So IMF chief Dominique Strauss-kahn was yanked off a flight at JFK, trying to flee to France after assaulting a maid.
According to the police report, a naked D-S-k pulled the woman into a bedroom, and sexually assaulted her. She fought, but he dragged her into the bathroom, where he forced her to perform oral sex. She escaped, told the hotel staff, who called police.
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Now in just about every article, three facts pop up.
One, that Strauss-Khan is known in France, as “the great seducer,” which means they must set the bar pretty low.
Using their standards, Ted Bundy’s a Casanova.
And then there’s the constant reminder of the French, jaded view toward a leader’s sexual appetites – a progressive, permissive attitude that lets them mock those repressed yanks.
Yep – the French are so evolved, that maybe this is no big deal.
She’s just a maid. She’s probably lying. It’s a trap.
My favorite line comes from an ecology Minister named Nathalie Koscuisko-Morizet , who says there is another “clear victim, which is France.”
That’s from a French lady.
Which is maybe why, a previous victim of Straus-Khan didn’t press charges. Tristane Banon was attacked, but says, “I didn’t want to be known, to the end of my days, as the girl who had a problem with the politician.”
Finally, we’re told this guy’s a socialist. Yet, here he is flying first class, renting a three grand a night room. and maybe attacking women.
But socialism is such a grand idea – so much bigger than those who champion it, that it never matters if said champion is a creep. Their awfulness is justified by their desire for social justice.
Which, historically, ends up killing millions anyway.
And if you disagree, you’re a racist homophobe.
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