Italy 2013: The official thread

[Insula Dei]

PD - 28%
M5S - 18%
PdL - 17%

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[Insula Dei]

This was a RAI-debate, right? Were there semi-nude women involved?

[Insula Dei]

Yeah, these sort of regulations are always idiotic, but nothing beats Argentina, where you can't vote in the General Election if you didn't also vote in the (pretty meaningless) primaries.

[Insula Dei]

Can anyone summarize the Montepaschi di Siena story?

[Insula Dei]

Grillo asked Al Quaeda to bomb the Italian Parliament. Yes, for real.

So we got our answer: Monti and Co. will get third.

Don't be so sure. This might actually help Grillo, you know.

The choice between Mussolini and Ben Laden must be agonizing for the Italian Right. Which one will amuse the rest of Europe the most?

[Insula Dei]

Grillo asked Al Quaeda to bomb the Italian Parliament. Yes, for real.

So we got our answer: Monti and Co. will get third.

Don't be so sure. This might actually help Grillo, you know.

The choice between Mussolini and Ben Laden must be agonizing for the Italian Right. Which one will amuse the rest of Europe the most?

Given the people you are talking about, I'm not sure 'agonizing' is the most accurate word here.

If possible they'd have both, of course.

[Insula Dei]

What if 1994 strikes and Grillo wins?

He can't technically "win" since he doesn't have a coalition and thus doesn't qualify for the majority bonus. I have absolutely no idea what happens if an individual party comes ahead of all the coalitions. That would be a heck of a crazy situation to see, though. After all, Grillo doesn't even actually want to rule. His main plank is end representative democracy altogether and replace it with some fuzzy internet stuff nobody understands a sh*t about.

Wow, it's hard to understate how much of a joke Grillo really is.

On a completely unrelated note, whatever happened to UDEUR? Are they in the Third Pole? Do they even exist anymore?