Veronica Lario, Silvio Belusconi's wife told La Stampa newspaper, that Barack Obama , the new US President, "He is a handsome man, he is young and healthy with a splendid family," "He is perfect for giving Americans their confidence back."
Obama is 'Handsome,' says Italian PM's Wife
AFP
ROME (AFP) — Barack Obama is good looking, Silvio Berlusconi's wife was quoted Friday as saying, three months after the outspoken Italian premier sparked controversy by describing the US president as "tanned."
"He is a handsome man, he is young and healthy with a splendid family," Veronica Lario told La Stampa newspaper.
"He is perfect for giving Americans their confidence back," she gushed.
Berlusconi had provoked criticism for describing Obama as "young, handsome, and tanned," during a visit to Moscow. Many in Italy and the United States saw the comment as racist or in bad taste.
Italy's ANSA news agency said Berlusconi later defended the remark as "a great compliment."
Lario also said her 72-year-old husband would be at the helm for a decade.
"Today there is no opposition in Italy. A strong opposition forces the majority to improve itself to face a stronger political challenge. My husband will rule for another 10 years," she said.
Berlusconi was prime minister in 1994 and then held power between 2001 and 2006. He returned to office in May last year.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini meanwhile said he would meet with the new US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "in two or three weeks."
1 comments:
It's a typically American idiocy to drag the wives into a country's political scene. As far as I can remember, no woman ever intruded, in Italy, or was dragged, into her politician husband's/brother's/whatever-it-might-be's actions or words in politics. We let the politically active hubbies do their thing, and that's it.
So, Americans, leave us alone and mind your own business (God knows you've got enough problems of your own, and you spread them all over the planet). If Mrs Hillary Clinton wants to have her say, she's now secretary of state and can, in that capacity (and God help us...); but Mrs Michelle Robinson Obama stick to her position as wife, manage well the White Houser as its hostess,and nothing more. So, enough with wives' "gushings".
As to Berlusconi's earlier comment about Barack, the irony is evident, but I don't see any reason for so much brou-ha-ha about it. I would have said the same.
An Italian.
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