Berlusconi Shows his Diplomatic Mettle

It's time again for storytime with Silvio "Looney-Bin" Berlusconi--the crazy Premier of Italy, running for re-election and trailing in the polls (the Italians seem to have, at last, come to their senses).

During a stump speech, Berlusconi enlightened his audience with his vast knowledge of Chinese history, preaching in that ineffable way that only old Italian men can, that "[If you}read The Black Book of Communism...you will discover that in the China of Mao, they did not eat children, but had them boiled to fertilise the fields."

Uh-huh.

All this, as the Italian embassy in China is promoting 2006 as "The Year of Italy," to increase Chinese-Italian relations.

He can be Premier, Italy, but it's probably best to lock him away when the neighbors come over....because of this too:



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Posted by sarah t. at 1:14 PM