Thursday, February 08, 2007

Berlusconi : Flirtatious or Cuckhold ???? And Poll says Victoria Wrong

The ANNOTICO Report

 

In this latest uproar on Berlusconi, regarding his wife Veronica, demanding a public apology via a Letter written to La Repubblica, the Rome newspaper, always a strong critic of Berlusconi, which  I reported on February 4,

 

55% of Italians thought it was wrong of Veronica, and only 33% thought it a good idea

 

Her Public and Strong Remarks were in response to several flirtatious remarks reported overheard being said to a few extremely attractive women.

 

One of the Remarks said to fellow guests about Mara Carfagna, a former Beauty contestant winner and now an MP for his Forza Italia! party was: "Take a look at her! I'd marry her if I weren't married already."

 

Said to Aida Yespica, former Miss Amazonia was: "I'd go with you anywhere".

 

I've heard much worse at dinner parties when wives have said about another women's husband as an obvious compliment. " He is terrific, I wouldn't fight too hard if he was trying to get in my bed". And the Wives response was

Good Luck, But he's All Mine!!!!  

 

And "I'd go with you anywhere", (as an escort) is a far cry from "Lets go to my Suite this evening, and plan on having breakfast there in the morning"

 

A Troubled Marriage

 

His wife Veronica's Very PUBLIC and very CHIDING remarks are puzzling since, Rumours that Mr. Berlusconi's marriage is in trouble have been circulating for years.

 

The Affair

 

The Remarks are even more puzzling since in 2002, Berlusconi appeared to suggest his wife was having an affair with the philosopher and mayor of Venice, Massimo Cacciari. At a joint press conference, he flabbergasted the visiting Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, by saying: "I think I'll introduce him to my wife , he's much better looking than Cacciari.            

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2003269,00.html

 

Another version of Belusconi's comment was Peter Popham in Pandemia: " Last October... Denmark's dashing young Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, was in Rome for talks. He and Silvio held a press conference. With that cocksure, cruise-ship-crooner grin of his,...Berlusconi remarked, "Rasmussen is the most handsome prime minister in Europe."  The grin twitched a little wider, out came those uncannily gleaming teeth. "I think I will introduce him to my wife, because he is even more handsome than Cacciari."

 

At his side, Rasmussen's own smile froze on his face. What on earth was the Italian talking about? Berlusconi was alluding to rumours doing the rounds that he had been cuckolded by a bearded Marxist philosopher called Massimo Cacciari, a former mayor of Venice and a university professor.

 

Berlusconi, A very prideful man,  PUBLIC ALLY admits that he has been cuckolded?????

 

But it gets even better!!!!!!   Veronica " obliquely added her own endorsement to her husband's amazing "cuckold" declaration. "My daughter Barbara has enrolled in the philosophy faculty of San Raffaele University, where Cacciari teaches," she told the reporter with no prompting. "It seems an ideal situation, don't you think?"

 

AND you can add  IRONY to the Situation: " Berlusconi first clapped eyes on his future wife, then a hopeful young actress, at a production of a play called "The Magnificent Cuckold". !!!!!!

 

But I ask you, if  Veronica had/has an Affair with Cacciari, and it  is so commonly known that Berlusconi makes Public Reference, to take some of the "sting" out of it, AND Veronica  more than INFERS that her daughters studying at the same university that Cacciari  teaches is "ideal" .....WHERE Does she get the GALL to be INSULTED by Berlusconi's Flirtatious Remarks, and PUBLIC ALLY DEMAND an APOLOGY  ????????

 

http://www.pandemia.info/2003/07/24/

scene_da_un_matrimonio_la_veri.html

 

Berlusconi Remarks about Women

 

And regarding his Remarks about women, I find no offense at all. In fact, I find them particularly amusing, especially when said to stuffy, pompous, pretentious, two faced, fork tongued , hypocritical politicians.     For instance:

Berlusconi on women

At a congress of an allied party: "I notice some extraordinarily pretty legs around here."

Addressing Germany's then chancellor, Gerhard Schrvder: "Let's talk about women and football. You, for example, Gerhard. You've had four wives. What can you tell us about women?"

On France: "I love France and continue to love it. You only need to count up the girlfriends I've had there."

Commenting on his government's opposition to moves to earmark a fixed proportion of seats in parliament for women: "We very much like [having] women in parliament - especially beautiful ones."

 

BERLUSCONI'S WIFE WRONG TO GO PUBLIC, POLL SAYS

Life in Italy

ANSA

February 7, 2007

Rome- Veronica Lario's decision to publicly scold her husband Silvio Berlusconi for his roving eye was ill judged, most Italians appear to think.

According to a poll issued on Thursday by research group Ipr Marketing, only 33% think it was a good idea for Lario to air her grievances in a letter to Italian daily La Repubblica.

For 55% of respondents, Lario was wrong to go public while 12% said they had no opinion on the issue.Lario's actions won more support among women, with 37% saying they approved compared to 29% of men.More than 30% said they thought Lario's decision was politically motivated.

The public spat between Lario and Berlusconi held the country in thrall on Wednesday, as well as making headlines
around the world.British daily The Times even carried a spoof letter from the former premier to his wife.

Lario, an ex-actress who goes by her stage name and has been married to the centre-right leader for 27 years, stunned Italians by discarding her famed reserve and demanding a public apology from her husband for belittling her with his flirting.

In her letter published on the front-page of La Repubblica, Lario referred to comments Berlusconi reportedly made to several young and glamourous showgirls during a gala dinner given after a top TV award ceremony last week.

"My husband made remarks I find unacceptable: 'If Iweren't already married, I'd marry you straight away' and
'I'd go anywhere with you'."These statements undermine my dignity and, given thage, political role and family situation of the person who said them, cannot be written off as playful comments," Lario said in the letter, which was all the more embarrassing for Berlusconi since it appeared in the country's leading left-wing daily.

Within hours, Berlusconi had duly apologised with another letter faxed to Italian media organisations."I treasure your dignity in my heart even when a lighthearted joke, a gallant remark or a momentary trifle comes out of my mouth.
"I beg you to forgive me," said the billionaire media  tycoon, who admitted that his marriage was undergoing a
period of "trouble and turbulence" but told his wife that it  was "sure to end in sweetness, like all true love stories".
Born Miriam Raffaela Bartolini, Lario is Berlusconi's second wife and, at 50, is 20 years his junior.
Berlusconi left his first wife for Lario, smitten after seeing her perform topless in a Milan play called The
Magnificent Cuckold about a philandering husband.

They have three children: two daughters, aged 22 and 20, and a son, aged 18.Despite being the wife of one of Italy's best-known public figures, Lario has always kept a very low profile. She said in her letter that she did not like breaking
this "reserve" and was doing so partly to protect her dignity as a woman but also to set an example for her children.

The youthful-looking Berlusconi, who has admitted to aface lift and a hair transplant, has always cultivated a
playboy image and been linked by the gutter press to a string of young and beautiful women.

The recipients of his reported admiration at the gala dinner were Venezuelan model and showgirl Aida Yespica and
Mara Carfagna, an ex-showgirl whom he made an MP with his Forza Italia party.

Lario's open criticism of her husband's behaviour sparked a political debate, with many centre-left and opposition women lawmakers defending her. Most male politicians took a different view, saying that Lario should have kept her grievances private. The case dominated the Italian media, with TV current affairs shows ditching their scheduled programmes to cover it.

Even the Church weighed in, with Cardinal Ersilio Tonini saying that Lario's letter had "stirred my heart".

It is not the first time that Berlusconi's comments about women have landed him in trouble. He sparked tensions with Finland in 2005 by saying he used "playboy tactics" on Finnish President Tarja Halonen to persuade her to make Italy the site of an EU food agency.

On another occasion, Berlusconi astonished Americanjournalists by urging Wall Street businessmen to invest in
Italy because the country had "gorgeous secretaries".

[RAA: You use what works, and since Wall Streeters are well known for being "hound dogs", and think with their penis,  Berlusconi's comments would seem MOST effective!! :) :)] 

http://www.lifeinitaly.com/news/

news-detailed.asp?newsid=4291

 

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