Berlusconi playing the fear card as election nears

With a substantial block of Italian voters still not sure who they will vote for (or if they will even vote) Berlusconi is pulling out all of the tricks of his trade. He's making wild accusations about communists, complaints about everyone conspiring against him including the media (which he owns), his interior minister is talking about blocked Islamic terrorist attacks (thanks George) and now he's talking about asking the UN to oversee the elections.

The problem is that his rival Prodi is a sad example of a politician as well. Prodi is a typical recycled European so-called leader that has been around forever, including a previous stint as PM and like all political losers from the EU, he held a senior position in Brussels where he excelled himself at incompetence with charges of corruption and millions of euro down the tube. Nice choice for Italy, huh? I sympathize though, looking out to the elections in France in 2007 where the choices appear to be equally bad.