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Rinox
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  Hehe, Romano Prodi is the former head of the European Commission, the legislative branch of the EU. He's been succeeded by José Manuel Barroso a year ago or something. So yeah he's had a European career before moving back to Italian politics.
And yeah, you won't hear me say that the international media didn't heavily prefer Kerry over Bush during the presidential elections; but I think in that case it was because Bush' foreign policy was (and is) a disaster. For a country the size and as influential as the US that's a very big problem. I think it's been a while since an American president has been as universially disliked as Bush. Some hardliners like to blame that on the media and jealousy, and while they no doubt play a role they're just part of the picture. Bush is disliked because he sucks, period. Previous American presidents did a LOT better internationally. 
Anyway....you're right about the media liking to make things black and white, of course. I tend to think that in Berlusconi's case it's completely justified tho. I've seen more believable presidents in South America and North Africa.  
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derf
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Arathorn
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derf
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Rinox
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Man, Begnini is hyperactive freak. But fun to see and hear.
I can understand some Italian, but he speaks so fast it's hard...has a clear accent tho.
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derf
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He's a legend.
If find he speaks very clearly even though he has a slight accent of the "Napoletano".
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Rinox
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