Monti will resign; Berlusconi returns as a candidate (for real).
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Keystone Phil
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« on: December 08, 2012, 09:04:02 PM »
« edited: December 08, 2012, 09:15:00 PM by Keystone Phil »
Since not everyone follows the Italy 2013 thread (for some silly reason Tongue), here you go - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/world/europe/italian-prime-minister-mario-monti-to-resign.html?hp&_r=0
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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2012, 09:05:51 PM »
Joke-State Italy must have missed his bunga-bunga parties. 
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2012, 09:07:33 PM »
Quote from: Frodo on December 08, 2012, 09:05:51 PM
Joke-State Italy must have missed his bunga-bunga parties. 

He's very unlikely to be returned to power.
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2012, 09:12:08 PM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on December 08, 2012, 09:07:33 PM
Quote from: Frodo on December 08, 2012, 09:05:51 PM
Joke-State Italy must have missed his bunga-bunga parties. 

He's very unlikely to be returned to power.

Well, your title is a tad misleading.

The appropriate one would be "In a desperate comeback attempt, Berlusconi forces Monti to resign".
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 09:15:39 PM »
Oops. I didn't mean it like that. I'll specify "returns as a candidate."
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 10:44:39 PM »
Berlusconi seems like the biggest troll in politics ever.
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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2012, 01:02:04 AM »
It's time for a female Prime Minister.
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« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2012, 01:11:30 AM »
Quote from: thrillr1111 on December 09, 2012, 01:02:04 AM
It's time for a female Prime Minister.

Sadly, Italy is for now devoid of any prominent female politician.
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« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2012, 02:28:30 AM »
Quote from: Fillon, laisse pas béton ! on December 09, 2012, 01:11:30 AM
Quote from: thrillr1111 on December 09, 2012, 01:02:04 AM
It's time for a female Prime Minister.

Sadly, Italy is for now devoid of any prominent female politician.

That is sad. But If Germany could do it why not Italy.
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« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2012, 03:24:35 AM »
Quote from: thrillr1111 on December 09, 2012, 02:28:30 AM
Quote from: Fillon, laisse pas béton ! on December 09, 2012, 01:11:30 AM
Quote from: thrillr1111 on December 09, 2012, 01:02:04 AM
It's time for a female Prime Minister.

Sadly, Italy is for now devoid of any prominent female politician.

That is sad. But If Germany could do it why not Italy.

Keep in mind that, for the last decade, the best opportunities of a political career for a woman were offered through providing Berlusconi with certain kind of "services". Not exactly the best method to recruit Prime Ministerial material... Tongue

More seriously, in a political system as sclerotic as the Italian, the insanely rigid party structures obviously have a strong bias toward old white guys.
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« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2012, 04:45:39 AM »
Quote from: Fillon, laisse pas béton ! on December 09, 2012, 03:24:35 AM
Quote from: thrillr1111 on December 09, 2012, 02:28:30 AM
Quote from: Fillon, laisse pas béton ! on December 09, 2012, 01:11:30 AM
Quote from: thrillr1111 on December 09, 2012, 01:02:04 AM
It's time for a female Prime Minister.

Sadly, Italy is for now devoid of any prominent female politician.

That is sad. But If Germany could do it why not Italy.

Keep in mind that, for the last decade, the best opportunities of a political career for a woman were offered through providing Berlusconi with certain kind of "services". Not exactly the best method to recruit Prime Ministerial material... Tongue
Why not? At least she'll be a looker.

I am ready to believe "Ruby" would be a far more competent prime minister than Silvio ever was, anyways. Tongue
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« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2012, 08:15:27 AM »
Quote from: Minion of Midas on December 09, 2012, 04:45:39 AM
I am ready to believe "Ruby" would be a far more competent prime minister than Silvio ever was, anyways. Tongue

This is a fair point.
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« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2012, 08:19:40 AM »
I'm fairly certain you can take a random drunk off the street and be reasonably confident he won't do as much damage as Berlusconi.
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« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2012, 09:04:54 AM »
Quote from: Senator Franzl on December 09, 2012, 08:19:40 AM
I'm fairly certain you can take a random drunk off the street and be reasonably confident he won't do as much damage as Berlusconi.

Russia already tried that.

Mixed results.
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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2012, 09:48:35 AM »
Quote from: thrillr1111 on December 09, 2012, 01:02:04 AM
It's time for a female Prime Minister.

I'd love for Carfagna to run! But I actually was supporting a female candidate that was actually running: Giorgia Meloni. She used to be in Silvio's Cabinet. She's a critic now. She was running in the center-right primary...until Berlusconi scrapped it with the snap of a finger. Roll Eyes

Oh, and for those that suggested her, I'd love to see "Ruby" run. Wink
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« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2012, 04:20:54 PM »
*berlusconi returns as president
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« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2012, 09:13:59 PM »


Ronzulii per' Chigi!

America needs electoral lists so we can have politicians like this. And diversity.
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« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2012, 01:51:52 AM »
The Berlusconi effect in a chart:
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« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2012, 03:21:52 PM »
Silvio offered to step aside if Monti runs as the center-right candidate. Just when you think this stuff couldn't get any more bizarre...
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« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2012, 06:27:21 PM »
The saddest saddest thing of it all, is that it is not completely unimaginable that he actually wins this... Sad Not likely, right, but not completely impossible...
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2012, 07:00:23 PM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on December 12, 2012, 03:21:52 PM
Silvio offered to step aside if Monti runs as the center-right candidate. Just when you think this stuff couldn't get any more bizarre...

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