Silvio Berlusconi To Use Bloodied Face In Campaign Poster

Telegraph:

Berlusconi, 73, suffered a fractured nose, two broken teeth and severe cuts to his gums and lips when he was hit in the face with a souvenir of Milan's cathedral following a rally in the city earlier this month.

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Comments

[KataVideo]

01:39 AM on 12/31/2009

So.. his re-election campaign is going to be some sort of carnival "dunking" booth sort of this, except with antiques and blood? Alrighty then.

[ThePhilosopher]

10:29 PM on 12/30/2009

Berlusconi is an incredible scumball... how he manages to stay in office is puzzling.

[Untitled]

04:52 PM on 12/30/2009

Silvio Berlusconi: "These Colors Don't Run... But My Nose Does"

[higherstrategy]

09:09 PM on 12/29/2009

What is that Popular Rolling Stone Song?

"Sympathy for the Devil"?

[omobob]

08:56 PM on 12/29/2009

Prediction: Berlusconi will cave and opt for two ladies in bikinis ( see: Berlusconi babes aka pollitical appointments) . Isnt politics great.

[oregon bird]

07:01 PM on 12/29/2009

That will work! half the country will enjoy the picture, and the other half will be disgusted that he is trying to make hay out of a security disaster.

And what does his attacker look like, right now? does he have all his teeth?

[Balzac]

06:11 PM on 12/29/2009

It can be a part of his campaign, but it shouldn't be too central to the campaign branding or imagery. It's a serious issue, but not a central issue. Ultimately, he wants to be remember not for being some kind of persecuted man, but for success. This aspect of the campaign should only be used as an acknowledgement of the attack and to make a point about the importance of civil society over anarchy.

[Ourrias]

06:10 PM on 12/29/2009

Drama queen.

[Ergon]

03:19 PM on 12/29/2009

Was the attack faked to win sympathy? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1237298/You-Tube-video-suggests-attack-Berlusconi-faked-overnight-sensation.html

Videos: In Italian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waKBP8ckoUU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsD1rwJovP8&feature=related
And in French: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGVeSlSbDOE&feature=video_response

Europeans, bless them, are asking interesting questions:
1. the cameraman meticulously following Berlusconi's every move mysteriously turns away vaguely into the crowd just before the attack;
2. you can see the swing of the attacker at Berlusconi, which misses him;
3. Berlusconi immediately puts a black piece of plastic he had been holding in his hand (?) over his face (but in the moment before he does so you can see his face is unmarked);
4. there is no blood above the plastic at first, but when Berlusconi emerges from his car there is a new smear of blood under his eye;
5. his bodyguards spend some time obscuring our view while they apply the makeup in the car (and one may have a can of some spray-on substance);
6. the makeup appears as caked and dried blood, not what you would see as the result of a very recent attack.

[HappyMarsden]

07:52 PM on 12/29/2009

I see the 9/11 truthers and moon hoaxers are branching out into new avenues.

Good luck wit dat. (pat pat)