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Berlusconi uses members of Congress as props in his bid for re-election

By Christopher Hayes

When Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi came to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, he received a warm welcome. President Bush gushed, "He is such a positive, optimistic person." And Congress convened a special meeting of both houses to hear from the man Italians call (some [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    For a good look inside the strange mind of Il Cavaliere, click here.

    Eh, Silvio, quando crescera’?

    United States Posted by rocco on Mar 31, 2006 at 9:29 PM

    “It was moving”, said the Man. Yeah, so were the Nuremburg Rallies. Hats off to Jim McDermott for doing a runner.

    Rocco thanks for the horrible videoclip. Nothing would ever , EVER, surprise me about that creep .

    I googled the film “VIVA ZAPATERO ! “, and found nothing your side of the moat ?

    Came out here in france 21dec, but not in mainstream.  Saw it a coupla weeks ago here in farwest normandy province , and impressed. Very funny,  & moving.

    I tried for a trailer, but yahoo was down.

    France Posted by frog on Apr 3, 2006 at 12:59 PM

    <yawn>

    The title of this article should have read,

    Head of Stage
    Berlusconi uses members of Congress as props in his bid for re-election
    inthesetimes.com fooled into thinking this is news and fills in slow news day

    United States Posted by Jay Cline on Apr 4, 2006 at 9:03 AM

    Maybe not action-packed enough for you, jay, but I found it revealing of a bunch of dummies applauding on cue.

    France Posted by frog on Apr 4, 2006 at 9:37 AM

    Yes, but what is so new about that?

    United States Posted by Jay Cline on Apr 4, 2006 at 1:23 PM

    Well Jay , it amused me, “when we stood up for one of the “applauses”, liked the phrase !
    Also berlusconi is closer to home for me,  have italian friends, watch the neo-fascists down there with a certain interest
    Also wondered if you all had heard of the film I saw.

    Sure nothing new about dummies, they’re looking more and more alike across the world, same globalista ideas, same bullshit.

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    The growing nation-wide effort to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is emblematic of a larger issue: what kind of country is the United States to become.

    Yesterday

    United States Posted by brian28 on Apr 7, 2006 at 8:46 PM
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