Candidate compares himself to Berlusconi

Answering a question about energy policy, West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Arne Moltis compared himself to embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi:

I’d have to sit down with all of the players and reasonably discuss this. Make sure there are no bribes involved and they are all sober. I don’t drink at all, I don’t touch the stuff. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I do chase women, like the prime minister of Italy, but that’s about it.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had four hours of facial surgery on Monday to repair damage he suffered when a man hurled a statuette at him in 2009. Mr. Berlusconi suffered broken teeth and a broken nose in the attack at the end of political rally in Milan. His office said the surgery was to “restore the anatomy and jaw function that had been gravely compromised” in the attack.

For Berlusconi, there’s nothing to hide. He says “once a month I have dinners at my houses, where everything happens in a polite, dignified, and elegant way.”

Then he adds: “In your opinion, what would make a girl lie and call herself a prostitute in television? It means she’ll never be able to have a normal life, a normal husband, and she won’t even be able to be a prostitute anymore.”

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Per Berlusconi, invece, non c’è nulla da nascondere. “Una volta al mese offro delle cene nelle mie case, dove tutto avviene in modo corretto, dignitoso ed elegante” taglia corto il premier.

Per poi aggiungere: “Ma secondo voi, cosa spinge una ragazza a dichiarare il falso e a dichiararsi prostituta in televisione? Significa che non potrà mai avere una vita normale, un marito normale, e non potrà più nemmeno fare la prostituta”.

via La Repubblica