Word: berlusconi
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...girlfriend who he wants to have lick me," D'Addario tells Tarantini over the phone on Nov. 5, according to the L'Espresso tapes. When the Bari businessman laughs, D'Addario swears that those were the Prime Minister's words. "(He was) very affectionate," she says of Berlusconi. "All night, we didn't sleep...
...Berlusconi is letting his lawyers do the talking. Niccolo Ghedini, who is the Prime Minister's longtime attorney and an Italian Member of Parliament, told the Ansa news agency that it was illegal to post the recordings, which in any case were "totally unlikely and a product of the imagination." Still, the Prime Minister must figure out how to definitively change the story line, even as most in Italy assume that more revelations are likely to emerge. Here are five ways Berlusconi can escape his bedroom...
...Keep quiet: Berlusconi could have insisted from the get-go that his personal life is, well, personal. Yes, his wife accused him of frequenting "underage females" just before she filed for divorce in April. But by keeping absolutely mum, Berlusconi could signal that he won't be drawn into the tabloid frenzy. Then he has to hope that the story fades away. (See Berlusconi's worst gaffes...
...Attack: Berlusconi has blamed L'Espresso and its sister newspaper La Repubblica of having a personal vendetta against him and has publicly told advertisers to deny business to the publications. Presenting himself as a victim of the press is an old tactic with an ironic twist, since the Prime Minister personally owns huge swaths of the Italian media. Still, it's becoming increasingly harder for Berlusconi to convince supporters that his opponents are simply making this all up. (Read "Berlusconi Under Attack - from His Wife...
...Revel in it: "Italians like me as I am," Berlusconi stated a month ago. That's true. The Prime Minister has an incredible ability to embody certain values that Italians see in themselves. They also like that he defies what many see as the hypocritical moralizing of his opponents. Remember, Berlusconi is at his most powerful when he is at his most entertaining...