Berlusconi calls himself most persecuted man in history

Right-wing dictators have it rough in life, I guess.

After a rough week for Italy's corrupt leader Silvio Berlusconi, he had the nerve to call himself "absolutely the most persecuted man by the judiciary in all of the history of the entire world."

Citing the more than 100 investigations against him, Berlusconi complained, "Over the years, I have spent €200 million on consultants and judges, sorry, consultants and lawyers." The people in the room burst out laughing at this Freudian slip.

This follows a court's finding that Berlusconi was "co-responsible for corruption" because the media empire he owns had bribed a judge.

Berlusconi also claims a recent ruling that stripped him of legal immunity was politically motivated because he is a "natural obstacle to the Left." He called himself the "best Prime Minster ever" and just can't understand all the "persecution" against him.

"Persecution"??? He tries to make it sound like he's Nelson Mandela or something.

I bet Silvio Berlusconi was never expelled from school 4 times because of a ridiculous grudge by school officials, had his newsletter deleted from Internet newsgroups because of its political stance, or been arrested for "trespassing" because of his politics. Berlusconi doesn't know the meaning of persecution. He's nothing but a big right-wing crybaby who thinks the world owes him.

(Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6868296.ece)