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Berlusconi cries fraud in vote drama
..Berlusconi was set to fight his centre-left rival's election win to the bitter end after claiming fraud and "vote-rigging" had robbed him of victory.

"(There was) so much vote-rigging, I am confident the result must change," Berlusconi, whose House of Freedoms bloc lost the election to Romano Prodi's Union coalition by a tiny margin, told reporters late Wednesday in Rome.

"The rigging was all in one direction, it was absolutely not evenly spread," he said.

"We have to check the records of 60,000 polling stations, one by one. The result must change because there was too much fraud in several parts of Italy."

The billionaire leader, who has refused to concede defeat to Prodi and earlier denounced what he called "a great many irregularities" in Sunday and Monday's vote, asked the journalists: "Did you think you'd got rid of me?"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060413/ts_afp/italyvote_060413063124;_ylt=AnH3vGVysO0VUJSlnfmXX7Ws0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-
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Thu Apr 13, 2:46 AM ET
Comment: Cry me a river.. you attention-whore Drama-Queen ;)

What shall we do with Berlusconi?

String him up like Mussolini.

I must admit, the only thing bad about this is the delay this is causing for Prodi to assume his position as head of government. I hope they'll finally be able to prosecute Berlusconi for his crimes now.

I must admit, the only thing bad about this is the delay this is causing for Prodi to assume his position as head of government. I hope they'll finally be able to prosecute Berlusconi for his crimes now.

Yup, but they'd have to change the laws first.

Yup, but they'd have to change the laws first.
I'm kinda hoping they'll find some things he did now that aren't protected by the laws, and since he won't be able to create legislation anymore...

I'm kinda hoping they'll find some things he did now that aren't protected by the laws, and since he won't be able to create legislation anymore...
He'll be a laughing stock wherever he goes really. Isn't that enough?

He'll be a laughing stock wherever he goes really. Isn't that enough?
Considering how close the vote was in one of the houses, there's enough people that prefer crooks in power.

What shall we do with Berlusconi?

String him up like Mussolini.
haha

Considering how close the vote was in one of the houses, there's enough people that prefer crooks in power.
Yeah, but since then he's been acting like a little baby and insulting everyone.

Yeah, but since then he's been acting like a little baby and insulting everyone.When hasn't he been acting like a baby and insulting everyone? This is typical for him.

When hasn't he been acting like a baby and insulting everyone? This is typical for him.
He hadn't been acting like a sore loser before he lost the election though. Nobody likes a sore loser.

Yeah, but the childish behavior and the insulting has been around forever. I'm not sure, but what did he do the first time Prodi beat him?
Made a bit of money, waited until he got into power and then changed the law to try and make himself stay in power for ever?

He hadn't been acting like a sore loser before he lost the election though. Nobody likes a sore loser.Yeah, but the childish behavior and the insulting has been around forever. I'm not sure, but what did he do the first time Prodi beat him?

Not again!?!? Bloody time warp.

He hadn't been acting like a sore loser before he lost the election though. Nobody likes a sore loser.

Possibly... but before that he was a bad winner, and that was even worse.

Fraud? In Italy? Impossible.

Fraud? In Italy? Impossible.
LOL..
If you read the SoreLoser statemets.. he is not denying he rigged votes..
he is saying "the fraud was not evenly spread"
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One embarassement after another (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2365936237119418685&q=Berlusconi&pl=true)

Here's some more (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1727970632202126447&q=Berlusconi+bye+bye&pl=true):D