Italian PM Finds Obama 'Tanned'

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At the night of elections, as Obama created history, the world leaders stepped forward to compliment him, but one such statement has raised more than one pairs of eyebrows.

Gaffe-prone Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has given rise to a fresh controversy by praising U.S. President-elect Barack Obama suntan. The entrepreneur, while on a Moscow visit, said last night that Obama was "young, handsome and tanned".

His comment drew a lot of criticism."What's the problem? It was a compliment. If these people don't have a sense of humour why don't they just..." British tabloid The Sun quoted him as responding to his criticisms.
MP Dario Franceschini said: "He must apologise. The best theory is he can no longer control himself. His words damage our country's image across the world."

Newspaper La Repubblica said: "Right on cue comes the first almighty gaffe." This is not the first time that Berlusconi has caused widespread offence, for he had called a German MEP a "war camp guard" on one occasion, and proclaimed the West "superior" to Islam on the other. He was once even slammed for making a gunshot gesture to a journalist after a difficult question.

Obama stands for change and history...rightly so, as its high time the world changed its insight on the issues of color and race.