Berlusconi Resigns After Seventeen Years

[Conley]

ROME — With a combination of savvy media domination, old-fashioned party politics and a salesman’s preternatural charm, Silvio Berlusconi has dominated Italy more than anyone since Mussolini.

And polarized it. “No one had ever so divided Italy and Italians,” wrote Massimo Gramellini, a columnist for the Turin daily newspaper La Stampa.

His resignation on Saturday after 17 years as the paramount figure in Italian politics, just over half of them as prime minister, does not erase his presence from the political stage. He still has a powerful political party, now fighting for its future, and owns Italy’s largest private broadcaster. But it marks the symbolic end of an era in which the media baron held the country under his spell.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/world/europe/berlusconi-both-drew-and-divided-italians.html?hp

The end of an era...Houdini escaped time and time again but in the end it was the economy that finally caught up to him.

[Conley]

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A couple of playas...pimpin aint easy :o

[MMC]

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Don't worry we gonna have a good time tonight..... :D


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Aaaaaah......don'tworryaboutit.

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I got somethin cookin with Obama. http://politirant.com/Smileys/oldrant/yo2.gif

[Mister D]

I sad day for Italy and a sad day for the world. >:(

[Conley]

I sad day for Italy and a sad day for the world. >:(


I wonder if he feels badly about it or if it's a relief on some level - shit is really going to hit the fan in the next couple of years. At least this way he can pursue his hobbies (nailing under-aged hookers) full time. :P

[Mister D]

I sad day for Italy and a sad day for the world. >:(


I wonder if he feels badly about it or if it's a relief on some level - shit is really going to hit the fan in the next couple of years. At least this way he can pursue his hobbies (nailing under-aged hookers) full time. :P


It's a perk of the office. Everyone knows that. ::) ;)

He seems like the kind of who loves power. He's kind of like a swarthy little dago version of Clinton.

[Conley]

I sad day for Italy and a sad day for the world. >:(


I wonder if he feels badly about it or if it's a relief on some level - shit is really going to hit the fan in the next couple of years. At least this way he can pursue his hobbies (nailing under-aged hookers) full time. :P


It's a perk of the office. Everyone knows that. ::) ;)

He seems like the kind of who loves power. He's kind of like a swarthy little dago version of Clinton.


Yeah, you're right. There's no doubt he's crushed. Especially after having survived so much else. :'(

[Mister D]

I sad day for Italy and a sad day for the world. >:(


I wonder if he feels badly about it or if it's a relief on some level - shit is really going to hit the fan in the next couple of years. At least this way he can pursue his hobbies (nailing under-aged hookers) full time. :P


It's a perk of the office. Everyone knows that. ::) ;)

He seems like the kind of who loves power. He's kind of like a swarthy little dago version of Clinton.


Yeah, you're right. There's no doubt he's crushed. Especially after having survived so much else. :'(


He's been there for a while too. He's pretty up there in years though.

I just looked it up: he was born in 1936. He's 75.

[Mister D]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Silvio_Berlusconi_%282010%29.jpg/220px-Silvio_Berlusconi_%282010%29.jpg

Must be the olive oil.

[Conley]

I sad day for Italy and a sad day for the world. >:(


I wonder if he feels badly about it or if it's a relief on some level - shit is really going to hit the fan in the next couple of years. At least this way he can pursue his hobbies (nailing under-aged hookers) full time. :P


It's a perk of the office. Everyone knows that. ::) ;)

He seems like the kind of who loves power. He's kind of like a swarthy little dago version of Clinton.


Yeah, you're right. There's no doubt he's crushed. Especially after having survived so much else. :'(


He's been there for a while too. He's pretty up there in years though.

I just looked it up: he was born in 1936. He's 75.


Yeah, he's been Pimp Minister for 17 years.

[Conley]

Must be the olive oil.


Now every time I use olive oil (and I use it a lot) I am reminded of you telling me it's a laxative. >:( >:( >:(

[Mister D]

Must be the olive oil.


Now every time I use olive oil (and I use it a lot) I am reminded of you telling me it's a laxative. >:( >:( >:(


Yeah, so when you don't poop your pants you will have me to thank. >:( >:( ;D

[Conley]

Must be the olive oil.


Now every time I use olive oil (and I use it a lot) I am reminded of you telling me it's a laxative. >:( >:( >:(


Yeah, so when you don't poop your pants you will have me to thank. >:( >:( ;D


This has never been a problem for me O0

[Mister D]

Must be the olive oil.


Now every time I use olive oil (and I use it a lot) I am reminded of you telling me it's a laxative. >:( >:( >:(


Yeah, so when you don't poop your pants you will have me to thank. >:( >:( ;D


This has never been a problem for me O0


Keep messing with that olive oil and you might just become a Browns fan...

[Conley]

Must be the olive oil.


Now every time I use olive oil (and I use it a lot) I am reminded of you telling me it's a laxative. >:( >:( >:(


Yeah, so when you don't poop your pants you will have me to thank. >:( >:( ;D


This has never been a problem for me O0


Keep messing with that olive oil and you might just become a Browns fan...


Brown pride, i.e. no shame in leaving a skid mark in your drawers ??? :o ;D

[Mister D]

Skid marks :D Haven't heard that in ages.