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Berlusconi Likes McCain — (It’s an Age Thing)
By Steven Lee Myers
ROME – International diplomacy obliges leaders not to comment on the political affairs of other countries.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, meeting with President Bush here, violated the protocol with an endorsement of Senator John McCain, though he might not necessarily appreciate the reason: Mr. McCain’s the older man.
Mr. Berlusconi, a conservative who is 71, began with a standard demurral when asked his preference at a press conference on Thursday in his official residence, Villa Madama. He then expounded with a command of detail that included Mr. McCain’s date of birth.
“I suppose I could express my own personal preference for one of the candidates,” he said with a pause, “the Republican candidate.”
“And this is for a very selfish reason, and that is that I would no longer be the oldest person at the upcoming G-8,” he said, referring to the annual meeting of the Group of Eight industrial nations, as Mr. Bush smiled, “because McCain is a month older than me.”
In fact, exactly a month, as he made clear. Mr. McCain, whose age has been raised as an issue in the campaign, was born on Aug. 29, 1936 in the Panama Canal Zone; Mr. Berlusconi on Sept. 29 in Milan. The Group of Eight summit in 2009 — should Mr. McCain win the right to attend for the United States in November — will be held around July here in Italy, on the tiny island of La Maddalena, near Sardinia. Both men will be 72.
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"Spero vinca Mc Cain: è un mese più vecchio di me".
Anche se il Berlusconi IV assume toni e profili sempre molto istituzionali, lo spirito del Cavaliere a un certo punto viene fuori. Così oltre alle dichiarazioni di amicizia eterna e di eterna riconoscenza, il premier improvvisa un endorsement per il candidato repubblicano Jhon McCain. "Mica per altro - precisa Berlusconi - è che McCain è un mese più vecchio di me e se vincesse lui non sarei il più vecchio ai vertici del G8".
Berlusconi Likes McCain — (It’s an Age Thing)
By Steven Lee Myers
ROME – International diplomacy obliges leaders not to comment on the political affairs of other countries.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, meeting with President Bush here, violated the protocol with an endorsement of Senator John McCain, though he might not necessarily appreciate the reason: Mr. McCain’s the older man.
Mr. Berlusconi, a conservative who is 71, began with a standard demurral when asked his preference at a press conference on Thursday in his official residence, Villa Madama. He then expounded with a command of detail that included Mr. McCain’s date of birth.
“I suppose I could express my own personal preference for one of the candidates,” he said with a pause, “the Republican candidate.”
“And this is for a very selfish reason, and that is that I would no longer be the oldest person at the upcoming G-8,” he said, referring to the annual meeting of the Group of Eight industrial nations, as Mr. Bush smiled, “because McCain is a month older than me.”
In fact, exactly a month, as he made clear. Mr. McCain, whose age has been raised as an issue in the campaign, was born on Aug. 29, 1936 in the Panama Canal Zone; Mr. Berlusconi on Sept. 29 in Milan. The Group of Eight summit in 2009 — should Mr. McCain win the right to attend for the United States in November — will be held around July here in Italy, on the tiny island of La Maddalena, near Sardinia. Both men will be 72.
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"Spero vinca Mc Cain: è un mese più vecchio di me".
Anche se il Berlusconi IV assume toni e profili sempre molto istituzionali, lo spirito del Cavaliere a un certo punto viene fuori. Così oltre alle dichiarazioni di amicizia eterna e di eterna riconoscenza, il premier improvvisa un endorsement per il candidato repubblicano Jhon McCain. "Mica per altro - precisa Berlusconi - è che McCain è un mese più vecchio di me e se vincesse lui non sarei il più vecchio ai vertici del G8".
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