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 ‘Viva Berlusconi’? Not So MuchPosted on Oct 7, 2009
Italy’s colorful prime minister is in a heap of legal trouble now that the country’s high court has stripped him of immunity. Despite facing charges of corruption, bribery, tax evasion and fraud, Silvio Berlusconi stayed in character, saying, “The trials against me are a farce. Viva Italia and Viva Berlusconi!” Among many charges, Berlusconi is accused of bribing senators to help oust his predecessor. He also is said to have promised showgirls a place in the European Parliament, which technically isn’t the worst idea he ever had. —PS
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By johannes, October 7, 2009 at 4:06 pm Link to this comment
@ Diamond
Report thisShakespear wash writing and living in England, for Italie it are to name some, Dante and
Machiavelli men as Berlesconi are passing by as we all are, he is a melodramatic clown, the type of people who you find in Boccacio’s Decameronne, the real dangeres men are who we trust, the nice gay, hypocrit and from good old famelies, bonjour le degas, they take you in your sleep.
By diamond, October 7, 2009 at 2:37 pm Link to this comment
I know what life is all about and it’s not all about corruption and fascism. As Shakespeare wrote: ‘A man may smile and smile and be a villain.’ He’s making Italy the laughingstock of the world. I’ve seen his kind of politician before: the kind where you count the silver after they’ve left. If he’s ever told the truth in his life it was accidental.
Report thisBy johannes, October 7, 2009 at 2:00 pm Link to this comment
@ Diamond
Report thisHe likes live eating driking nice woman, you know the basic things from live, the Italian people know le monde is a big theater, and live is not eternal, go for the Italian cinema’s you will see wath live is about.
By diamond, October 7, 2009 at 1:53 pm Link to this comment
‘With or without the law’. Uh oh. Classic Bushite neo con thinking. Mr Berlusconi doesn’t actually think with his brain. His version of thinking occurs a lot lower, that is around the region of his fly.
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