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Moves and photos (dog lovers) by Berlusconi

Moves and photos (dog lovers) by Berlusconi

Because I was not convinced by the latest move – Monti style – by Berlusconi. The Scratches of Damato

This then Silvio Berlusconi could have saved himself. And he could, even more, spare it from the more opinionated part of his, however, reduced electorate. It is the dog lover's photography with which he wanted to wish a Merry Christmas and "joy together with the people you love": dogs, cats and I don't know what else I understand, or above all to them, given the dangerous times we live in being able to perhaps trust only pets to defend ourselves well from Covid and variants, including the Micron which is shaking half the world, to say the least. Unless some virologist also demolishes our trust in dogs and the like.

I understand the uncontainable desire of the Knight – leaving the former to the usual detractors – to appear sympathetic, easy going and so on, while dividing himself elitly between one villa and another, and offering the guests on duty at his tables all good things. , as the chronicles report, leaving the public with a dry mouth that might not like it out of envy or indigence. But posing with the dog in the midst of his somewhat denied but also somewhat admitted run to the Quirinale does not seem to me frankly appropriate. Enough and advances – I think – to popularize this blessed race to the highest hill in Rome, the story of the great-grandfather as opposed to that of the grandfather "at the disposal of the institutions" which that crafty Mario Draghi made use of in the press conference at the end of the year.

Since I know this, however, slightly superstitious, I was amazed how Berlusconi put himself on his own, without even the provocation or tripping of a conductor or hostess, in the not exactly fortunate position – say – by Mario Monti on the evening of 7 February 2013, during the election campaign, in Daria Bignardi's TV living room. That just to put the then Prime Minister in competition with his predecessor at Palazzo Chigi, exhibited with a lot of photos in the background, he gave him and practically put a dog in his arms. I don't remember its name anymore.

The outcome of that attempt to popularize the icy professor, technician and so on, sent to Palazzo Chigi by Giorgio Napolitano even with the life insurance policy of a senator appointed for high merits, was somewhat disappointing, to say the least. The party, or quasi-party, improvised by the then Prime Minister did not resist the test of the polls not because it had not had votes but because it fell apart immediately not knowing how to manage them in the parliamentary halls. Not even the dog just received as a gift had the satisfaction of seeing her owner confirmed as Prime Minister or promoted, as someone had even predicted, to the Quirinale to replace the outgoing President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.

Monti, whose talents Berlusconi also boasted of having discovered his talents by promoting his appointment as European Commissioner, was consoled – but perhaps he consoled his constituents a little less – boasting that he had taken away the votes he had from Berlusconi himself in the elections. they would have been necessary to win them and also conquer the Quirinale for himself, as well as Palazzo Chigi for some friend or ally. And with these precedents – I ask myself – the good Berlusconi poses with his dog, or his little dog, like any other Monti, or as a fallback? Come on, President, as you have now acquired the right to be called for life, even without necessarily becoming Head of State.


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/mosse-e-foto-cinofile-di-berlusconi/ on Sun, 26 Dec 2021 06:50:14 +0000.