reading between the lines
"It seems odd since I've only met Berlusconi once and that was in an attempt to get aid into Darfur."
he doesn't say that the "meeting" didn't take place at said party...
Silvio Berlusconi has named George Clooney as a defence witness in his forthcoming trial for sleeping with an under-aged prostitute, Reuters reports. The lively Italian PM is accused of bedding 17-year-old Moroccan night-club dancer Karima el Mahroug, aka "Ruby the Heartstealer", at a "bunga bunga" party at his villa near …
How does he show off mates if they go "wha? I saw him once in a meeting."?
The mate he actually tried to show off was Qaddafi: he claimed Ms. Ruby was Muammar's niece... That didn't end very well. (The presumption is that he later phoned Obama to say Muammar was his nephew and please don't bomb.)