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Berlusconi seeks votes in sex lines and swear words
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Apr 05, 2006 04:46pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, April 5, 2006 10:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | HE HAS vowed to give up sex for the election, compared himself to Jesus and Napoleon, and admitted phoning late-night erotic chat lines. Nothing, it seems, is out of bounds for Silvio Berlusconi.
But yesterday the Italian Prime Minister, trailing in opinion polls before Sunday’s vote, perhaps went a step too far when he suggested that left-wing voters were “dickheads”.
Addressing the honourable Federation of Merchants and Shopkeepers, Signor Berlusconi said that only coglioni would consider voting for the centre-left opposition.
“I have too much esteem for the intelligence of Italians to think that they could be such coglioni as to vote against their own interests.
“I apologise for the crude but effective language.”
The Prime Minister, whose faltering campaign has lacked the brash self-confidence that swept the millionaire businessman to office, said that he had spoken “ironically, with a smile on my lips”. But opposition politicians said that Signor Berlusconi had insulted all Italians. “Berlusconi has confirmed himself to be an uncouth and vulgar man,” the opposition bloc said. |
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