An Inconvenient Offer You Can't Refuse

Chris Lehmann reviewed Al Gore's new book, The Assault on Reason, in this week's New York Observer — just him, btw — and it was very smart, as usual, but that's not really what this item is about. This item is about how much this badass pic of Gore reminds us of Vito Corleone in The Godfather, which got us thinking that, wow, his plea to stop global warming really is an inconvenient offer and, much like Jack Woltz waking up snuggled next to the bloody head of Khartoum, it is one that we really can't refuse. Also, cannolis are delicious. Apropos of nothing except that it is Friday, here is our list of the Top Ten Ways To Mash Up Al Gore With The Godfather, like so:

10. The Gore-father
9. Don Gore-leone
8. Luca Brasi Is Sleeping With The Fishes That Died From Global Warming
7. I'm Going To Make Him An Offer He Can't Refuse, Unless He's The President, In Which Case He Totally Won't Listen
6. "What's the matter with you? Is this how you turned out? A Hollywood finocchio that cries like a woman?" (Oops, sorry, that's #6 from Rush Limbaugh's version of mashing up Al Gore with The Godfather, right after "Narcotics is the thing of the future.")
5. "Don't ask me about my business, Tipper."
4. "Vaffunculo you!" (Oops, sorry, that's #4 from Justice Scalia's version of mashing up Al Gore with The Godfather, circa 2000.)
3. Will Al Gore run for president? Hmm: "Mr. Gore-leone never asks a second favor once he's refused the first."
2. Will Al Gore run for president? Hmm: "I keep trying to get out, but they keep pulling me back in!"

...and the number-one way to mash up Al Gore with The Godfather :

1. "Leave the Oscar...take the cannolis."