Congratulations to Berlusconi

I’d like to express my congratulations to Berlusconi.

Yesterday “our” PM managed to surpass himself. Once again he managed to turn the tables against his accusers while talking about the last issues he has been involved in.

The facts are, sadly enough, well-known: Berlusconi called the police headquarters in Milan to release a friend of his, the underage girl “of the week”. Her stage-name is Ruby – and her stage is, well, you know…Berlusconi lied to the policemen (he claimed that the girl was Mubarak’s niece) and asked them to turn a blind eye on the case.

The fuss that ensued was fairly predictable once these things came out. What to do though?

It’s here that Berlusconi – or his ghostwriters – came up with his biggest surprise, declaring that it’s “better to be fond of good-looking girls than being gay”

It’s hard to believe that Berlusconi wasn’t aware that his new “joke” wouldn’t go down well with everyone. Listening to the tape, however, it is possible to gauge that his wasn’t a gaffe, but rather a well-thought line.

By stating that it’s better to chase skirts than being homosexuals, Berlusconi is simply “speaking the truth”. Sadly a truth that is widely believed by many of his electors. Creating this corollary “mediatic mess”, however, Berlusconi managed to divert public  attention from two problematic issues:

Firstly, the Prime Minister has personally called the police headquarters in Milan (lying) in order to release a Moroccan escort that had been arrested for theft (must be hard to explain it to his friends from Lega Nord!)

Secondly, even the last hooker in Milan has Berlusconi on her speed-dial!

Absolutely brilliant!