Vito was more focused on attaining security and primacy in a world he defined. "I don't apologize for my life," said Vito, while Michael never stopped seeking "legitimacy," and never got it. Vito's last words were "Life is so beautiful," while Michael died, embittered, attended only by a little dog. Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II [Re: Turnbull] #562272 12/14/09 11:30 AM 12/14/09 11:30 AM
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Re: Who is the best Don? Part II [Re: Sir_Alex] #562292 12/14/09 01:17 PM 12/14/09 01:17 PM
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olivant O Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15,019 Texas	The best Don? I think it's a toss-up between Don Ho and Don Ameche. "Generosity. That was my first mistake." "Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us." "Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II [Re: olivant] #562294 12/14/09 01:23 PM 12/14/09 01:23 PM
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SC Consigliere Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 22,902 New York	Originally Posted By: olivant The best Don? I think it's a toss-up between Don Ho and Don Ameche. Don forget Don Drysdale. .

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II [Re: SC] #562302 12/14/09 02:33 PM 12/14/09 02:33 PM
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Lilo Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,325 MI	Don Gato. He came back from the dead... "When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Re: Who is the best Don? Part II [Re: Lilo] #563368 12/28/09 06:11 AM 12/28/09 06:11 AM
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