Sat 11/13/2010
Why Silvio Berlusconi is Still Standing
I am constantly hearing particularly from US Republicans, that ones Personal Life is their own, and only what they do in Office is of concern, presumably referring to meeting with Corporate Lobbyist to pick up envelopes of cash.
Though not a fan of Berlusconi, because of his Right wing views, I think until the Left can get its act together, maybe Italy needs a "strongman", and I am trying to get on Silvio's Party List. Social Not Political. :) Old guys need fun too!!!
Why Silvio Berlusconi is Still Standing
Prostitutes, parties and friendships with teenage girls have failed to bring about the downfall of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
London Telegraph; By James Walston, Professor of Political Science at the American University in Rome; Nov 6, 2010
Not for the first time, all of Italy and half the world is agog at Silvio Berlusconi's sex life and at what appears to be his abuse of power.
When it comes to Italy's prime minister, we can only wearily echo that famous phrase by the oft-quoted baseball player, Yogi Berra: "It's d?j? vu all over again."
For a moment, it was tempting to suppose that the revelations of the past 10 days were a great plot by a diabolically devious Berlusconi; could news of his friendship with "Ruby", the Moroccan girl who was just 17 when she was invited to his St Valentine's Day party, be a diversionary tactic to distract the media's attention from his government's inaction and political paralysis?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/
italy/8114902/Why-Silvio-Berlusconi-is-still-standing.html
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