Silvio Berlusconi is a wealthy, racist, rightwing media mogul.
He is also apparently a tanning-bed addict who works hard to appear tanned and (surgery enhanced) fit at all moments. His relationship with his wife can be described as tenuous and often strained because Berlusconi is a philandering, trash-talking moron. To his credit he is such a dolt that he imagines that everyone else is also. He can best be described as a comic opera version of Bush and Rupert Murdock combined. Too much money, too much control over the media in Italy, for anyone to ignore. He is a powerful argument against media consolidation. I believe he controls something like 60% of the private television programming in Italy, and when in office (as now) he can also fiddle with their state broadcasting system, just as Bush decided to do.
Fortunately he also keeps saying such stupid things, that the Italians sound as though this last reference to Obama as "suntanned" appears, finally, as though it may be the last straw. Italy is in an economic mess that makes ours seem like child's play.
Arthur
He is also apparently a tanning-bed addict who works hard to appear tanned and (surgery enhanced) fit at all moments. His relationship with his wife can be described as tenuous and often strained because Berlusconi is a philandering, trash-talking moron. To his credit he is such a dolt that he imagines that everyone else is also. He can best be described as a comic opera version of Bush and Rupert Murdock combined. Too much money, too much control over the media in Italy, for anyone to ignore. He is a powerful argument against media consolidation. I believe he controls something like 60% of the private television programming in Italy, and when in office (as now) he can also fiddle with their state broadcasting system, just as Bush decided to do.
Fortunately he also keeps saying such stupid things, that the Italians sound as though this last reference to Obama as "suntanned" appears, finally, as though it may be the last straw. Italy is in an economic mess that makes ours seem like child's play.
Arthur
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