Berlusconi calls Obama 'tanned'.....again

[Jackeens]

Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi has called US President Barack Obama "tanned" again and this time made a wisecrack about Michelle Obama's skin colour as well.

Mr Berlusconi told a Milan rally of conservative supporters that he was bringing greetings from the United States from "What's his name? Some tanned guy. Ah, Barack Obama!"

Shortly after Mr Obama's election in November 2008, Mr Berlusconi raised eyebrows by saying the victor was "young, handsome, and even has a good tan".

This time, Mr Berlusconi, a billionaire media mogul who began his career as a cruise ship entertainer, also made a jab at the First Lady.

"You won't believe it," he said, "but two of them went to the beach because the wife is also tanned".

.....The premier, commenting on Mr Obama's use of an autocue in public speeches, cracked: "He's not reckless like those of us who say what comes to mind. We all asked ourselves: 'Does he know what he's doing, or is he just someone who knows how to read well?' But he's all there, in a big way, and that should make us all happy and satisfied because we need the greatest democracy, the greatest country, to be in trustworthy hands," the Italian premier said.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5joBM5bqAyKN5_kjGMpZi7LHzj9Bg

[Ian David]

1. Berlusconi is some fat little adulterous mafia guy. n/t

[DrToast]

2. The George Bush of Europe.

[alsame]

6. I have relatives in Italy and that's exactly how they feel. He's a

huge embarrassment on the world stage.

[Inuca]

11. ANd like Bush

he got re-elected (after being out of power for a short time). The Italians have gone crazy :-(.

[Sultana]

3. What a piece of shit

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Aramchek]

4. What a Racist piece of shit

He's worse than your ordinary fecal matter.

[Cha]

9. "Insecure little

shit" needs to added.

[Vidar]

5. Italy's sewage floated to the top.

[lapfog_1]

7. If the shit really hits the fan economically...

And Italy follows Spain into a major depression...

Berlusconi will likely (eventually) follow that same path that ended up here for his predecessor.

[inna]

20. ?? what is this?? can you source it or explain what this is, please?

thanks.

[Jackeens]

21. I'm guessing that's Benito Mussolini?

After he was executed ...

On 29 April 1945, the bodies of Mussolini, Petacci, and the other executed Fascists were loaded into a moving van and trucked south to Milan. There, at 3 a.m., they were dumped on the ground in the old Piazza Loreto. The piazza had been renamed "Piazza Quindici Martiri" in honor of 15 anti-Fascists recently executed there.

After being shot, kicked, and spat upon, the bodies were hung upside down on meathooks from the roof of a gas station. The bodies were then stoned by civilians from below. This was done both to discourage any Fascists from continuing the fight and as an act of revenge for the hanging of many partisans in the same place by Axis authorities. The corpse of the deposed leader became subject to ridicule and abuse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini

[lapfog_1]

22. I'm getting too old.

It's an iconic photo that was in every high school text on WWII when I was in high school.

Sadly, they hung his mistress there as well.

I wonder how many of Berlusconi's chippies they might hang if history repeats.

Every war has it's iconic photos...

This one was one of the WWII's iconic photos. The girl running naked down the street after being napalmed was one of the one's for Vietnam. The guy in the hood with the electrodes attached to his privates standing on a crate will be one of them for the Iraq war.

[inna]

23. thank you, Jackeens. interestingly, a quick search reveals some similarities between the two:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&num=100&q=berlusconi+mussolini&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1g-m3


my question though - why do the Italian people keep voting for this creep?? (we can't blame this on Diebold, can we?)


Berlusconi has served as Italy’s Prime Minister the longest, since World War II:

1994-1995, 2001-2006 and 2008- Current.

[Cha]

8. Here he is with the First "Tanned" Couple Now.

K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-26-09 12:42 AM
Original message

"Mrs. Obama freezes out hideous little fascist toad Berlusconi.."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6632804

[TheCoxwain]

28. How tall is he? 3' 7"??

[Metric System]

10. Ugh, this reminds me of my racist great-uncle who once pointed out how tanned his grand-daughter is

and suggested that I needed more sun (I'm usually pale). He couldn't accept that she is mixed race and would rather think of it as a tan.

[DevonRex]

12. The Italian people must be embarrassed by him. Well, we know how they feel.

[proud patriot]

13. what a jerk

x(

[surrealAmerican]

14. He's going to keep telling that joke ...

... until somebody laughs. Pathetic.

[BlooInBloo]

15. What's wrong? It's just a joke! You people are soooo oversensitive!

:rofl:

[backscatter712]

16. Can't say I blame Pres. & Mrs. Obama for dissing him when he tried to get huggy with them.

What an assclown!

[BillDU]

17. Really

Italian
Americans I think are are a better breed.

[Jennicut]

18. I am a quarter Italian (my Grandfather was the only one in his family born here)

And this idiot embarrasses everyone in my family.

[nc4bo]

19. Hey Jennicut, it has no profile for whatever it's worth.

:hi: :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

24. Half Italian, disgusted by Berlusconi.

Italian Americans know what it's like to be treated like second-class citizens, too. Thing is, it's a two-edged sword, just like it is with white rural poor people. Some sympathize with the situation and refuse to do anything but treat all people as equals, while others say to themselves "Hey, I'm Italian--people may think I'm only one step up from black but at least I'm not black." Those are some of the worst racists around--the ones who look down on African Americans just because they need someone to feel superior to and they don't feel they have anyone else.

[firedupdem]

25. He looks like a little old perv....ignoramous. n/t

[TomCADem]

26. If Obama is tanned, then I am absolutely pasty and pale.

[Monk06]

27. Doesn't he have a teenage girls birthday party to go too? Vain strutting Italian male

Thy name is Berlusconi

[Mimosa]

29. He thinks he's being witty

I don't get racism off his misfiring attempts at humour.

[prolesunited]

30. I guess Italy has racists, too