Berlusconi calls Italy a 'shitty country'

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 7:26 PM Share

If I were Silvio Berlusconi, at this point I would just assume my phone conversations were being taped:

It was in a phone conversation with Lavitola late on 13 July that Berlusconi was said by the judge to have erupted in anger. "They can say about me that I screw. It's the only thing they can say about me. Is that clear?" he said to the man allegedly blackmailing him. "They can put listening devices where they like. They can tap my telephone calls. I don't give a fuck. I … In a few months, I'm getting out to mind my own fucking business, from somewhere else, and so I'm leaving this shitty country of which I'm sickened."

I'm no expert in Italian politics, but I'm guessing people don't generally appreciate hearing this sort of thing from their leader. 

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BLAUHMAN

9:20 AM ET

September 2, 2011

Italian politics

This is ridiculous: According to the judicial arrest warrant issued on Thursday, a third person – Valter Lavitola, the italian editor of a small newspaper – maintained direct contact with Berlusconi and received the cash in monthly installments from the prime minister's personal secretary.

 

J.LAW

10:04 AM ET

September 2, 2011

Berlusconi calls Italy a 'shitty country'

I can bet you that their women would really love to use some of the Best Beaty Products that we have over here in America. If Berlusconi call's it a shitty country I know the women really dislike some fact's about the country too.

 

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