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AGENDA21 Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:16 PM
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Italy vote rigged: Berlusconi
ITALY'S defeated prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has criticised "vote-rigging" in the country's elections, saying he is "confident" of an eventual victory.

"(There was) so much vote-rigging, I am confident the result must change," Mr Berlusconi, who lost the election to Romano Prodi's centre-left coalition by a tiny margin, told the press as he emerged from his home in Rome.

The prime minister had yesterday denounced what he called a "great many irregularities", which he claimed occurred during the election.

He has refused to accept the victory of Mr Prodi's alliance.

"The rigging was all in one direction, it was absolutely not evenly spread," said Mr Berlusconi.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18803596-1702,00.html
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:16 PM
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1. boo f*cking hoo - tell that to us in Florida n/t
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wake.up.america Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:54 PM
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12. Silvio, the master of deceit crying foul!!! Should have taken...
better notes from Bush on how to steal an election.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:17 PM
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2. He knows it was rigged cuz he rigged it first and they rigged it back.
:rofl:
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:20 PM
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3. Silvio should know about RIGGING elections.
He has a history of changing rules to help hs right wing nazis.

Silvio, you lost, get over it.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:20 PM
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4. Yeah, he would know if it's rigged.
He also knows he didn't rig it ENOUGH for his victory..
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:24 PM
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7. Exactly. The only fraud in this election is that....
the center left parties were CHEATED out of votes due to "fixing" by Don Silvio.

They should have gotten 53% of the vote according to the exit polls.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:21 PM
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5. Get over it.
How many times did we hear that after Bush stole the election from Gore in 2000? :eyes: It would tear the country apart, get over it! :rofl:
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:23 PM
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6. So 20% electronic voting machines wasn't quite enough?
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:27 PM
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8. How do you say "pot" and "kettle" in Italian? n/t
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:34 PM
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10. Dunno, but it's not obvious that they have separate words for it/them...
Romance languages sometimes only have one word for semantic-1st-cousins, where we might have several.
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rniel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:32 PM
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9. He ought to know
He's the one who rigged it.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:37 PM
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11. Too bad, BerLOSEconi-man
If anyone has an account still, could you share that with our knuckle-dragging friends over at FRetard City?
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 12:56 PM
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13. Back at them!!
Another of the little Bush wannabes gone.
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