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Berlusconi Defeated?
Teh_Gerbil
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CHING!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4897994.stm
Well, we can but hope that this is true. I hope any recounts affirm Italy hasmade a good decision at last and Berlusconi will not return. Yay! Hopefully now Berlusconi can be prosecuted for his carious shady dealings and crimes, and Italy will be on the up again.
Thoughts on this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4897994.stm
Well, we can but hope that this is true. I hope any recounts affirm Italy hasmade a good decision at last and Berlusconi will not return. Yay! Hopefully now Berlusconi can be prosecuted for his carious shady dealings and crimes, and Italy will be on the up again.
Thoughts on this?
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It’s definitely extremely close, it’s looking a bit like Bush v. Gore in 2000. I don’t know who will emerge the ‘winner’ but I read that if it’s Prodi since it’s this close his coalition might not last long and so there could be new elections – ditto too I think if one party doesn’t win both houses. Even if Berlusconi has lost he's said he'll stay in politics and with Italian governments usually not lasting very long it’s quite conceivable that he could win future elections and become Prime Minister again.
Given that he controls an incredible 90% of the Italian media and that he's one of the most corrupt, lying cheating scumbags in modern history, it's a kind of miracle he didn't "win" by a massive majority.
If he didn't control 90% of the media and weren't a corrupt fuck, he would have polled 20% of the votes max.
But as things stand he could still 'do a Florida' and cheat his way into power, just as the chimpanzee did. I certainly wouldn't put it beyond him.
Anyways, fingers crossed. The fewer warmongering necon rightwingers left in power in Europe, the better the place gets.
Yup. He only got the .1% because he is corrupt and most likley got his Mafia freinds to "infuluence" the result.
I hope he is fucked now, and loses. He's a right cunt and deserves it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4898930.stm
I guess it's a bad day for Berlusconi and the mafia..
Wow! :eek: Never thought they'd get him!
Oh the fucking irony
As for a better future for Italy, i dont think so. Kicking out a Fascist for a Communist is hardly a change that will make much impact on Italy's betterment.
500,000 ballots were annulled. When it’s this close there obviously needs to be an investigation into why these votes were annulled. Berlusconi is only doing exactly what Prodi would be doing were the situation the other way around.
I don't think I'm being cynical in suspecting the worst...
I personally don't think you're being cynical enough. Whilst it's perfectly possible Berlusconi is lying through his teeth about the annulments or that they were legitimately annulled; given the past history of Italian politics its just as likely that there has been dirty business by someone on the other side.
Just because Berlusconi isn't squeaky clean doesn't mean his opponents are.