Bytes of Italy: Berlusconi Again!?!?

February 02, 2008

Berlusconi Again!?!?

This is an odd topic for me to cover for my first post in a while, but it so amazes and confounds me that I was compelled to post. How can Italians possibly be considering returning Silvio Berlusconi to power? An article in today's New York Times titled Berlusconi’s Long Shadow Casts a Chill Over Italian Politics discusses the possibility of him winning the next election. It is utterly incomprehensible to me that, as ineffective as he was in his previous incarnations as Prime Minister, and with evidence of his corruption and blatant conflicts of interest as clear as day, anyone in Italy would vote for this guy. Of course, I live in a country that elected George W. Bush . . . twice!!

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Hi,
I do like your blog very much. And, as you, I am astonished we Italians are still believing this old Midas as our Political Leader... I am lost for words...
Great article the one on the Appia Antica! I live now in France but I remember all the times I crossed that old road with my car to get in time to work! It was my historical shortcut!
Ciao!
Emigré
http://frenchconspiracy.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-airfrance.html

Posted by: Emigré | April 04, 2008 at 02:52 AM

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