Was Tony Soprano the most powerful person in New Jersey?

Was Tony Soprano the most powerful person in New Jersey?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 21.6%
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    Votes: 8 21.6%
  • No

    Votes: 21 56.8%

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Dave24

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On the Sopranos, was Tony Soprano the most powerful person that lived in New Jersey? Was he more powerful than the governor of New Jersey?

Remember when Melfi and her date were at the restaurant trying to get seated and kept having to wait? Then, Tony comes in and speaks to Dr Melfi briefly and when he walks away, her date is amazed because he recognizes Tony as someone very important/powerful. Immediately they get seated per Tony’s request.














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On the Sopranos, was Tony Soprano the most powerful person that lived in New Jersey? Was he more powerful than the governor of New Jersey?

Remember when Melfi and her date were at the restaurant trying to get seated and kept having to wait? Then, Tony comes in and speaks to Dr Melfi briefly and when he walks away, her date is amazed because he recognizes Tony as someone very important/powerful. Immediately they get seated per Tony’s request.














@Devilinurear

@Erratic415

@Paper Boi

@NoGutsNoGLory

@Lootpack

@Tryna Makit

@portcityplaya

@BulletProof

@WesCrook

@BrownSkin Intellect

@Zero

@Mike the Executioner

@Texasvescence

@Whips-n-Chains

@Sccit

@R=G

@Stop_It_5

@Michael's Black Son

@skokiaan

@2 Cold Taurus

@ShaDynasty

@AnonymityX1000

@Peter Parker

@THE 101

@Max.

@PlayerNinety_Nine

@The axe murderer

@19-

@NZA

@General Mills

@The Guru

@John Reena

@Monoblock

@NinoBrown

@beaniemac

@Ku$h Parker

@feelosofer

@Alvin

@CourtesyFlush

Johnny Sack was the most powerful person in jersey lol

nah, maybe not more than the governor or the feds but Tony had a lot of stroke through Zellman, the unions, etc. definitely more so than any other criminal and probably more so than 99% of the population.
 

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He probably could make things happen more easily than a politician because he didn't have to follow any rules, he'd just muscle people rather than try diplomacy.

Even a corrupt politician has to deal with bureaucracy and appearing on the up and up.

Rewatching the show now for probably the 6th or something time.
 

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I think he was so known because everybody knew him from the time he was a local Hood.
His fame spread with his notoriety

Tony was active in the life from very young..so young that Pauly was his mentor

I compare it to if you knew a young wild crazy dude out here selling weed and robbing folks and hitting all kinds of low level scores, you might not know his name....but you know of him.....and what kinda lifestyle he lives

Then a couple years later he robs an even crazier old heads card game and the word spreads, his stock rises..his name ringing out now...and he's got powerful friends, so back tf down


He steps his game up considerably. Taking bigger scores, earning a lot more dough and eventually becoming a leader....now you dont hear about Tony's dangerous friends because HE IS the powerful friend some no name mobster gonna drop to make cats back tf down

Remember, Tony never got locked up..... So Newark watched his rise from start to finish uninterrupted. Add that to word of mouth spreading around Jersey and its not hard to see why he's so notorious and its a media frenzy when he gets shot.
 
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