from the comments i learned that the facebook group supposedly lauding the loon is full of people who's accounts were hijacked for the purpose.

On the other side entire sites were hijacked and transformed into pro-Berlusconi sites. A site that was created to express solidarity to the victims of the earthquake in Aquila, suddenly turned into solidarity for Berlusconi. This is not the first time Berlusconi has created overnight internet plebiscites.

Envious of the Democratic Party's primaries that topped over three million voters, Berlusconi launched an internet plebiscite for his then brand new improved personal political entity, Er Ppoppolo della Libertad. It of course had spontaneous orgiastic approval as far afield as Aldeberan. A few spoilers did have a field night by signing in as Al Cappone and Toto Riina.