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I guess running off to the

NCD — Mon, 16 May 2011 02:09:31 +0000

In reply to Head of IMF Strauss-Kahn in Custody for Alleged Sexual Assault

I guess running off to the airport to leave the country isn't the best way to handle the situation, anyone in his position must be aware that he could be accused of abuse by any woman he was alone with in his 3k a night suite for even 5 minutes, he seemed to leave in an awfully big hurry.

Well, that "beats me" echoes

miguelitoh2o — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:39:47 +0000

In reply to Looked at the comments list

Well, that "beats me" echoes my opening line in this news post, ("Who knows the truth of this?"). I still will withold judgement as it seems like a stretch from an affair with a subordinate to the alleged incident in NYC. do you think there could be significance to the fact that both of these sexual "incidents" involving the senior Socialist Party member were exposed in the US?

Yes, I was aware of his

miguelitoh2o — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:33:25 +0000

In reply to It seems Strauss-Kahn is well

Yes, I was aware of his reputation, although I think it's kind of a large leap to assume he morphed beyond this reputation to being a rapist. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I suspect his political career will not likely survive the scandal regardless of the outcome of a court case.

Looked at the comments list

we are stardust — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:12:15 +0000

In reply to Head of IMF Strauss-Kahn in Custody for Alleged Sexual Assault

Looked at the comments list on the news item at Naked Capitalism; out of 98, about 94 declared him guilty; wow. One commenter left this link from an alleged assault in 2008. Beats me.

It seems Strauss-Kahn is well

David Seaton — Sun, 15 May 2011 20:43:01 +0000

In reply to Yeah, the problem with

It seems Strauss-Kahn is well known for this sort of thing, This from Gideon Rachman:

(...) let’s acknowledge that it has been an open secret for years that – even by the standards of French politicians – Strauss-Kahn has a reputation as a womaniser. I remember speaking to a European colleague of his, who was laughing with astonishment at the open lechery that Strauss-Kahn had displayed at an official dinner. Strauss-Kahn was also reprimanded by the IMF board for a “serious error of judgment”, after an affair with a subordinate.

This time he zigged when he should have zagged.

Yeah, the problem with

miguelitoh2o — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:16:16 +0000

In reply to "...it raises the possibility

Yeah, the problem with conspiracies is that they're so hard to prove, not that they don't exist.

I was trying to remember the

we are stardust — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:14:57 +0000

In reply to "...it raises the possibility

I was trying to remember the Client 9 you lent us, Lulu. Google, and found this in a review:

“Client 9″ follows Spitzer’s meteoric rise, starting with his extremely productive years as New York State attorney general. His bold tactics consistently produced the results he wanted. However, his tough talk and harsh prosecutions also made a distressing number of powerful enemies — Ken Langone of Bank of America, Hank Greenberg of AIG and John Whitehead of Goldman Sachs — just to name a few. When he was elected governor, he made another enemy in Joe Bruno, the Republican majority leader of the state Senate."

I believe it. Plus the film actually went to great lengths to portray him as an er...egocentric asshole. Plus I hate the tar outta Hank Greenberg. ;o)

"...it raises the possibility

A Guy Called LULU — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:09:02 +0000

In reply to Yeah, not that it excuses

"...it raises the possibility of someone setting him up..."

Good thing you kept that "someone" as a singular person. Two or more and you would be suggesting a conspiracy and be banished to whaco-land where people wonder about the charges against Assange and Scott Ritter [young boys if I remember correctly] and others who annoy so many powerful people.

There were some stories about

Obey — Sun, 15 May 2011 17:00:12 +0000

In reply to Yeah, I almost mentioned

There were some stories about connections between GOPers and the prostitute, but I can't remember the details, nor vouch for their veracity. It's a damn shame though, Spitzer would have been useful in a real job post '08...

Yeah, I almost mentioned

miguelitoh2o — Sun, 15 May 2011 16:35:17 +0000

In reply to Sarkozy comes to mind. He got

Yeah, I almost mentioned Spitzer in my comment, even though there was a paper trail from his bank records leading to the prosecution, one wonders why/who in the bank triggered that particular investigation, (given that I've transferred similar amounts as did Spitzer from my own accounts, and it never resulted in a federal investigation of myself).