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2008-11-07 Europe

Italian leader: Obama 'handsome and even tanned'

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Posted by ed 2008-11-07 07:53|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Then, smiling and speaking in Italian, he said through a translator: "I told the president (Medvedev -ed.) that (Obama) has everything needed in order to reach deals with him: he's young, handsome and even tanned."

Why do I get the feeling that this was not necessarily a compliment or come on to president-elect.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-07 08:15|| 2008-11-07 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 It is possible that it was a compliment. He Berlusconi is famous to be always tanned even in Winter .Berlusconi makes lot's of gaffes like this. He once famously said that some Scandinavian PM was super handsome and that he tought of presenting him to his wife...
He also said of one of his female ministers that if wasn't for the wife he would want her. He had to apologise later in public to his wife...

Posted by Zebulon Spase1139 2008-11-07 09:18|| 2008-11-07 09:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's a golden oldie going out to Chris Matthews...

Tall and tan and young and lovely,
The man from Indonesia goes walking
And when he passes
each one he passes goes "a-a-ah!"

Posted by tu3031 2008-11-07 09:43|| 2008-11-07 09:43|| Front Page Top

#4 True, Berlusconi is eccentric no doubt.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-07 09:46|| 2008-11-07 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5 An eccentric, occasionally an idiot.

Posted by Bulldog 2008-11-07 10:07|| 2008-11-07 10:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Silvio Berlusconi sounds like the Italian version of Joe Biden.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-11-07 19:33|| 2008-11-07 19:33|| Front Page Top

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