Porn: Republican values.
On Nov 8, 2008, at 8:39 AM, justifiedright wrote:
> Italian politics are fun.
>
> They even have a porn star in the legislature:
>
> BRUSSELS (Reuters) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, under
> fire at home for describing U.S. President-elect Barack Obama
> as "suntanned," said on Friday he saw no need to apologize.
>
> At a news conference, Berlusconi was brusque with an American
> journalist who suggested he should say sorry for the remark on
> Thursday. Visiting Moscow, he described the man elected to be the
> first black U.S. president as "handsome, young and also suntanned."
>
> His center-left opponents called the comment racist; Berlusconi
> responded by saying they were "imbeciles without any sense of humor."
>
> At Friday's news conference after a European Union summit, the
> reporter asked: "Prime Minister, do you realize that your comment on
> Obama is offensive to the United States? Why don't you apologize?"
>
> Berlusconi responded: "Give me a break! You have just put yourself
> on that list of people (imbeciles) I mentioned yesterday!"
>
> When the reporter pressed for an answer on why Berlusconi did not
> deem it necessary to apologize, the prime minister, clearly
> irritated, said: "Why (should I)? You should apologize to Italy!" He
> then walked out of the room.
>
> Berlusconi's latest gaffe was on the front pages of most Italian
> newspapers on Friday.
>
> "Berlusconi never fails to live up to our worst expectations," said
> an editorial in the Rome daily La Repubblica.
>
> Berlusconi, who prides himself on being a friend of outgoing U.S.
> President George W. Bush, is famed in diplomatic circles for making
> sometimes inappropriate quips.
>
> On his first meeting with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh
> Rasmussen in 2002, Berlusconi complimented him with the
> words: "Rasmussen is not only a great colleague, he's also the best-
> looking prime minister in Europe."
>
> He added: "He's so good looking, I'm even thinking of introducing
> him to my wife."
>
> He sparked a minor diplomatic incident in 2005 by suggesting he had
> wooed Finnish President Tarja Halonen to ensure her backing for
> Italy to host the European Food Safety Authority.
>
> "I had to use all my playboy tactics, even if they have not been
> used for some time," he said, prompting Helsinki to call in the
> Italian ambassador to explain the comments.
>
> (Writing by Philip Pullella, editing by Mark Trevelyan)
>
>
>
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