Berlusconi Praises “Suntanned” Obama
You’ve got to love Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister and merry corrupt clown. Speaking in Moscow, Russia, Berlusconi said: “I will try to help relations between Russia and the United States where a new generation has come to power, and I don’t see problems for Medvedev to establish good relations with Obama who is also handsome, young and suntanned.”
He also said that Obama’s victory had been “hailed by world public opinion as the arrival of a messiah.”
It’s only the latest in a series of quips about foreign heads of states, embarrassing and entertaining Italians and only entertaining everyone else. He also once said about Finnish President Tarja Halonen: “I had to use all my playboy tactics, even if they have not been used for some time.” Which resulted in the Italian ambassador to Finland having to explain what his Prime Minister was referring to exactly.
On another occasion Berlusconi praised Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as being “the best-looking prime minister in Europe.” So good-looking, in fact, that “I’m even thinking of introducing him to my wife.”
As said, you’ve got to love Berlusconi. A great sense of humor; terribly politically incorrect, but terribly entertaining.
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As one of the minority of Italians who never voted for Berlusconi, I heartily envy US citizens for their new President-elect. However, since they still have one of those “B”-series Presidents, I don’t feel more embarrassed than that for ours.
He is entertaining in a dark comedy kind of way…. What a horrible thing to say… ! Nevertheless what he said made me laugh out loud… Which would not have been funny if Bush had said it. Isn’t that ironic…