AS: Fool of the Year

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's richest man who owns three of the country's largest private TV stations, the country's leading daily, and dozens of other news outlets is about to be defeated after one term in office.
The Bangkok news reports:

An exit poll for state television Rai gave support for Prodi's coalition at between 50 and 54 per cent compared to 45-49 per cent for Berlusconi's centre-right alliance.

For his colossal bungling of a public image - controlled in no small part by his media empire - Silvio Berlusconi is awarded the Art Slob Fool of the Year award. Berlusconi is the sad and lonely form of fool who has neither the wit to dissemble his nature in the public eye, nor the fool's craft of eluding the consequences of his actions. Your lack of artistry gave us no light into our own foolishness, preferring the sun to shine only for yourself. We are no wiser at your passing, only grateful that you're gone.

Congratulations, Fool!