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The Current Crisis
The Facts Keep Changing
At this rate, DSK may never get out of jail.
WASHINGTON — The facts keep changing. Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK to the cognoscenti), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is nabbed by New York police Saturday, having just boarded an Air France flight to Paris. Accused of sexually assaulting a maid at the Sofitel Hotel back in Manhattan hours earlier, he is hustled off the plane. DSK, also the leading candidate against France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, is taken into custody, identified by his alleged victim in a police lineup, and lingers in a Manhattan holding cell. He undergoes some sort of tests wherein DNA samples are taken from his fingernails and skin — he volunteers for this.
In a matter of hours he is a fallen man. He got up Saturday morning the head of the respected International Monetary Fund. He goes to sleep that night convicted in the eyes of the vast majority of the public as sex offender.
He is subjected to that peculiar American institution of justice, the Perp Walk, and the pictures are grim. He is not the dapper Frenchman anymore, but a guy in a trench coat looking disheveled and woebegone. Judge Melissa Jackson denies him bail, though his wife is on her way from Paris with a million dollars. He may spend the rest of his life behind bars. He is sent to Riker’s Island, a brutal place.
Yet the facts keep changing to those who follow the story with care. He booked the seat on the plane at least a week before, so he did not hightail it to the airport after the alleged assault took place. In fact, he had lunch with his daughter in a Manhattan restaurant about a half hour after the alleged assault. The personal cell phone that he allegedly forgot in his hasty exit to the airport and called the hotel about, tipping the cops to his whereabouts, has completely slipped from sight. Still, he is jailed with no hope of bail and charged with several felony counts for chasing a maid around his hotel room and forcing her into various humiliating positions.
The news accounts echo with tales of earlier sexual assaults and behavior that suggests he suffers from the Clinton Syndrome. At least one woman in France is opening up a case against him from years before. My hunch is that he will never be elected president of France. In fact, he might not ever get out of jail.
Now DSK is claiming that there was indeed sexual activity in that hotel room, but it was consensual. Someone close to the defense tells the New York Post, “There may well have been consent.” After all it was midday, and the hotel was busy. How did he manage to chase the maid from room to room in his $3,000 a night hotel suite as she claimed without raising a commotion, and did he secure the outer door to the hallway? Oh, and by the way, he got the hotel suite on a discount. He paid between $500 and $800. So it is not a $3,000 suite.
In France opinion is in conflict. Some say DSK, head of the International Monetary Fund and leading candidate for the presidency of France, was set up. Others are embarrassed and some blame the French press. As for the French journalists, there seems to be an awakening that the English-speaking people are not so puritanical after all. “We felt that we were superior to the Americans and the British by upholding the principle of protecting private life,” Pierre Haski, co-founder of the website Rue89, told the New York Times. Well, hang on, Pierre. You did not have it so wrong. Public figures have a right to a private life. Yet when they draw attention to their private lives, they go too far. Or when their behavior in private affects the public life of the nation, they have gone too far.
When Bill Clinton continually held up his private life as exemplary he played the public for fools and he got just what he deserved, exposure. When he disported with an intern in the Oval Office, he went too far. When he engaged in “phone sex” on unsecured lines that were open to foreign intelligence agencies, he went too far. Who knows what foreign nations have done with those embarrassing tapes of him and Monica Lewinsky? When indiscretions committed in private affect the commonweal, a public figure has gone to far.
In the case of DSK we have the presumption of innocence in this country until he is proven guilty. He has not been proven guilty. He can wear a bracelet and be bailed out. He should not have been forced to make the Perp Walk. This is not one of our justice system’s finest hours.
About the Author
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. is the founder and editor in chief of The American Spectator. He is the author of The Death of Liberalism, published by Thomas Nelson Inc. His previous books include the New York Times bestseller Boy Clinton: the Political Biography; The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton; The Liberal Crack-Up; The Conservative Crack-Up; Public Nuisances; The Future that Doesn’t Work: Social Democracy’s Failure in Britain; Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House; The Clinton Crack-Up; and After the Hangover: The Conservatives’ Road to Recovery.
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Charles Boisvert | 5.19.11 @ 6:48AM
Thanks for the good research. I've seen a lot of screaming in the press. This is more thoughful.
Sylvia L.| 5.19.11 @ 9:29AM
Mercy!
Am/Spec editors are chomping at the bits in their attempts to defend DSK.
Perplexing!
DSK's semen will undoubtedly be found in the carpet where the maid spit it out. But AmSpec's take on this? It was consentual sex.
Consestual? Yeah, sure, and Ben Stein has never eaten a cheeseburger.
99 1/2 won't do| 5.19.11 @ 9:34AM
The boys at The American Spectator--Benny Boy Stein and Emmett Tyrrell-- are presumably aroused at the thought of what went on in that bedroom at Sofitel.
yuyu| 5.19.11 @ 9:37AM
Aroused? Maybe. The contributors to this rag are suspect to the darkest thoughts and actions.
Thomas Paine| 5.19.11 @ 12:52PM
Yuyu are an ass ass....
old white guy| 5.19.11 @ 5:11PM
yuyu, yu yu sure are one thoughtful person.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 9:39AM
Off with his head!
WRTolkas| 5.19.11 @ 12:52PM
Which one?
Kilgore Trout| 5.19.11 @ 12:59PM
BOF!!!
old white guy| 5.19.11 @ 5:12PM
wrt. all of them.
beebop| 5.19.11 @ 6:50PM
It's that four hour Cialis erection ... they have to do something with it ...
Fredrick Ward| 5.19.11 @ 12:46PM
You expect to be taken seriously when you can't even spell a correctly? You had two chances to get it right, and you failed both times in two different ways.
Palrak| 5.19.11 @ 1:02PM
And you left out a word!
old white guy| 5.19.11 @ 5:09PM
hmm, so far we get to read what the press thinks we should read about it. the press, well they just aren't so reliable these days. witness obama as their president.
anonymous| 5.23.11 @ 12:15PM
Who said anything about orgasm?
Jack in Wi.| 5.19.11 @ 6:58AM
He deserves a fair trial and he will get one. I think he is a flight risk and should stay in jail. However if he is under house arrest in a guarded home that would be alright. He can pay for the off duty or retired police to guard the house himself. Remember Ira Einhorn, and Roman Polansky. The French don't like to send their nationals back here for trial. I predict with all the friends this guy has he get off with little or no time. If he escapes and gets back to France he may even claim a setup and get elected. I read that polling in France say he was set up by 60% margin. Ron Paul is right. the IMF needs to go along with the World Bank and the FED. Who wants people like this in charge of the world's economies?
old white guy| 5.19.11 @ 5:13PM
jack, the fwench have had knot in their collective faces since ww2.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:19PM
He's a brilliant world finance leader!
Appleby| 5.19.11 @ 7:09AM
Men have been raping women and claiming it was her idea since right and wrong were discovered. Other men invariably back them up, hoping that their own opportunity will come along one day and the guys will rally round. After all, a girl is just a disposable good time, and by simply existing within arms reach, she PROVES she wants to have sex with you!
How many men long for the days when men were men and women were useful objects. And by the way, I love your suggestion that, in order to *get along* with a wealthy and powerful man, whats a disposable maid or two? Next time maybe you can get her to bring her daughter too.
Stammon| 5.19.11 @ 8:13AM
A man's duty is to protect women from other men. That's why it's called rape and used to be a capital offense.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 9:41AM
Off with his head! Then off to prison with the rest of him where he can become Abdullah's bitch.
Fredrick Ward| 5.19.11 @ 12:53PM
The fact that rape has been insinuated does not mean that it has taken place. That is the reason for our premise that you are innocent until proven guilty. Basically what I am trying to say is just because a woman screams rape doesn't make it so until the truth of the situation is veted out.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:02AM
I agree with Ben Stein and American Spectator. They treated him like a criminal before any proof was in effect. Remember, people, you are just a drink away from being a perp. The prison industry has taken control and it is called slavery. Most prisons are now private enterprises. This country is sick and the citizens are generally ignorant and uneducated masses who lie like beached whales watching sporting events and guzzling/gorging on libations and food, creating obese bodies. Yeah, you go, America! You are disgusting!
DrB| 5.20.11 @ 9:55AM
Private prisons should scare the hell out of decent people...well, at least the ones with a working brain, unlike those here who think all women are pure and honest....and what about this new partnership between Obama and Sarkozy...could there be any chance they would conspire to fix an election??...hmmm...power corrupts and....
DrB| 5.20.11 @ 9:58AM
For all those self-righteous, grammar police....yes...I should have said, "privately-owned prisons"......forgive me, please, I am not perfect (like you).
old white guy| 5.19.11 @ 5:15PM
appleby, i think we should get the muslim opinion on this.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:20PM
That came out of your head and nobody else's!
Doctor_X| 5.19.11 @ 7:45AM
I’m sure President Nicolas Sarkozy had nothing to do with this. The French never ever play dirty and their presidents never use their power to subvert the political process!
As for why he was denied bail I can explain it in two words: Roman Polanski
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:21PM
Every time the DSK case is likened to the Roman Polanski case, it's prejudiced a little more!
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 5.19.11 @ 7:58AM
They got him to resign. Now he will be released.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:04AM
That is the most informative thing I have read so far! I completely agree. They wanted him out of the position of power he held. BTW, he is Jewish and the Arabs cannot abide that he was in that position of power. Rather have a muslim like Obama.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:24PM
One big sham! DSK was a victim of chemical induced psychosis using some everyday chemicals and gases. No doubt he was set-up.
Deborah D | 5.19.11 @ 8:21AM
I intend to reserve judgment on this case, but what in the world is a man in a hotel room doing even having "consensual" sex with a hotel maid? I find it hard to believe that an immigrant maid from Africa could find some old French man attractive enough to agree to have sex with him. Maybe in some old guy's dreams, but not in reality. Just sayin'.
John Navratil| 5.19.11 @ 10:37AM
Deborah D,
The conspiracy theories abound, that $200 tip might have made him look good, the promise of a nice vacation, her daughter's admission into school... we can make them up out of whole cloth until be tire and fall into blissful sleep knowing it happened to someone else, and not us.
It's a good thing we have courts.
Kilgore Trout| 5.19.11 @ 1:02PM
Nothing "happened" to him. He DID whatever occurred in that room.
John Navratil| 5.19.11 @ 5:27PM
Philip Jose Farmer,
I certainly don't know who did what. You must have been there, I suppose.
Occam's Tool| 5.19.11 @ 9:07PM
John N,
I think Kilgore Trout was a character of Vonnegut's primarily, although I do think he made an entrance in one of the Riverworlds.
John Navratil| 5.19.11 @ 9:53PM
Occam's Tool,
Philip Jose Farmer wrote "Venus on the Half Shell" under the pseudonym of "Kilgore Trout". At least that was the story I knew. In another book of his, the cover "blurb" outed him. I thought to bring the "venus on the half shell" metaphor into the discussion, but thought that would be even more obtuse.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 5:43PM
Yes, he did. But Kilgore Trout was CREATED by Vonnegut. The two men apparently knew each other, you see, and apparently Vonnegut was not amused.
By the way, did I tell you that at one time I belonged to the LA SF Society?
old white guy| 5.19.11 @ 5:16PM
deb. how much money do you have?
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:07AM
More to the point, what could he have found attractive about her? And what about disease she probably is carrying? Ugh! He should have cut it off rather than put it into a rathole.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:28PM
His behavior was just too bizarre! He was a victim of chemical induced psychosis using some everyday chemicals/gases. He was no more interested in the housekeeper than she was in him. The mental state the chemicals caused brought it all on. He is in no way responsible for his actions -- he wasn't himself. The people who set him up may have a few things to worry about.
Gran Torino| 5.19.11 @ 8:30AM
This creep is unbelievable: he sexually assaults a defenseless maid then goes and calmly has lunch with his daughter? If he did assault the victim, his arrogance is truly breathtaking--I'd prefer the scarper scenario, at least it shows he was aware he'd messed up and had to get out of Dodge fast. This way it's ho-hum, get dressed, adjust the cufflinks, call the car and meet DD for lunch before popping back to Paris. Who cares a damn about that idiot who ran boohooing down the hall--she's too dumb to say a word (they never do).
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 9:28AM
Hey, did you forget John, Ted and Bobby Kennedy, Brock Adams, Fred Richmond, Gus Savage, Wayne Hays, Gerry Studds, Mel Reynolds, Daniel Inouye, Barney Frank or Bill Clinton? Sounds like the typical left wing feminist politician to me.
Thomas Paine| 5.19.11 @ 12:54PM
If he did it.
Why not wait for the evidence and then decide? Reminds me of Duke Lacrosse....
(Not saying he didn't, btw, just don't know)
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:12AM
You are assuming that all you read and heard in the media is correct, which is an erroneous assumption on your part. Now you are judge and jury and want to toss the keys. Listen, Bub, these kinds of power plays happen all the time. People get killed for political reasons all the time, quiet as it is kept. They have ruined him after trying to get him to resign and I am sure they warned him about it beforehand. It is not difficult to get a muslim maid (was she wearing a burqua?) to cooperate to ruin a man of Jewish descent. Arabs hate Jews. Period, no question mark. WAKE the eff up.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:33PM
Read the litmusbzzr1 comments. There's a lot of truth to them. He isn't the first person to have enemies who wanted him out of the way. This stuff goes on at his level. We're talking world finance and very powerful people with lots of money. A couple hundred thousand dollars seals the set-up or even a million, no problem!
Mary Beth Hebert| 5.19.11 @ 8:32AM
DSK must have pictures of RET and Ben Stein in compromising situations with farm animals. How else to explain their positions?
Yeah, he's "innocent" until proven guilty--in a court of law. He's not entitled to any presumption of innocence--or guilt--in the public arena. The public is entitled to draw conclusions from the body of evidence surrounding this creep such as the fact that he is a serial "womanizer" (which seems to be a euphemism for sexual predator) with a long history of various degrees of assault against women. And it's also becoming clear that the elite left of France was perfectly ready to ignore this in service to their Socialist cause, even to the point of one woman sacrificing her own daughter's dignity. Disgusting.
And there's the fact that the accuser made a contemporaneous charge that adds credibility to her story. This was not a woman who consented on a whim or because she'd had too many cocktails and then had regrets the next morning. She immediately picked up the phone to tell her brother about the assault, and then immediately after that told her employer, who called the cops. Within a few hours, the police were able to conduct an investigation and concluded that there was indeed probably cause that a crime had been committed.
Poor DSK. He had to be subjected to the same treatment as others accused of violent sexual assault. The "perp walk" happens every day in this country. The difference here is that the perp is an international celebrity (to hear Ben Stein and RET tell it) so there were people there to take his picture. Funny how people like DSK delight in and demand celebrity treatment--plush hotel suites, first class cabins, fine restaurants--when it comes to their daily lives but when they are accused of a violent crime they demand anonymity. Oh, until it's time for them to be processed through the criminal justice system at which time they want to assert once again their right to special, less unpleasant, treatment.
He was denied bail because there was evidence of a violent crime, he is of ample means, and he held a passport to a country which will not extradite him. Period. But in RET and Ben Stein's world, we should have just trusted that the dashing and jet setting Socialist wouldn't try to duck the charges. Right.
But don't worry, Mr. Tyrell. They've already laid the groundwork for the "nuts and sluts" defense and DSK may well be acquitted. Then he can go on The View and the rest of the lefty talk show circuit and tell his tale of woe and condemn the horrific US criminal justice system while the likes of you and Whoopi Goldberg nod in agreement.
Puprle Lipa| 5.19.11 @ 9:59AM
You know, I couldn't agree more. Something similiar occured here in the US. A bunch of white rich frat boys hosted a kegger and hired a black dancer. After much boozing they assualted the poor woman, who BTW was just trying to support her infant.
I say, let public opinion convict DSK. After all, that's what America is all about.
George True| 5.19.11 @ 5:55PM
Purpleguy, for once I agree with you. I also like your clever use of absurdity to illustrate absurdity - a skill you have in common with Rush Limbaugh.
At this point, nobody really knows anything about what did or did not occur in that hotel room. Certainly, the media does not. And I do not trust law enforcement any further than I could throw them. The criminal justice system has demonstrated countless times that they WILL LIE anytime it suits them to do so. The infamous case of the Duke lacrosse players prosecuted by a lying, criminal sociopath of a prosecutor is just the tiniest tip of a monstrous iceberg. Every day in America, overzealous prosecutors make things up out of whole cloth, lie to the grand jury, claim they have all sorts of evidence that they don't really have, suborn perjury, tamper with witnesses, and lie in open court.
Who knows what happened or who is telling the truth? The prosecutor can make Mother Teresa look like Lizzie Borden. It is what they do, and they are sadly quite good at it. Maybe this guy DSK really is the would-be rapist they claim he is, and if so then he deserves whatever happens to him. But you absolutely CANNOT conclude such a thing simply because some serial perjurer of a prosecutor alleges so.
Ray| 5.19.11 @ 10:58AM
"He's not entitled to any presumption of innocence--or guilt--in the public arena."
I hope you never serve on a jury. The defendant would never stand a chance with your philosophies to guide us.
Presumption of innocence is supposed to apply to everyone, by everyone, for a very good reason. It so that perspective jurists don't form their own opinions before all of the evidence and all of the arguments are made in a Court of Law.
Jamie W.| 5.19.11 @ 1:45PM
The thing is, DSK is a very important and powerful man, and a foreign diplomat. I don't see the NYC cops arresting him unless they had very good reason - beyond the norm - for thinking he did precisely what the maid says he did. Clearly he did SOMETHING bad, or he would not be worried about DNA evidence - whether that something was rape or a less egregious crime remains to be seen.
Because of these facts, I have no problem with the perp walk. None. Like Caesar's wife, our leaders should be above suspicion. When they fall below that level, the public needs to know.
We are not in the time of FDR, when it was possible for the media to conspire to hide even the fact that a president was mostly wheelchair-bound. Thanks to the Internet and new media, our information gatekeepers are now us. While I agree we should withhold judgment until all facts are known, I also think we should be able to follow those changing facts while the story is still hot and on the surface.
Mary Beth Hebert| 5.19.11 @ 11:22PM
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. It is perfectly acceptable for a juror to state in voir dire that he believes the accused to be guilty, as long as he can also say that he can set that belief aside and make a judgment based solely on the evidence presented. Happens all the time. Plenty of honest jurors admit to coming in to the trial with preconceptions; it doesn't disqualify anyone from serving unless they say that they cannot be objective.
And you're wrong that presumption of innocence applies to "everyone". The accused is assumed to be innocent before the bar; the public is entitled to believe someone guilty or innocent as they see fit.
It's ridiculous to say that all 300,000,000 people in this country--and millions more outside of it--are prospective jurors and therefore must reserve judgment.
Becky| 5.19.11 @ 2:30PM
Very well said! I am appalled at the lack of concern for this maid. Women generally speaking, are not as strong as a man, it's quite possible he kept her from leaving the room and raped her. I personally believe it all happened. Why would this woman report the crime(and yes, rape and all sexual assaults and attempts are CRIMES not romps)the way she did otherwise? Called her brother and her employer, didn't call the press or police first? She was not seeking sensation, she was looking for support, which the author isn't giving her, but I am. It's disgusting to me AS isn't giving her report credence and is giving this creep credence. Another case of the victim of a crime being blamed because of mens attitude that sexual crimes aren't important. It's just as bad as murder. I am not strongly feminist, but as a woman, I am insulted by this article, it's insinuations and disregard for the seriousness of this mans crime. It is a CRIME. He should do a perp walk, he is suspected of being one, same treatment for everyone, I don't care who he is.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:18AM
Mary Beth, you have it all figured out, haven't you? You think it is okay to be demeaned and treated worse than an animal when arrested? I hope you one day have a DUI and are taken in and processed It only takes one drink these days and I saw many of these folks while working for DMV who were treated poorly. Even when people have diabetic incidents they are treated as criminals. There is something wrong with a system that treats people that way, despite what they have done. This was a political move. You are not privy to anything but gossip and you have an uncontrollable keyboard. You are to be considered lame, at best. When you are abusesed by the system, don't come crying to American Spectator and ask everyone to be sympathetic. We don't know her price, do we????
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:36PM
So much for prima facie standards!
Melvin| 5.19.11 @ 9:11AM
People are we so quick to pass judgment, that we have completely forgotten the Rule of Law in how it is supposed to be meted out and not how the media mets it out?
First off I cannot tolerate being in the same room with a Socialist, I loath them and their political ideology. But the fact remains that even I was akin to the mob that was willing to castrate Strauss-Kahn under mob law.
The way this whole Strauss-Kahn scenario unfolded, was completely media driven. The authorities were shoveling out information, that maybe it shouldn't have because this man was charged, convicted, and sentenced within the first 24 hours.
Now, I could be completely wrong about this, but I think it is something that greater minds should explore more in depth. Who stands to gain what with Strauss-Kahn being publicly, and professionally destroyed? Could it be Nicholas Sarkozy the President of France? According to French polls Strauss-Kahn would have won the next French Presidential elections hands down. The election wouldn't have even been a contest.
Nicholas Sarkozy's economic policies are closely aligned with the United States, and Strauss-Kahn didn't do himself any favors by publicly stating, that China was going to economically eclipse the United States in a few short years due to our own failing economic and fiscal policies.
Strauss-Kahn was also about to embark on a stinging critique of Wall Street and the Banking Cartels world wide with their volatile and explosive financial schemes.
Lastly the palace intrigue within the IMF was at a fever pitch. Strauss-Kahn might as well been Julius Caesar with a hundred Brutus's willing to plunge the knife.
Strauss-Kahn may have very well been the victim of an elaborate and successful honey-pot hit, that forced him into the lousiest city jail in the United States to sit until he signed the confession of resigning from the head of the IMF. Then and only then would bail be contemplated. And this is what we are seeing played out before us this morning.
Unfortunately in the United States your guilty until your proven innocent, it is unfortunate that our Rule of Law has been skewed to such a degree, and it is also society's fault for allowing themselves to be sucked into the mob feeding frenzy.
Ben Stein alluded to this earlier this week and he was castigated by many that to hell with the Rule of Law and Strauss-Kahn's trousers should be lowered by the lynch mob and immediately castrated.
So I guess it comes to pass that our judicial system has been morphed into the Rule of Man, and his mob law, and thrown asunder the Rule of Law, and Strauss-Kahn's right to a fair trial.
John Navratil| 5.19.11 @ 10:39AM
Melvin,
Bingo! Remember Richard Jewell, the alleged Olympic bomber. It bought into the group think then and vowed to never do so again.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 8:08PM
Right. Because Jewell was an odd hero, he got hammered by Foiled By Islam. But he was a hero, nonetheless, and the Famous But Incompetent (thanks Debbie Sclussel) screwed up, as they are wont to do.
WRTolkas| 5.19.11 @ 12:58PM
John Navratil is correct. I remember the Duke University rush to judgement in the press and talk-shows.
Let the facts be made public in a court of law.
Jamie W.| 5.19.11 @ 1:51PM
I also remember that the truth did come out, and those who accused wrongly were punished. In fact, the more whole story, particularly the lack of evidence, came clear in about a week.
To maintain a false story at this level takes a LOT of conspirers. Who was it said three can keep a secret if two of them are dead? The truth will come out.
RAMIII| 5.19.11 @ 1:35PM
This is a correct analysis and woe to us! The question remains whom did DSK piss off? He was the head of the IMF for crying out loud. Not saying he didn't do anything wrong -- but lots of people of power have done wrong. This situation smells of arbitrary "justice".
George True| 5.19.11 @ 6:01PM
Melvin, I could not have said it better myself. See my response to Purple-somebody just upstream of your post.
And Jamie et al, it would not necessarily have to be a conspiracy. All it would take is one overzealous prosecutor looking to make a name for himself or herself. Mike Nifong, anybody?
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:23AM
Melvin,
Well stated and I agree with you completely. I do not care for socialist agenda, but this is a human being who was made sport of for political reasons.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:41PM
You may have implied a valid point: Some people may be allowing DSKs political views and aspirations to influence the position their taking with the alleged sex crimes, and it may be a problem in the courtroom as well -- if the case gets that far.
Pelligrino| 5.19.11 @ 9:15AM
Thank you, Ms. Hebert. Very well written. Does anyone bother looking again at DSK's very busy schedule starting Sunday with a meeting in Berlin -- with German Chancellor Angela Merkel no less. Calculating that one loses 6 hours of time in the difference between the EST zone to Paris/Berlin, well, ole DSK just doesn't seem to get too concerned.
Wouldn't he need to do some prep before seeeing Europe's most powerful leader?
As others have asked: Is this a man you want playing with billions of dollars and Euros monthly?
I'd like to think a man under this kind of great responsibility wouldn't be galavanting around -- that's putting it kindly -- just hours before seeing heads of state and then meeting with Europe's top financial leaders in Brussels.
Ladies: Real men abhor what the Arnolds, Mark Sanfords, John Edwards, Rudy Guilianis, Newts, John Ensigns, Elliot Spitzers, & Billy Clintons do to their wives and to their families (particularly the children -- think about the 4 Sanford boys).
These ugly real life soap operas are indeed worse when the perpetrator has asked for and been given the privilege of the public's trust.
In addition, they seem to always be commiting this adultery while on our time & dime.
Marital unfaithfulness, divorce, family breakups take 4 generations to be undone/repaired. A "love child?" Well, that goes on forever.
Note that "love child" is a true misnomer; there is no love involved. It is pure lust, ego, selfishness.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 9:45AM
He'll get some good lov'n in prison as a French maid for the Nation of Islam and the Aryan Brotherhood. Ooh, la, la!
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:28AM
Pelligrino, all I can say is "Awwwwww."
Get off the soapbox. We do not condone bad behavior but are calling for real justice. You obviously don't have the brain cells it would take to do the job DSK has performed well. The man is a brilliant negotiator and doesn't need to contemplate his navel prior to a meeting with Angela Merkel. What you wrote has no merit.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 5:39PM
Ahhh, Violet---I see you are defending DSK because he IS a Lefty.
Personally, I want to know guilty or innocent, and my mind's not made up.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:48PM
He wasn't on our time or dime, and when you've been doing a job for decades (albeit in varying capacities), it kinda becomes second nature.
Dee See| 5.19.11 @ 9:19AM
---A cad and, incidentally, a scapegoat
and distraction from such trifling matters
as the antics of the ILLEGAL Federal Reserve, fractional reserve debt generating banking, the awesomely unreckoned with RED China
sellout and TREASON op. ----and the greatest
world nuclear disaster history has ever seen
in Fukishima...
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:29AM
Stay on topic.
Humphrey Dumfries| 5.19.11 @ 9:29AM
I saw one news report (CNN, I think) -- shortly after the incident broke -- which said he had a standing arrangement with Air France to get on any flight first class if there were available seats...
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 9:42AM
A first class prison cell with Shaka as his "Daddy" would be a fitting end.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:30AM
Dumb.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:49PM
You're gross dude!
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 9:29AM
Guillotine his head!
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:30AM
Even dumber.
Doctor Right| 5.19.11 @ 9:46AM
Sorry, but once the perp actually admits that there WAS sexual contact, you can smell their desperation.
Innocent until proven guilty? Absolutely.
But that doesn't mean that we toss out common sense.
skip| 5.19.11 @ 10:27AM
Innocent until proven guilty seems a canard.
Arrests, handcuffs, mug shots, fingerprints, DNA samples, and jail cell confinements pending trials all seem to indicate guilt before proof.
Trials seem to be more about proving innocence than guilt.
It seems more Orwellian doublespeak than common sense. Just saying.
Doctor Right| 5.19.11 @ 10:47AM
"Arrests, handcuffs, mug shots, fingerprints, DNA samples, and jail cell confinements..."
...Are what's ROUTINELY done when someone is accused of rape.
Why is this so difficult for people to accept?
SETH Chodosh| 5.19.11 @ 12:54PM
Leave it to the wacked out sleaze-balls of the Right Wing to try and muster a defense--without any facts- for an accused rapist.
I just have to wonder...if this "gent" had been a diplomat from a non-white Nation..would any of you tried to race to his side, and wonder if justice was being done?
CalMark| 5.19.11 @ 2:35PM
Hold on a minute, pal. Stow the vicious Marxist rhetoric for a minute.
I don't see anybody defending DSK. At most, they're worried about "trial by media," something you leftists do oh-so-well against conservative and Republican notables. In fact, I detect a strong current of sympathy for DSK's accuser.
litmusbzzr1| 5.23.11 @ 12:52PM
Reread the comments. He has a lot of people on his side.
skip| 5.19.11 @ 3:51PM
My point is there is really no such thing as innocent until proven guilty.
As far as the IMF wienie, a life sentence for just being french seems fair to me.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:32AM
These past few comments are inane and not germane.
skip| 5.20.11 @ 11:18AM
Put your intelligence and honesty on display for us all and explain how the comments you refer to are foolish and irrelevant.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 5:37PM
Life plus 99 years, Skip. For French and Socialist Leftie scumbag...but I repeat myself.
skip| 5.21.11 @ 1:17PM
Maybe he'll luck out and be put with a cellmate who is a libertine too.
JP| 5.19.11 @ 10:43AM
The "perp" has admitted nothing in a court of law, other than he is innocent.
Doctor Right| 5.19.11 @ 10:46AM
Yeah, whatever...
He said it to an investigating officer, therefore it IS NOW evidence.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:32AM
You sound like a leftist to me, Bubba.
hardcard| 5.19.11 @ 9:49AM
the world is on fire, the USA is being destroyed, why waste time on sensationalism at it's worst.
Bob K.| 5.19.11 @ 9:53AM
You will regret this Mr. Tyrrell!
The haters here will hate you even more than they hate Ben!
Peppermint Tea| 5.19.11 @ 10:14AM
The rape by DSK is a microcosm of the rape of the wealth and private property by these money-printing bastards.
I truly hope it's not consensual.
JP| 5.19.11 @ 10:24AM
So, we shall convict DSK because:
a)Her is French
b)He is wealthy
c)He is a socialist
d)He is male
e)His is white
f) We believe the leaked DA gossip to the MSM
g)We believe everything the glitterati reports
Who needs hard evidence?
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 10:33AM
No, because he is a rapist like Bill Clinton.
John Navratil| 5.19.11 @ 10:40AM
Michael Tomlinson,
He may be, and he may not be. I certainly don't know.
JP| 5.19.11 @ 10:40AM
I rest my case
Fredrick Ward| 5.19.11 @ 12:58PM
You were there I taken it? Please provide the evidence since you are so certain of his guilt. Those of us who are not calling him a rapist are not doing so because we like the guy. No, it is rather because we believe that he is due a proper trial before convicting him.
John Navratil| 5.19.11 @ 10:41AM
JP,
I'm personally very glad that being an ass isn't yet illegal. I'd be in serious trouble.
JP| 5.19.11 @ 10:48AM
DSK may may guilty. We don't know. But, it seems that many here have him convicted because he is a Socialist director of the IMF. This is a case made for the yellow press. In many ways it resembles the case of Sherman McCoy in Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities. Instead of Race, we have Class Warfare. DSK, in any event, is what every New York DA dreams of - The Great White Defendent.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 11:01AM
You obviously know very little about sexual assault or rape cases. Chances are his defense team will destroy the woman (Kennedy/Smith/Clinton) and he'll get off. Then in your smugness you'll be right and his victims can go back to their shattered lives knowing "the Great White Defendent" got off.
You need to pull the cork out and relax. Have a little wine, some chesse and enjoy a good book.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:36AM
Again, what is it you know about rape, Michael T? Were you raped?
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 5:35PM
Dear Violet,
let me rephrase my colleague Michael. He's talking to RET, first of all, and excoriating him.
The fact is, Judges and Lawyers tend to be crooked swine. His money will buy him a great defense, and he will win even if guilty. I believe that's the point Michael is making. No where did Michael or I say we agree with that.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 5:36PM
No, John, no you wouldn't. You rock!
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:34AM
Good summation, JP. Exactly what is happening.
Paul C| 5.19.11 @ 10:28AM
It's just conceivable that whatever occurred in that hotel room was consensual, or at least less than a clear-cut case of sexual assault. It may seem unlikely, but the possibility can't be entirely ruled out. The self-righteous certitude expressed in many of the comments here is way over the top. Balanced reporting? We don't need no stinkin' balanced reporting. Off with his head! It wouldn't take much to whip some of you into a lynch mob.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 10:34AM
Off with his head and then off to prison with the rest of him to play French maid with the Nation of Islam and the Aryan Brotherhood.
Of course, Bill Clinton was innocent and Ted Kennedy really did try to save that poor girl.
Fredrick Ward| 5.19.11 @ 1:03PM
Unbelieveable that you are so willing to sacrifice the process of justice for your own view of hearsay. I hope one day you are on the receiving end of your so-called justice to see how little justice there really is in it.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 2:10PM
You defenders of DSK need to take a chill pill. Nobody is going to subvert justice. How lame are you. The "Great White Defendant" will get his day in court unless he pulls a Roman Polanski and bolts (France will not send him back).
The reality is his high priced defense team will pull a Kennedy-Smith destroy the woman and he’ll be released to go his merry way and continue his “amorous behavior” with other "consenual" females.
Your hysterical shrillness makes one wonder what peccadilloes make you so defensive and sanctimonious?
Since we’re hoping should I hope one day a wealthy French socialist shoves is consenual with or you conspire with the then current President of France to lure his political opponent into a sexually compromising position to destroy his political viability? My friends France say that's a current conspiracy theory.
George True| 5.19.11 @ 6:12PM
Verily thou dost protest too much. You are the one who is sounding shrill and hysterical. Frederick, Paul, John N, J.P., et al are merely saying let's see what the actual facts and evidence are (or are not). Right now, none of us knows anything about what really did or did not occur in that hotel room. This DSk guy may look guilty as hell to you right now. But prosecutors specialize in making people look guilty as hell in the court of pubic opinion, often based upon no actual evidence whatsoever. Why the rush to judgement?
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:39AM
Michael, in days of yore, you would be accused of hysteria because you are sounding as if you have the vapors!
JimH| 5.19.11 @ 10:33AM
I make no comment on the guilt or innocence of anyone mentioned here but Tyrrell has a history of supporting accused malefactors of a certain class. This goes back to former AmSpec contributor Taki and more recently Conrad Black. Clinton, coming from a trailer park flyover state background was not accorded the same defense. It is one thing to say the DSK is entitled to the same presumption of innocence before the law as all accused. It is another to claim innocence and attempt to discredit the victim.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 10:38AM
Actually that defense is out of the Kennedy/Clinton playbook and works well.
There is a good chance he'll be back in Europe with Roman Polanski raping other women while he's the toast of the left for having outfoxed the US judicial system.
Mandrian| 5.19.11 @ 10:43AM
Very valid point about Tyrrell, JimH, and well expressed.
Reading AmSpec can be a trying experience at times. The crackpot ideology behind so many of the editorial posts seems almost schizophrenic.
George True| 5.19.11 @ 6:17PM
What you refer to as"crackpot ideology" is usually mainstream, middle class American values.
Leftists such as you specialize in renaming things with new names that are the exact polar opposite of what they really are. An example would be Chick Schumer labeling as "extreme" the idea that our government should try to refrain from spending more money than it actually has. Most people with anyh amount of common sense would not consider such an idea to be extreme or even controversial. Only a leftist would.
Dixie Pixie| 5.19.11 @ 11:07AM
The very reason for the existence of Socialism is to protect the powerless from the powerful.
Socialism arose from the idea the populace needed to be protected from the exploitation of the political aristocracy and the rising capitalists.
Sexual exploitation was regarded as the worst of sins the people needed to be protected from.
The American Socialists not having a aristocracy changed the terms to mean Big Business.
The biggest evildoers in the eyes of the socialists then became the banking sector as the beating heart of capitalism and the American Business Aristocracy.
And then came DSK acting like the worst of the old aristocratic lords who believed it was a Ruling Class privilege to demand and receive sexual favors from the household help.
Of course DSK must be metaphorically publicly drawn and quartered for he violated the founding ethos of socialism in the most socialist city in America.
After all else, if the Socialists can't or will not protect the Workers from the sexual exploitation of the Capitalist leadership, then why are the Socialists stealing all that money and what are they spending it on?
The very existence of Socialism is at stake in the DSK case.
Of course DSK will fry, the socialists can have no other outcome.
shipley130| 5.19.11 @ 12:42PM
Except socialism is a lie. Human beings are not capable of being actual socialists in a global setting.
Dixie Pixie| 5.19.11 @ 4:10PM
Good point Shipley130.
Socialism has been a political scam from day one.
That is what makes the entire DSK Affair so juicy!
When the Socialists were supplanting the old aristocracies their superior political argument was they had a mandate to govern from the populace not a mandate from God as was the claim of the old aristocracies.
Thus the Socialists must appear as a protector of the people or lose the rationale to govern.
To counter the claims of the old aristocracies of a superior morality because it was religious based, the Socialists propagated the idea of Secular Humanitarianism will produce a superior morality in its practitioners.
The DSK Affair explodes all those fables for the Socialist lies that they are.
That is why the affair is so juicy for Conservatives.
PS.... Mr Tyrrel and Mr Stein are arguing against the socialist rush to judgment against DSK from a quaint 1880's notion of fair play and judicial neutrality.
That is very Conservative but futile, because to keep the Socialist rational alive, DSK must fry.
Mike McCoy | 5.19.11 @ 12:13PM
The letters attacking Mr. Tyrrell and Ben Stein for their support of DSK's legal rights, are probably coming from the hard core left. Without Mr. Tyrrell's effort in uncovering the unsavory sexual conduct of Bill Clinton and without his support of the Swift Boat book, which helped defeat John Kerry, our nation might be in greater peril than it already is. And what about Ben Stein's powerful letters supporting our nation's military? Read every letter with "a grain of salt." Be wise.
shipley130| 5.19.11 @ 12:41PM
I was disgusted by Ben Stein's letter, replied to his article and I'm not hard left, or left.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 8:14PM
No, I'm not hard core left.
The man was accused of a violent felony. He is a national of a country with whom we have no extradition treaty, a nation which famously let an anal child rapist escape justice because he was a famous filmmaker.
He needs to be held in durance vile.
As to his guilt or innocence, I'm not prejudging, seriously. I'll let the judicial system do its usual hamster dance of clowns who never had a shot at Medical School going through their motions.
As to his being a socialist hypocritical scumbag; well, that he is, and he is that even if he is found "not guilty" of rape. It is sufficient to hate him for that. And also, for being a Lefty French politician scumbag (but I repeat myself).
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 8:16PM
Actually, I'm not Left. I'm to the Right of Attilla the Hun.
Oldefarte| 5.19.11 @ 12:28PM
This case takes the old saying about BEING CAUGHT WITH YOUR PANTS DOWN to whole new level!!!!!!!!!
dherion| 5.19.11 @ 12:36PM
He should not have been forced to make the Perp Walk. This is not one of our justice system's finest hours.
Come on RET. This guy deserves no better /worse treatment than any other 'perp.' No sympathies here.
shipley130| 5.19.11 @ 12:39PM
What would happen if Kahn decided to try to escape and actually did? That is what handcuffs are for, so there is no escaping custody. It really has nothing to do with some imaginary "Perp Walk".
Scott| 5.19.11 @ 12:45PM
What do we really know that happened here? Was there an actual rape? Or did he just chase her around the room naked and then there was a physical altercation?
Nobody has the facts here.
hmrhonda| 5.19.11 @ 1:07PM
"just chase her around the room" Naked??
And this is civil and OK??????
Appleby| 5.19.11 @ 12:49PM
It doesn't really surprise me when wealthy elite menfolk stick together in cases involving sex; who knows when they might need the same kind of support?
Likely Mr. Pants On Fire thought, oh she's a foreigner and Black and probably illegal, she won't dare say a word.
P.S. A maid with two kids who works in a hotel that charges $3,000 per night for a room would not think a $200 tip (7%) for sex to be worth risking her job over.
John Navratil| 5.19.11 @ 6:36PM
Appleby,
Re: P.S.
I was making things up to make the point. Make it a $2 trillion dollar bailout from the IMF ;)
Henry Walker| 5.19.11 @ 12:53PM
Bob, is a rambling pointless blog all you're capable of anymore? It sounds like you're suggesting that the American system of justice be administered on a sliding-scale according to the "importance" of the suspect, rather than impartially.
And what is this looney talk of facts changing? Facts are reported as they become available, and you know too well that early reports are full of holes and misinterpretations. Yet you harped on it. You sound like both of the old men in the balcony seats in the old Muppet Show...
gary siebel| 5.19.11 @ 1:16PM
You may as well support that 9/11 mosque in NYC while you are at it.
It's because of knee-jerk people like you that Gingrich has a very real chance at getting the Repubnomination.
Bianca| 5.19.11 @ 1:22PM
It is just a matter of time before The Money starts to work it's magic. There will be plenty of articles like this --- all mixing facts with statements and speculation. In France, a maid would not have stood the chance. If she complained, she would have been fired. The police would have found a way to avoid charging. And if the victim is smart and agreeable, a suitable monetary arrangement would follow. This may have happened here as well. Had it not been for some fast acting investigators who never heard of IMF and did not bother to check with superiors before getting him off the plane.
If indeed he committed such a violent act with so much arrogance and lack of concern for consequences, this would not be his first offense. Given how our corporate society and media work, he may still get out of any scrape. His past may be suitably whitewashed and present rearranged. If indeed he is the powerful insider, he will slither through, after a period of being treated "harshly". If too much of old dirt surfaces that even the most disciplined corpmedia cannot ignore, he may be quietly eased into shadows where some of the best operate.
Claudia| 5.19.11 @ 1:23PM
If a woman was being chased around a hotel room by a naked lunatic, whose advances she did not want, wouldn't she scream her bloody head off and get the hell out of there? Or, at least make so much racket that the offender would think twice? Had this weirdo (I'm admitting that much) seen this woman before during his stay? I'm just saying....
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 2:18PM
Don't forget people have been murdered in NYC while screaming and the neighbors ignored the attack.
Plus, the rooms while not sound proof are much better than the Motel 6 for silence.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:44AM
Unless he had a gun or knife or administered drugs to her, I do not see how an old man like DSK could overpower her. She is young and can run and scream. What they are saying happened sounds schizophrenic.
Pat| 5.19.11 @ 1:39PM
Never, Never...TRUST A WOMAN!
I AM A WOMAN, that's why I know this!
Mike Walsh| 5.19.11 @ 1:41PM
RET wrote: "Still, he is jailed with no hope of bail and charged with several felony counts for chasing a maid around his hotel room and forcing her into various humiliating positions." Which phrasing tells me everything I need to know about RET. I had been thinking about making a donation to TAS. Not after this.
amsron| 5.19.11 @ 1:43PM
You mean like John Ensign and Tom Coburn?
I'm beginning to think Tyrell is a bit crazy. This is the second rambling article with no clear direction. Does he want "DSK" freed? Is he a sex offender or not? I mean, Clinton was convicted on this site before his trial. How did that turn out. Oh yeah, finished his term.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 2:16PM
He wasn't impeached for his sexual indiscretions, but for perjury. He was saved by corrupt Democrat Senators and Alen Specter.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 8:17PM
He also was disbarred for perjury.
Eric| 5.19.11 @ 1:58PM
That "presumption of innocence" is just where you begin. Evidence that is collected then either supports or erodes that presumption all the way until a jury reaches a verdict. At no time does our system grant special favors like an extra presumption of innocence to evade bail or the denial of it. Only a liberal thinks that two people can have consentual sex 30 seconds after meeting. A hooker takes longer and is hired as such and is illegal in NY no mater what the fees paid. Now, why did the story go from I was eating at the time of the alleged assault to oops the room key card proves the two were indeed in that room together? That's an erosion of innocence that a bail hearing should account for, Polanski style.
Violet| 5.20.11 @ 6:46AM
He paid her, and she thought it wasn't enough and demanded more. That is when she reported it. She saw her chance for money and infamy.
Linda McPhee| 5.19.11 @ 2:00PM
Without making any apologies for Clinton, his escapades were consensual. This guy has been accused of harassment before and women journalists know (somehow?) not to interview him alone. Innocent until proven guilty, yes, but needing an apologist? I don't think so.
Michael Tomlinson| 5.19.11 @ 2:14PM
Not all of Clinton's escapades were consensual -- "put some ice on that." Even so his behavior towards women is predatory and his campaign of destroying them and their lives for his political advancement is beneath contempt.
Iska Waran| 5.19.11 @ 2:07PM
Keep him in jail until trial.
Randy Shackleford| 5.19.11 @ 2:11PM
Welcome to the world of American jurisprudence.
Angelo Zenga| 5.19.11 @ 2:29PM
This is one of those stories that no matter what the outcome is, people will have doubts about is guilt or innocence. Blame that consequence on the media. The leftist European media, first in France, began reporting of a "complot"(plot) to discredit DSK, in his quest to become president of France. They blamed Mr. Sarkozy, then added Marine LePen, leader of the Front Nationale Party of France. It was as they saw it, a right wing conspiracy. Sound familiar?
Now, trow in the role of the American MSM, for whom it is always about how do we help Mr. Obama, in this situation. They could not have him associated to a philanderer, it would look bad. So they claimed Monsieur Dominique's guilt before he is actually charged with anything. In doing so they stabbed their journalistic cousins from Europe in the back.
David | 5.19.11 @ 2:54PM
"He should not have been forced to make the Perp Walk."
Right. Such things should be reserved for common people, not socialist "royalty". We simply must maintain a double standard.
Erik Osbun| 5.19.11 @ 3:41PM
Mr. Tyrell: You are wrong. The facts never change,
only the perceptions of them.
Rick| 5.19.11 @ 4:17PM
My dad always said, "Don't f--k the help. In any way." DSK is a useful example as to why.
Now, can we get past this distraction and focus on some real problems like Japan admitting they're in a recession and how that affects us?
Pat| 5.19.11 @ 5:43PM
Strange “yeah, buts” from you R. Emmett, because most Americans are aware that all New Yorkers develop severe vision and hearing problems around crime scenes – they’re actually proud of that talent – and need we go back a few years to that woman who was brutally assaulted and raped in an alley? In bustling Manhattan no less and not one New Yorker heard or witnessed anything – they were all watching the evening news, reading the Constitution or sound asleep. So, you can’t seriously believe New Yorkers are in some rush to come forward as ear-witnesses to shrill screams and loud thumps emanating from other hotel rooms – how’s that Manhattan saying go: “I didn’t hear nuttin’ and I don’t want to get involved”.
And the Perp Walk is merely a foretaste of what our American justice system has planned for you, Mr. S-Kahn – our world famous criminal justice system is a highly profitable business within a major growth industry when it comes to members of the Bar Association and their army of well-paid minions.
“This Frenchman will pay for his crime” – and that’s a direct quote from Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s defense attorney as reported in the NYT today. The arraignment judge has already cut his 2 book deal on why he had to deny bail and the older justices are pressing for a seniority system lottery when it comes to eventually assigning the trial judge.
The District Attorney is thinking either Bruce Willis or Tom Cruise will play his part in any future made for TV movie. And the Haitian court baliff, who only earns $100,000 a year, is thinking of selling all his cell phone pics to one of the big tattle tale magazines, either Time, People or The New Yorker. Along with Perp Vampiring the taxpayers of New York, our criminal justice system plans to drain your bank account dry, Mr. DSK – and, unlike New York’s long suffering taxpayers, you deserve it, buddy.
Christopher Holland| 5.19.11 @ 6:11PM
A black single mother in a low paying job has the same rights under the law as a rich wealthy white man who runs a major international institution. Mr Tyrrell says this in not justice's finest hour- I think it has done quite well. His wealth and connections wont save him now. And to hell with the French- let them eat cake.
George True| 5.19.11 @ 6:35PM
"A black single mother in a low paying job..."
Does the name Crystal Mangum ring a bell? She was the black single mother who made up the gang rape story in the infamous Duke lacrosse players case. She is currently charged with first degree murder for stabbing her boyfriend to death while he slept.
At this point. we know nothing about the accuser of this LSK guy. We should not jump to any conclusions, because so far we know exactly zero about her and about what happened.
jgo| 5.19.11 @ 6:24PM
Respected International Monetary Fund is an oxymoron.
creeper| 5.19.11 @ 7:45PM
This is disgusting. I open my e-mail and find a knee-jerk left-wing defense of the "rutting chimpanzee".
The cell phone has "slipped from sight." WTH does that even mean?
I'm off your list.
Tina B| 5.19.11 @ 8:17PM
You should see how difficult it is to field a jury in the Casey Anthony murder trial in Central Fla. The local rag and pathetic "news" chanels have covered it with such a pile of dung, the lawyer has played to the press, my gosh!
They've changed venue from Orlando to Tampa and can hardly find enough jurors there. What a circus. Everybody from parents to lawyers to neighbors has done a documentary or whatever they could to gain publicity for themselves. Giraldo, and the Lord only knows who else.
I suspect the murder of a baby girl, possibly by a mom who just wanted to "party" again, for a month, before she told her mom her daughter was "missing," may never be solved. The sensationality has warped and corroded what little truth may be there. Justice flies out the door, and nobody seems to care. The ambulance chasing news media, as well as the hams who perform for them, just keeps doin' their thing.
Occam's Tool| 5.19.11 @ 9:22PM
"Respected" IMF? He's a socialist scumbag. He's a disgrace to Jews everywhere. If he's innocent (which I'm coming to doubt), he's got great legal help. The French have no extradition treaty with the US, so he's a super high flight risk.
If he's guilty, let him rot. He threw away a phenomenal life when he could have paid for a call girl---easy to find in New York, hundreds of pages for escort services.
Occam's Tool| 5.19.11 @ 9:22PM
"Respected" IMF? He's a socialist scumbag. He's a disgrace to Jews everywhere. If he's innocent (which I'm coming to doubt), he's got great legal help. The French have no extradition treaty with the US, so he's a super high flight risk.
If he's guilty, let him rot. He threw away a phenomenal life when he could have paid for a call girl---easy to find in New York, hundreds of pages for escort services.
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Respected" IMF? He's a socialist scumbag. He's a disgrace to Jews everywhere. If he's innocent (which I'm coming to doubt), he's got great legal help. The French have no extradition treaty with the US, so he's a super high flight risk.
If he's guilty, let him rot. He threw away a phenomenal life when he could have paid for a call girl---easy to find in New York, hundreds of pages for escort services.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 5:31PM
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kevin| 5.19.11 @ 10:19PM
So only a park bum should do the "perp walk"?
Not a high profile celebrity?
You have a funny concept of democracy!
Comenius| 7.6.11 @ 11:07PM
And you have a funny concept of justice.
Hapticz| 5.20.11 @ 1:00AM
beyond the women aspect, i will never rule out the opportunity and motive for anyone after receiving all those wonderful offers of money from countless east african/any other country for participating in deceptive crimes of any sort. beware all ye who enter this world as innocents, for the damned await your arrival.
Richard H. Davis| 5.20.11 @ 8:14AM
"When Bill Clinton continually held up his private life as exemplary..."
What planet did THAT occur on???
DrB| 5.20.11 @ 10:07AM
Great article and will be even better with follow-ups.
IMHO, there are no people more disgusting than those who judge without the facts. Some here are no better than a lynch mob.
WARNING: Saying you are sorry for executing the wrong person will not bring them back to life, ...nor will it save your miserable soul.
Occam's Tool| 5.20.11 @ 5:30PM
I saw this on the "She Said" Blog. Way too funny:
The Right Way to Get Raped (A Guest Post for the Ladies by Ben Stein)
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Ben Stein. Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu.
Like the distinguished public servant Dominique Strauss-Kahn, I am a friend to all women, even the ones who didn’t fully appreciate my American Spectator column on the scurrilous charges filed against the former IMF chief. I’d like to extend an olive branch to those misguided members of the fairer sex by sharing some advice on the proper way to go about getting raped if you expect public intellectuals to take your charges seriously.
Ladies, my humble thoughts:
1.) Ensure that your rapist has a criminal history.
Should you find yourself being raped by a man with a long history of sexual abuse, take a moment to perform a criminal background check. This can be done with most modern smartphones as long as your hands are free.
No criminal record? In all likelihood, his sexually violent past is mere gossip and he is not a threat. You are engaged in a consensual sex act. Carry on.
2.) Find out your rapist’s profession.
Is your rapist an economist? If so, you are not being raped. As I asked in my last column, “Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? Can anyone tell me of any heads of nonprofit international economic entities who have ever been charged and convicted of violent sexual crimes?”
As an economist, I can personally attest to the fact that economists do not rape. In fact, if I were to slip on a ski mask and surprise you in the dark alley by my house that I happen to know is rarely patrolled by police, rest assured, you’d be completely safe in my gloved hands.
3.) Choose a tall, muscular rapist with a weapon.
An unarmed fat man over the age of 50 cannot rape. Sure, some will try, but it beggars belief to suggest a gentleman like Dominique Strauss-Kahn could succeed at orally raping a feisty young chambermaid.
If you intend to report a rape, ensure that the perpetrator is armed with a knife or gun. He should also be fairly young and strikingly tall with lean, powerful muscles and rock hard abs. If he is short and pudgy, it is likely that you have consented to sex.
4.) Your rapist must not have travel plans.
Do not bother reporting your “rapist” unless his intention is to remain within the general vicinity of your encounter. If he has booked a flight scheduled to take off just a few hours after your tryst, his alibi is nearly unimpeachable. It is doubtful that you have been raped.
5.) Ensure that your rapist is no one noteworthy.
Accomplished men with recognizable faces–men like me–do not deserve to be treated like common criminals when a mere pleb makes allegations of sexual misconduct. Generally speaking, the allegations should not be made at all when men of great import are involved. Take a moment to consider whether you’re misinterpreting a consensual rendezvous as something more unsavory.
6.) Be an economist.
If you intend to be raped, make certain you are a professional working in a field populated exclusively by people of unassailable character and credibility. Housekeeping is not such a field. As I explained earlier this week, “I have had hotel maids that were complete lunatics, stealing airline tickets from me, stealing money from me, throwing away important papers, stealing medications from me.”
Play it safe and study to become an economist.
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Editor’s note: GFY, Ben Stein.
Posted on May 20 2011 12:01 am by Jenn Q. Public
Doctor Dave| 5.20.11 @ 9:20PM
I think that if it was consensual, he definitely did not jump up and go to the airport to show he was in danger of sexual misconduct. He apparently had lunch in a near by restaurant, and then went to the airport in New York. What did he pay for the play?
What did the alleged "victim" get paid for the play by France or the USA, which both could have benefited by the illegal "act" and subsequent jailing. Clintoon had his private part in a lot of the same persons, according to the same persons.
Lovinit| 5.20.11 @ 9:56PM
I am dumbstruck at the defense of DSK by Mr. Tyrrell. Anyone who knows cops know they don't arrest any Mr. Bigs on scant evidence. Nor are politically sensitive NYC prosecutors like to rush to judgment in a case that could cost them their jobs and pensions. DK deserves standard American justice, which he is getting, given that he is a flight risk with tons of money. We can all go to sleep on this now and let the jury hear the facts and decide. One last thought: innocent until proven guilty is a legal concept, not a standard for public opinion.
highpockets| 5.21.11 @ 11:56AM
The IMF is designed to create generational debt slaves. Its members use fractional reserve fiat currency to acquire tangible assets of sovereign nations. DSK and his brethren are slave makers and owners. Any leader of such a corrupt and evil organization who deliberately enslaves
millions of children for life is a career perp. He is a criminal by choice. I am glad he is finally being charged for the crimes he likes to do when not working
Mitch Rapp| 5.21.11 @ 10:05PM
Dominque should change his name to Teddy and movie to Boston where he would be heralded and made a Senator! He could run for Governor of California - Lies mean nothing now a days. Obama has perfected that skill tremendously and is being rewarded by the media.
Comenius| 7.6.11 @ 11:03PM
IT WAS ALL A LIE!!!! You were right RET and most of these clowns who posted here were wrong!
This is America, or what's left of it. We're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty.
These posts read like something at the Huffington Post. I wish some of these "men" could be falsely accused of rape and be found guilty in the press like DSK was. Where do you go to get your reputation back?