4.11.2006
sorry, my cap'n, gotta have a little more patience...
elections in italy
we have the stupidest system ever. we have two chambers of parliament. what do you need two chambers for?
the difference is that to vote for the higher chamber you must be at least 25. this means that since the right-wing gets votes mainly from rich, old and/or not cultured people, the high chamber is always more right-oriented.
there was a high risk that in italy now we had the lower chamber controlled by the leftists and the high chamber by the righteous. this fortunately didn't happen.
italy is broken in two pieces basically equal, even though, for effect of that same election law that the right approved 4 months ago (that is 4 months prior to the elections), they lost.
BUT
Berlusconi won. the only acceptable result that could be considered a victory would be the ultimate ousting of Berlusconi from politics, which did not happen, since he is still the leader of the biggest party in italy and his coalition got half of the votes.
nonetheless he is a criminal, an unfair player, and an excellent communicator.
Prodi, on the other side, is an excellent politician, a wise man, and a dreadful leader.
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elections in italy
we have the stupidest system ever. we have two chambers of parliament. what do you need two chambers for?
the difference is that to vote for the higher chamber you must be at least 25. this means that since the right-wing gets votes mainly from rich, old and/or not cultured people, the high chamber is always more right-oriented.
there was a high risk that in italy now we had the lower chamber controlled by the leftists and the high chamber by the righteous. this fortunately didn't happen.
italy is broken in two pieces basically equal, even though, for effect of that same election law that the right approved 4 months ago (that is 4 months prior to the elections), they lost.
BUT
Berlusconi won. the only acceptable result that could be considered a victory would be the ultimate ousting of Berlusconi from politics, which did not happen, since he is still the leader of the biggest party in italy and his coalition got half of the votes.
nonetheless he is a criminal, an unfair player, and an excellent communicator.
Prodi, on the other side, is an excellent politician, a wise man, and a dreadful leader.
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