Berlusconi faints while giving speech

[deminks]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/dc55a396-7d4d-11db-9290-0000779e2340.html

MONTECATINI TERME, Italy, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi fainted during a speech at a political rally in Tuscany on Sunday.

Berlusconi fell to the floor with his eyes closed as he was delivering the closing address at a gathering of young centre-right followers and was taken off the stage by aides.

After a few minutes, another speaker at the event, former lower house speaker Irene Pivetti, told the crowd that Berlusconi was already recovering.

“He felt unwell due to the tension, he is very sorry and wants to continue but the doctor has told him not to,” Pivetti said. An ambulance arrived on the scene.

[JI7]

1. hahahahha, i saw this on tv

i thought it was funny

[xchrom]

2. i thought i was the only one who did that.

[bianca2001]

3. IT MUST BE

all the suppressed anger and bile he has accumulated since losing,
the little "would-be Mussolini".

DISGRAZIATO e MASCALZONE

[deminks]

5. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

Could also be the fraud trial that will resume on Monday. He has been trying to delay the trial, but it is scheduled to resume on Monday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6185514.stm

Mr Berlusconi - Italy's richest man - went on trial last week for alleged fraud and money laundering and could face up to 12 years in jail if convicted. He denies all charges against him.

The trial is due to resume in Milan on Monday.

[annabanana]

7. It's amazing how debilitating those fraud trials can be...

innit?

[xchrom]

6. welcome!

:hi:

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Not before doing this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=p2TRnDBI2o4

I'm w/ KeithO - I just LOVE that clip!:rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. Well I dee-clay-uh! He must'n caught the vapors!

Lawda mercy.

[Algorem]

9. i hear hanging upside-down is a good cure for that

[daleo]

10. It may be a ploy for sympathy

Or it may be the real thing. He is 70 after all. Still, it is a bit reminiscent of Pinochet's convenient episodes of ill health over the past decade or so.

[rocktivity]

11. What's Italian for

"The truth is, I fainted from the shock of seeing that more than three people showed up!"

:evilgrin:
rocknation

[Joanne98]

12. Oh pleeeezzzeeee!!!!!!

[flordehinojos]

13. "no big deal. i just wanted to pass gas" /s/ berlusconi.

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