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Originally Posted by guyy
No one clicked on the Berlusconi link? It's an English subtitled video showing his «È giovane, è bello e anche abbronzato» remark and a few reactions to it.
I'm curious to know what people think of it, because it seems to have touched off a little controversy in Italy itself.
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I clicked on it. I was quite interested by the reactions of the people that were shown.
They were mildly irritated, sort like a parent to an erring child. His comments were (to me)
comically irritating, until I remember that he's supposed to represent a fairly large country.
Seems they have there own Bush Jr., don't they?
Berlusconi's gaffes are even worse than Bush's sometimes. Here's a few from the Chinese Communist
Party's website (I read a lot of papers, it seems LOL
google) ;
Italian PM Berlusconi's gaffes and quips
Here are some memorable quotes from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's time in office:
*February 2006: "I am the Jesus Christ of politics," Italian media quoted him as telling supporters.
*September 2004: "Mussolini never killed anyone," Berlusconi tells the Spectator magazine, replying "yes" when asked if he thought the World War II dictator was "benign."
*October 2002: "Rasmussen is not only a great colleague, he's also the best-looking prime minister in Europe," Berlusconi said of his Danish counterpart, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Source:China Daily