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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:20 PM
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Berlusconi is a sick, misogynist asshole
WITH his ratings at record lows, scandal-hit Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today quipped his party should change its name to "Go Pussy!" in the latest gaffe likely to incense swathes of voters.

"We will change the name of the People of Freedom because people no longer carry it in their hearts," the 75-year-old told lawmakers from his ruling coalition in parliament, Italian news media reported.

"We will examine any suggestions," he added.

Berlusconi then reportedly joked: "I'm told the name that would have the biggest success is 'Go Pussy!'"

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/go-pussy-berlusconi-finds-new-party-name/story-e6frf7jx-1226160676561
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Dawson Leery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:23 PM
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1. The American right aims to be like the Italian right, which has direct ties to Mussolini.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:34 PM
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4. Only difference is in the Italian right, everyone gets laid in the White House!
:evilgrin:
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:24 PM
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2. well said! nt
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:25 PM
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3. That man is just nasty.
Does his party not have anyone else that can be its face?
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:34 PM
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5. How do you say, "Dirty Old Man", in Italian?
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 01:16 PM
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7. That would be berlusconi.
Edited on Fri Oct-07-11 01:17 PM by LibertyLover
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 01:17 PM
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8. lol - yeah
he is one nasty creep.
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Chorophyll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 01:29 PM
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11. Ha! Yep. nt
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TriMera Donating Member (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 01:29 PM
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12. Vecchio sporcaccione.
:smoke:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-11 12:42 AM
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14. Grazie
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:45 PM
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6. Bunga Bunga!
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 01:20 PM
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9. Not to defend Berlusconi or the Italian right, but
the Italian right would be considered a centrist party here in the U.S. Don't confuse U.S. right and left with European right and left.

But yes, he's an arrogant, pompous, tyrannical and perverted little man with a little penis.
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War Horse Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 01:26 PM
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10. His grip on the media might be comparable, though
to something like Faux
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Chorophyll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 01:30 PM
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13. Yes. It would be like having Murdoch for president,
only with more infantile sexism.

:scared:
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Liquorice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-11 01:45 AM
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15. Italy has major problems with sexism and misogyny. It's really bad there from what
I've heard from a couple of women I know who went to Italy as exchange students several years ago. For example, men approach women in the street and tell them if they think they are dressed inappropriately. The men there are also apparently very sexually aggressive toward women in a way that would be completely unacceptable in America. I've heard all kinds of enraging stories that made me very glad that I don't live there.
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panzerfaust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-08-11 04:15 AM
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16. IHMO some varation of the name
would fit the US Democratic party just fine//////
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