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At a youth rally for his People of Freedom party, the Italian billionaire PM made a rather controversial statement. Berlusconi said that it was not unreasonable for women to look for rich husbands, noting that he, recently divorced, is “loaded.” Berlusconi also stressed that …
… older, rich men are great, because they will die soon and then the women can inherit, presumably to repeat the entire process again and again and again! While the PM is not known for being terribly tactful or respectful of women, this has certainly been a tough couple of years for his personal life, even by his own sky-high standards.
In addition to the comments about gold digging, Berlusconi also made what is believed to be a pro-Hitler joke (something that is not exactly harmless in a country with a large fascist movement headed by the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, who was, to put it mildly, acquainted with der Fuhrer). This comes on the heels of his separation from his wife as a result of a sex scandal possibly involving underage girls and sex parties. And if you thought Berlusconi himself put his foot in his mouth, just yesterday his buddy and fellow politician, Giorgio Stracquadanio, said it was perfectly legitimate for women to use their bodies to advance their political career, even if it involves sleeping their way to the top. Indeed, this is a legitimate concern as Berlusconi has recently helped many inexperienced young women, many of whom were former Miss Italy contestants and glamour models, achieve leadership positions in his party (one of these women is a dental hygienist who Berlusconi “met” in a Milan hospital). Clearly, Berlusconi is such a trainwreck that Ireland’s PM, Brian Cowen, is being called “Brian Berlusconi” even though he has no record of sleeping around or being offensive, and is only suspected of having shown up to an interview drunk. I would tell Silvio to quit while he is ahead, but when you’re entire persona is based on being outrageous, maybe he knows better than I do how to keep getting re-elected.
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I think anytime a person gets on stage and start pimping like this it is offensive to the human race as a whole. I feel like someone put a camera in a zoo to film the Prime Ape Silverback Berlusconies, members of the asshaticus genome.
He looks like a used car salesman.
Money, check
Power, check
Scads of beautiful hard-bodied woman throwing themselves at him, check
The ability go get up on stage and say whatever the hell you want, check
I don’t think this guy is going to lose any sleep over being “controversial”
Hey, any man who can go and visit lots of people made homeless by an earthquake and tell them to think of it as a camping holiday has got a pair of solid gold balls!
Maybe he was just advertising for a position in his bedroom?