PHOTO: It's SNOOKI! In ITALY! In a neck brace, fur boots, and Dame Edna sunglasses. God help us all.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

:scared:

[rfranklin]

1. Joe Pesce: "You think I'm a clown????"

Well, no Joe, but Snooki sure is.

[formercia]

2. Ya' gotta' blend....

not.

[Blue Owl]

3. It's the GOP's new mascot

A walking train-wreck/disaster-zone

[global1]

4. She's In Competition With Sarah Palin And Had To Get Back In The Spotlight......

that Palin stole from her at the Rolling Thunder event.

[KansDem]

5. I never hear of "Snooki" until today!

I did a Google "images" search...



She looks like a modern-day Charo...



Would that be a fair assessment?

[Goblinmonger]

7. Except Charo is VASTLY talented as a classical guitarist.

Snooki is a vacuous twit with no redeeming qualities.

[KansDem]

9. Damn! You're right!

Charo performs Recuerdos de la Alhambra on her Guitar

...and one of my favorite tunes, too! (I have John Williams performing it).

And this comment from the YouTube site...
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows classical guitar, that Charo learned her craft under the unquestioned master of the guitar, Andres Segovia. Truly a talent that is overshadowed by her "cuchi cuchi" act.

But the day will come, when her talents as a master guitarist will be recognized. Hopefully sooner than later.

Thanks for enlightening me to Charo's talent! I need to get out more!

[Goblinmonger]

10. I grew up seeing her at the "cootchie cootchie coo" sexpot

and was SHOCKED when I saw a video of her playing guitar when I was in college.

[Iggo]

18. Not really fair.

Charo plays a mean classical guitar.

Snooki has no discernable skills beyond getting drunk and falling down.

[Old and In the Way]

6. This is how the rest of the world is beginning to see America now.

Thanks 'reality' TV!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. The worst part...

...is that she's a fake Italian (Chilean by birth, adopted by an Italian family), making a living by pimping an offensive, loutish, cartoon stereotype of "real" Italians, and now she's in Italy...as a true Italian-American, if I were a "native" in that country, I'd have the lowest of low opinions of Americans.

[MaineDem]

11. Who? n/t

[Golden Raisin]

12. Klass. With a K.

Disgraziata! Buffone! Vergogna!

[MorningGlow]

15. Funny, my Sicilian grandmother would have gone straight for the

epithet that starts with "p". :evilgrin:

[dddem]

13. Dear Italy,

Please accept our apology. We're sorry.
Love,
America.

[4lbs]

14. What's the neck brace for? Whiplash from her head bobbing up and down too much?

.

[brettdale]

16. I would love to sit her and down

With people like here, and make her watch Ricky Gervais's extras.

[mackerel]

17. The UGG's really do make the outfit complete.