Hey! Impy
I think there are two people who benefit from this: Sarko and MLP.
I think the Socialists are well rid of DSK as a candidate. His history was well known and was bound to surface in the campaign. He is also terrible at retail politicking, and his ties to the IMF & International banking, wouldn’t help him in this election.
IMO the Socialists don’t have a really good candidate, and they have blown it and disgraced themselves in their disgusting defense, racist, sexist, misogynist defense of DSK.
MLP has now aligned herself with the anti-capitalists and Statists, the closest thing to Fascism we’ve seen. She is far more dangerous than her father ever was, and a much smarter, shrewder politician.
The merger of far right nationalism and the leftist anti-capitalist, (anti-liberale), economic agenda is called Fascism. A term the French are uncomfortable with and are afraid to use when describing MLP & her movement.
IOW Still way too early to tell.
They won’t call her what she is? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. You’d think the media would hate her.
Of course who pays the bill and such will now be one of the “stories” as we see them lining up.
The former head of the International Monetary Fund accused of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid will receive:
-a $250,000 severance payment — paid in part courtesy of the American taxpayer — unless U.S. lawmakers can stop the “golden parachute” from landing in the French politician’s bank account.
The IMF claims it has no discretion in the matter of Dominique Strauss-Khan, who was already pulling down nearly $500,000 as managing director when he resigned after being arrested in New York. The one-time severance, along with a much smaller annual pension, was part of his contract.
But considering the heavy financial stake the United States has in the global lender, some lawmakers are trying to exert pressure on an organization that has come under increased scrutiny over how its vast international resources are being used.
“The scandal at the IMF is putting that organization in the public eye again and American taxpayers — who pay the largest share of the IMF’s bills — are raising a lot of important questions,”