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Berlusconi Under Fire for Obama 'Suntanned' Joke

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2008 5:30 PM CST

(Newser) – Silvio Berlusconi is in a bit of a pickle after calling Barack Obama “handsome, young, and suntanned,” the London Times reports. Political opponents in Italy called on the gaffe-prone prime minister to apologize. “To say that the US president is young, good...   Read full story »

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