21 June 2009
post-feminism in action
(Italian TV photo from The Brennanator)
'Nicolò Ghedini, Berlusconi's chief legal adviser, defended his client over the D'Addario affair by describing his client as a mere "end user" of the women, who was not therefore at risk in the Bari investigation. For good measure, he added that "Berlusconi could have them [women] in large numbers for free".
The prime minister himself, although clearly rattled, is still trying to banter his way though the storm, using the brazen style that has gone down well in the past with many voters. On Friday, he spotted a female journalist whose sweater had slipped slightly off one shoulder. "Are you trying to get invited to one of my dinners?" he asked. "I used to do one a month, now I need to organise three or four a week"' (From here).
