Umm, maybe that means something different in Italian

You have to give Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi mad props for his boldness.

After Obama's victory, here's how he congratulated his new partner in world leadership, from Talking Points Memo:

Speaking at a joint news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, the 72-year-old media tycoon also said Obama's election to the White House had been "hailed by world public opinion as the arrival of a messiah".

"I will try to help relations between Russia and the United States where a new generation has come to power, and I don't see problems for Medvedev to establish good relations with Obama who is also handsome, young and suntanned," he said.