Silvio è un maiale

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from HuffPost:



In the midst of yet another sex scandal, this one involving 17-year-old aspiring model widely known as "Ruby," Silvio Berlusconi defended his lifestyle, saying "I love life, I love women," according to the AP.

Berlusconi acknowledged that he "helped" Ruby after she was arrested in May for theft, but says he did not interfere in the justice system, the AP reports. The Italian paper Corriere della Sera is reporting that a phone call was made on Ruby's behalf claiming that she was the daughter of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, says the AP. Opposition groups have called for Berlusconi's resignation if it proves that he abused his power to secure Ruby's release.

Ruby's allegations have been at times contradictory, and center around her attendance at "bunga-bunga" parties, apparently a reference to lewd behavior at the PM's luxurious villa. Karima Keyek, the girl's real name, has denied having sex with the 74-year-old media tycoon, but has given details of the parties to the police.

The PM has been accused of similar events before, including an alleged affair last year with Noemi Letizia, an aspiring model, after he attended her eighteenth birthday party and gave her an expensive necklace. Berlusconi denied the affair. The allegations are also being compared with the scandal over Patrizia D'Addario, a call girl who claimed to have been paid to sleep with Berlusconi. The Catholic magazine La Famiglia Cristiana has described Berlusconi's penchant for beautiful women as "a disease, something uncontrollable," reports the Telegraph. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/01/ruby-berlusconi-sex-scand_n_776896.html

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1. Unfortunately, this is not news

But Italians are mostly an older group, enamored by Silvio's image (and possibly some of the men wish they could be like him). Younger voters are outnumbered (Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in the world). This Ruby and bunga bunga thing may finally begin to crack Silvio's hard shell of supporters.

As an Italian citizen, I find him an embarassment and political failure whose claim to fame may only be trying to keep Italy firmly set in the 18th century.

Then again, I find it very hypocritical for Famiglia Cristiana to all of the sudden criticize Silvio's loose morals - which have been known for decades - this being the same Catholic magazine that did not raise much fuss over allegations of sexual abuse in the church.