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Strauss-Kahn seems on his way out as IMF chief; unclear how or when
The Washington Post / The Associated Press ^ | May 18, 2011

Posted on 05/17/2011 10:36:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Confined to a jail cell, his reputation in tatters and facing serious criminal charges, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is almost certainly on his way out as head of the International Monetary Fund.

The main question is whether he’ll go willingly.

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“He is obviously not in a position to run the IMF,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday in New York....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: dominiquestrausskahn; dsk; gethner; scandal
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I'm sure there'll be a nice little $50 million dollar golden parachute if he goes quickly, unlike a normal person "allegedly" caught assaulting someone.
1 posted on 05/17/2011 10:36:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Maybe he is being set up. I heard that he is on suicide watch at Riker’s Island. Next step; he ends up dead in his cell and it looks like suicide. Just sayin’.


2 posted on 05/17/2011 10:41:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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There are Chateaus filled with degenerate Eurotrash over there ready to fill his shoes. Lying, corruption and rape are in their DNA. Pepe Le Pew is just an interchangeable part.


3 posted on 05/17/2011 10:47:30 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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...we still have a presumption of innocence.


4 posted on 05/17/2011 10:53:56 PM PDT by americanophile (Paul Ryan 2012)
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With this guys track record, I think I will go out on a limb.


5 posted on 05/17/2011 10:57:38 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You really do have to wonder about all of this. There has been rampant speculation that a good portion of the TARP "stimulus" was actually used to help these losers over in Europe prevent their financial collapse. Of course, we'll never know because we've never been able to get a straight answer on where all that money went.

Then this socialist psychopath goes on a rampage and attacks a West African immigrant maid in a hotel in NYC. Wanna bet this isn't the firs ttime this has happened? Normally, with the kind of pull this guy has, this incident would have been swept under the rug in a matter of minutes. But it seems that they are going out of their way to make sure he is getting the whole perp sideshow treatment.

It just really makes one wonder how much we do not know. Who did this guy piss off? Not that I feel sorry for him in the least. I hope he rots. He's a typical socialist. I hope they all rot.

6 posted on 05/17/2011 11:33:31 PM PDT by ponygirl
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He will of course be out as IMF chief but it is still an open question whether he will be convicted.


7 posted on 05/17/2011 11:37:24 PM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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He certainly isn’t doing well at pulling strings. He must not be well-liked in his community of global crooks and socialists.


8 posted on 05/17/2011 11:39:50 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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I thought the Dominique Strauss-Kahn allegedly tried to rape a sexy blonde. I Google’d “Dominique Strauss Kahn accuser” with quotes and saw cached Facebook page says of a Muslim woman from Ghana???


9 posted on 05/18/2011 12:20:14 AM PDT by hamboy
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Which just might be why he has been thrown under the bus - because if his fellow crooks still liked him someone would have pulled a few strings for him & he would probably have never seen the inside of a court.


10 posted on 05/18/2011 12:43:13 AM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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Strauss-Kahn seems on his way out as IMF chief; unclear how or when

The longer it takes, and the more damage it does to the institution (the man being a pathetic rutting chimpanzee), the better!

11 posted on 05/18/2011 12:52:03 AM PDT by cynwoody
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I thought the Dominique Strauss-Kahn allegedly tried to rape a sexy blonde.

The smoking hot blonde was back in 2002 or thereabouts. Tristane is due to enjoy revenge served at the optimal temperature! LOL! She is adorable!


Tristane Banon,
the 31-year-old god-daughter of Strauss-Kahn’s second wife Brigitte Guillemette

'He was a rutting chimpanzee': French journalist says IMF boss held for hotel maid sex assault tried to rape her TOO

I Google’d “Dominique Strauss Kahn accuser” with quotes and saw cached Facebook page says of a Muslim woman from Ghana???

You mean Ophelia? As she was known on Facebook before she pulled her account (Accor is the parent company of Sofitel). Or Nafissatou Diallo, as she is known all through the French-language media?


Source

Here's a glamor shot (she must have a talented friend in the makeover biz):

But remember, folks. The personalities are not important. What is important is the Politics of Institutional Destruction! The defendant is the socialist candidate considered likely to defeat Sarko in the next election. His predicament should be celebrated!

12 posted on 05/18/2011 1:10:26 AM PDT by cynwoody
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Interesting take on the situation! Not that he was set-up (which is what France is claiming) but that after the rape occurred - then basically he was “set up” - or allowed to sleep with the fishes. I would love it if this was true.

By the way, thanks to the NYPD for the quick collar.


13 posted on 05/18/2011 3:29:11 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (.)
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If that is indeed the ghanian maid she is very attractive. (either picture)


14 posted on 05/18/2011 3:56:19 AM PDT by sharkhawk (Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)
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...we still have a presumption of innocence.

That's for courts and juries, I presume that he's guilty.

15 posted on 05/18/2011 4:08:41 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Eccl 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.)
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The latest HQ for the IMF


16 posted on 05/18/2011 7:35:33 AM PDT by Tribune7 (We're flat broke, but he thinks these solar shingles and really fast trains will magically save us.)
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She is a very pretty lady. It does make me a little queasy that the French media has released her name. I also read that she is a Muslim... and she has been raped... that does not bode well for her.


17 posted on 05/18/2011 8:32:15 AM PDT by ponygirl
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Tristane Banon looks a bit like Sophie Marceau—those eyes are an unmistakable mark of a French woman.


18 posted on 05/18/2011 8:38:08 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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So loved to see the court scene with this guy. They caught him on the jet trying to leave the country, 10 minutes before take off. He looked so pissed, who dared to question/arrest him?

This guy is the epitome of the socialist elite's running the world. Maybe he is a bildeburger or an illuminate? This reprobate was in charge of the IMF???? God help us all.

19 posted on 05/18/2011 8:39:43 AM PDT by thirst4truth (The left elected a mouth that is unattached to an eye, brain or muscle.)
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If reports that the maid he raped is HIV-positive are correct (she lives with her child in an apartment that may only be rented by HIV-positive adults), getting fired could be the least of DSK’s problems even if he can somehow skate on the rape charge: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/imf_accuser_in_apt_for_hiv_vics_oZmUkbtouJ14RHw1434HvJ


20 posted on 05/18/2011 8:43:03 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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