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fpb ([personal profile] fpb) wrote2008-11-07 07:30 pm

Send in the clowns

This man is doomed to embarrass us as long as he lives: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7715016.stm
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[personal profile] filialucis 2008-11-07 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmph. What kind of mind could consider that a witty remark?

[identity profile] fpb.livejournal.com 2008-11-07 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think even he thought it witty. It is the kind of assessment one would hear in a none-too-bright middle-class Italian home - oh, he's a smart chap, nice tan, nicely spoken. And twenty years in politics have not taught this man that there is a difference between the domestic behaviour of a self-indulgent paterfamilias and the public behaviour of a national leader.

Why did they vote for him? (I abstained.) Because the opposition was worse.

[identity profile] becomethesea.livejournal.com 2008-11-07 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I admit this news story gave me a hearty belly-laugh... sorry it is at your expense. :)

[identity profile] sanscouronne.livejournal.com 2008-11-07 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
This story is hilarious. And I thought Prince Philip (Queen Elizabeth's husband) led the pack for off-color remarks, but Berlusconi is giving him a run for his money.