Looks like Italy won't have Berlusconi - or his girls - to kick around anymore

silvio.jpgForget about Herman Cain and his (alleged) roving eye. Forget about Anthony Weiner and John Ensign and all the other elected officials in this country accused of hanky-panky. When it comes to sex scandals, no one comes close to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. What will Italy do without him? From Business Insider:

There are some that say that we are too hard on Berlusconi -- that his love for the female sex is natural, and besides, it's natural. But just imagine if any other Western leader was accused of the following:

* Cheating on his wife.
* Cheating on his wife, repeatedly.
* Cheating on his wife with prostitutes, repeatedly.
* Cheating on his wife with underage prostitutes, repeatedly.
* Filling the government and the European parliament with unqualified women he might have cheated on his wife with.
* Exerted pressure on the entertainment industry to hire women he may have cheated on his wife with.
* Been photographed with the rough equivalent of Snooki sitting on his lap.

No - we're probably not being hard enough. Berlusconi's love of women is not only immoral, but it's illegal, and just plain stupid. And remember, these are just the girls we know about...

Pictured: TV actress Eleonora Gaggioli, who Berlusconi tried - and failed - to get on the European Parliament.


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