Newsday May 14, 2001

Hillary Clinton becomes a role model for Tony Soprano's wife

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tony Soprano's long-suffering wife has found an unlikely role model - Hillary Rodham Clinton.

On Sunday night's episode of the hit HBO series ''The Sopranos,'' Carmela Soprano wrestles with her husband's infidelity and criminal ways. At lunch with fellow mob wives, the topic of Bill Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky arises.

''To be humiliated in public and then walk around smiling all the time?'' Carmela Soprano said of Hillary Clinton. ''That is so false. I would dig a hole, I would climb into it, and I would not come out.''

But one of her lunchmates disagrees, saying that the former first lady was able to turn the situation into a personal victory when she ran for the Senate from New York.

''And in the end, what did she do? She set up her own little thing,'' the character says.

''She stuck by him ... and spun it into gold. You gotta give her credit,'' another friend chimes in.

''It's true, isn't it?'' Carmela Soprano agrees. ''She's a role model for all of us.''

Later in the show, Carmela Soprano, a housewife, is seen reading a book about how to obtain a real estate license.

Hillary Clinton's office had no immediate comment on the episode.

''The Sopranos,'' which chronicles the lives of a dysfunctional New Jersey mob family, has become a hit series for HBO but has drawn criticism for its violence and stereotyping of Italian Americans.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), May 15, 2001

Answers

Hey Carm, let him swim wit da fishes

-- (Hillary@divorce.recovery), May 15, 2001.

Tony comes home from "work" and finds Carmela admiring her breasts in the mirror. He asks, "What are you doing?"

She replies, "I went to Doctor Cusamano today and he told me I have the breasts of a 25 year old."

Tony retorts, "Well, what did he say about your 45 year old ass?"

Carmela replied, "Frankly dear, your name never came up."

-- (The_babes@Bada.Bing), May 15, 2001.

I had the same thought when watching that episode.

I wonder what NOW will do about one of the last great bastions of the old boys' club. Oh never mind, they will handle it the same way they "handled" Clinton. Sorry, couldn't let that one go.

-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), May 15, 2001.

Psssttt...

Hey Maria, want to exchange some more secrets? The Chinese paid a lot for the last batch...

-- Treason Season (secret.sam@treason.com), May 15, 2001.

Hey treason, I'm gonna give your name to Georgia, so he can report you for offering to trade secrets.

-- Someone (whoc@an.find.your.addy), May 15, 2001.

Go ahead and report me. Maria and Cherri have already proved on the nuke thread that there's nothing wrong with offering to trade secrets. Unless, of course, they were wrong.

No, no, Maria and Cherri are never wrong.

-- Treason Season (secret.sam@treason.com), May 15, 2001.

Talk about thread drift!

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), May 15, 2001.

If you insist. I was outside sewing a hole in my pajamas the other day and I neglected to keep an eye on a loose piece of thread. The wind caught it and it drifted away, never to be seen again. The End.

-- (ok@i.did), May 15, 2001.

Anyone who sews their pajamas outside deserves thread drift.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), May 15, 2001.

I dread thrift.

-- Imelda Marcos (imelda@shoes_galore.con), May 15, 2001.

LOL

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), May 15, 2001.

I sniffed bread.

-- Ferdinand Marcos (Ferdinand@the.cook's_boudoir), May 15, 2001.