Official "Bye Bye Berlusconi" thread. Celebrate inside

[Greeby]

:bounce: :woohoo: :applause:

Can I get a WOOT up in here?

[stop the bleeding]

1. is it official - is he gone???

:toast:

[Greeby]

3. According to the exit polls, stick a fork in him

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4894584.stm

:beer:

[Crankie Avalon]

6. According to exit polls, you could have stuck a fork in Bush, too. n/t

[stop the bleeding]

7. msnbc has it now as well

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12229641/

[mdmc]

2. what is the official word?

Are the fascist out?

[paparush]

4. Good. Now Maybe NPR will shut the f*ck up about him...

gad..I've listened to so many damn Berlusconi pieces I just want to puke...

[gratuitous]

5. You'll get a WOOT

After I sneeze in the corpse's face, prick its hand with a needle and tickle its nose with a feather. I've seen too many of these political obituaries overturned on the autopsy table to celebrate before their ample white backsides are completely out the door.

[quiet.american]

9. Lol! We've been through "election poll" euphoria once too often

I believe the election poll is accurate, however, I also know facts don't count for much in the age of Bushco and Friends. I'll be happy when it's official that he's out.

[sonicx]

8. The results aren't in yet. You shouldn't trust exit polls. nt

[mdmc]

10. my fear too

[RB TexLa]

11. I don't see a Prodi government lasting that long n/t

[Zorra]

12. Do they use electronic voting machines in Italy?

If not, here's a big WOOT! Another fascist Bu*hpal is gone.

[wakeme2008]

13. Does this mean no Italian troops in Iraq.

:) All Bush's friends are being voted out.....

[CTyankee]

14. ci vediamo a presto

NOT!
Forza Italia!

[sg_]

15. saying on sky news now...

that the 2nd exit poll shows that prodi looks like he'll win and a clear majority in both houses.

[theHandpuppet]

16. A WOOT and a WHOOPEEE!!

:bounce:

[acmejack]

17. Ciao Baby!

[malaise]

18. I posted a BBC report

showing he is in serious trouble. Goodbye you crook.

[Junkdrawer]

19. "Electronic voting comes to Italy (as do conspiracy theories)"...

When Lucio Stanca, the minister of innovation and technology, began preparing Italy for electronic vote counting a few years ago, there were some naysayers. But test runs for European Parliament elections in 2004 and Italian regional elections in 2005 silenced the critics - temporarily.

With the arrival of the April 9 and 10 general elections, the dress rehearsals are over. Electronic vote tabulating will move beyond the test phase in Italy for the first time: It will be used in four of the nation's 20 regions and will affect a fifth of the population.

Detractors worry that mischief will mar the count, especially if there is a close race in any of the four regions, which have many undecided voters.

Silvio Berlusconi, who has been prime minister for five years, is running against Romani Prodi, a former president of the European Commission who heads a vast coalition of center-left parties.

Prodi has maintained a lead in opinion surveys but Berlusconi can never be counted out.

...



http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/04/news/rome.php

[CrownPrinceBandar]

20. SEE?!?............

Corporate fascism can be beat. Now let's do it here!

See ya, Silvio (ya fuck).

[leveymg]

21. Maybe the CIA can arrest and interrogate him now about Ledeen and

the Niger Yellowcake forgeries? Rendition him to GITMO?

Just a thought.B-) :evilgrin: B-)

[Bushy Being Born]

22. Is it really final yet?

I'm not breaking out a bottle until I KNOW.FOR.SURE.

[KoKo]

23. I'll wait until it's official......

Somehow exit polls for Italy just don't seem to be enough. :eyes:

But, have my fingers crossed...

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

24. Next stop -- jail cell, you corrupt corporate whore

[Greeby]

25. kick for the evening crowd

:kick:

[mdmc]

40. awful

[mdmc]

26. too fuckin early to celebrate according to the bbc

we are dancin around like we won, when the right wing is getting ready to steal this election.

[Innoma]

28. Yes, indeed, get ready for a surprise last minute win...

Funny how exit polls can be so wrong; smells fishy to me.

[SoCalDem]

27. Not so fast

:(


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x895686

[mdmc]

29. thanks for the 2000 flashback

:mad:

[seabeyond]

30. personally my flashback was 2004, but ya.... i guess it could be 2000

also

[mdmc]

31. I was working for a NYS Assembly race in 2000

We lost, but Hillary and Gore "won". Two hours later, we were at a bar, and Florida went from blue to striped. There were a couple old black ladies that we so sad that we had lost the assembly race. God, they lost it at about 11:30 PM. It was the worst political loss in my life.

:mad:

[dogday]

32. This is a 2004 flashback

polls say one person wins and the votes say another... Sound familiar??? The minuted I heard this, I snapped back to 2004

[mdmc]

33. In 2000, msm CALLED Florida for Gore,

just like this OP called the election for the centrist. That is why I called it a 2000 flashback. As far as I know, no msm called Florida or Ohio for Kerry. Am I wrong?

[seabeyond]

34. ah i see whAT you are saying. right on. ya.....

i remember watching then and bushie boy throwing a fit and taking off to call brother. i thought you spoiled little wuss, what do you and brother have up your sleeve.

[mdmc]

36. peace and low stress

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[seabeyond]

38. bah hahahahah....go into your post

and not seeing the peace nor low stress, funny you. red faces kinda hit me in the face. that was funny

[mdmc]

39. :-)

:)

[dogday]

37. The Polls had Kerry in the Lead

and right at the very end, here comes the votes for Bush... Just like this election....

[Junkdrawer]

35. ...and then the polls are adjusted to match the vote...

You'd think they'd invest in new scriptwriters...

[Donald Ian Rankin]

41. How many chickens did you say you had?

[Bushy Being Born]

42. Well, that's it, this is in no way over yet

Some are saying it'll take weeks to get the results now, if the Berlusconi camp is contesting the results and demanding recounts. 2000 anyone?

[blitzen]

43. link to an update....current view is that Berlusconi is gone!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4897994.stm