Meh. Yesterday I watched the full episode of Travaglio & Santoro vs Berlusconi. I ****ing hate all of them, but I can see why the average voter would vote Silvio after that.
Travaglio got buried as a liar and opportunist, Santoro as a Soviet trying to cover the truth. Berlusconi is a succesfull media mogul because he knows his **** better than everyone in Italy. End of the story.
I gave 3 ****ing votes to Grillo anyways. What a shameful day to be Italian.
They have some broad points.But they present themselves as a check against the other parties' schemes, not really as a party that can actually form a goverment.Not enough experience for that, everyone knows that including them.Maybe they can mature as a political movement, we will see.
No. Who cares? A lot of them are young, fresh faced radicals with a couple of realists thrown into it to steer the ship (and Grillo as the populist figurehead). I'd much prefer that to the stooges of the EU, Monti and Bersani, or worse, Belursconi, who is not even funny anymore, just a vile, inhumane little man.
5 Stelle's objective is to engage in radical state reforms from top to bottom, not to offer an alternative Tweedledee to the establishment parties' Tweedledum.
EDIT : Is it true that Grillo has the popular vote? If so, pretty scandalous that he came third...
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Looks like we won't have a government. Good news.
The markets and finance houses want Monti, The Eurozone mafia want Monti.
Mark my words the Italian people will be getting Monti one way or another.
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His party is first in one chamber and second in another, but considering coalitions then he is third.
The Eurozone hoped for a Bersani victory with a Monti alliance, now Bersani has lost and Monti doesn't have the number to have any weight in parliament.If Monti forms a goverment it would only be for a new election law to be made and new elections to be held.
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Berlusca, the evil Dwarf is winnig the vote for the Senate!
Defeated, but not beaten.
He will remain a deciding factor in Italian politics (as opposition or as leader) as long as he is alive. Many underestimated him. They considered him done for because of a trivial corruption trial. As if anyone that votes for Silvio doesn't already know he's corrupt as rotten apple. They laughed at his 10% 2 months ago.
And he kicked them in the nuts. Again.
I still don't think he will make goverment, but he taught them that you don't play against Silvio. You let him be.
http://news.yahoo.com/italy-faces-po...202136123.html
"When Berlusconi was forced out of office in November 2011, he was widely assumed to have joined the political dead. At 76, blamed for mismanaging the economy and disgraced by criminal allegations of sex with an underage prostitute, a comeback seemed impossible. But one thing has become axiomatic about Berlusconi in his 20 years at the center of Italian politics: Never count him out."
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Of course he won't make a goverment, the man lost 7 million of votes compared to 2008.
@yes but he will not have a majority there, no one will.
I'd be fairly ok with another round of elections.
What a shame!!! Berlusconi almost re-elected. I'm proud to be one of those 25% of still sane people that voted M5S
Result of elections
Senate, updated at 00:56 AM
http://elezioni.interno.it/senato/sc...S000000000.htm
Chamber of Deputies, updated at 00:56 AM
http://elezioni.interno.it/camera/sc...C000000000.htm
Hope not. He's just a disgrace for humanity. Anyway, center-left or center-right will not have a solid majority to rule the country. Winner will rule for no more than 8 months
Looks like his coalition is not first in any of the chambers, still his comeback in the electoral campaing and Grillo's exploit makes a PD/SEL or PD/SEL + Monti goverment impossible.At this point if a goverment will be formed it will be just for a new election law to be made and new elections to be held.
Only chance they have is to find a sort of agreement with the M5S of Grillo. But we already know the Grillo's points of view about eventual alliances. He wants to send them all home, so we'll have a period of ungovernability for quite long time.
That's why Grillo will be the un-doing of the Italian Republic, if he is allowed to play his role. His movement has a great nothingness as a program, it's just "against, against, against". After having pushed Italy over the edge, it will dissolve. Honestly, yesterday was the beginning of a long European decline. European nation states will become less and less important globally. And Europe as a whole cannot prosper without Italy. And barely 50% of the Italian electorate chose to say "Basta!" to Berlusconi (affluenza 75%, di cui 30% x Berlusconi). Any voter of M5S just wants to see the whole house come crushing down. What they don't get: They won't be watching from the sidelines. They will be buried in the rubble. Now my decision stands: I will leave Italy again at the nearest opportunity. That way, I will "only" choke from the dust that a crumbled Italy will cover the neighbors with.
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