It would appear from the charges leveled against M. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 67, leader of the International Monetary Fund and a possible candidate for President of France, that the prominent French Socialist just got a little bit too big for his britches.
Even unflappable France, a country that tends to wink at the indiscretions of its sometimes oversexed leaders, seemed abashed.
"It's a cross that will be difficult for him to bear," said Dominique Paille, a political rival to Strauss-Kahn on the center right. "It's totally hallucinating. If it is true, this would be a historic moment, but in the negative sense, for French political life.”
The Associated Press has reported:
It cannot happen soon enough.
Even unflappable France, a country that tends to wink at the indiscretions of its sometimes oversexed leaders, seemed abashed.
"It's a cross that will be difficult for him to bear," said Dominique Paille, a political rival to Strauss-Kahn on the center right. "It's totally hallucinating. If it is true, this would be a historic moment, but in the negative sense, for French political life.”
The Associated Press has reported:
“According to an account the woman [ a hotel maid] provided to police, Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where he began to sexually assault her. She said she fought him off, then he dragged her into the bathroom, where he forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear. The woman was able to break free again and escaped the room and told hotel staff what had happened, authorities said. They called police.”New York police, who do not take a casual attitude toward such behavior, yanked M. Strauss-Kahn off a plane headed for gay Paree, whose mayor, by the way, has funded a press junket this week for journalists from American gay publications. Bootie Cosgrove-Mather (his real name) reports on CBS News that “the mayor wishes to make Paris leading detination for gay travelers”
It cannot happen soon enough.
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