Is the Head of the IMF a Sex Criminal?

That's pretty obvious on the evolution threads.

DSK has hardly returned to a warm welcome.

Believer in lynch mobs are you izzy?

the tv stations were constantly going on about what DSK was up to..

'Return of the living dead'

A former president and a former presidential hopeful dominate: Jacques Chirac and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. They are both mired in scandal. Chirac, at 78, will not be in court today on medical grounds for the start of his trial for alleged corruption. And Strauss-Kahn is back home in what a political rival calls the return of the "living dead". That's the focus for the French press review, Monday 5th September 2011.

By Nicholas RUSHWORTH

Le Figaro leads on a photo of Jacques Chirac looking frail as he rests his hand on a security guard. It headlines : “La maladie de Jacques Chirac dénature son procès”. That has two meanings: one, his illness changes the nature of his trial and, two, it is nothing without him.

Chirac’s trial on allegations of corruption opens today with his lawyers arguing he is too unwell to attend. Plaintiffs say that’s a "manoeuvre": a trick, a manipulation.

Le Figaro says this is a painful time for Chirac’s wife, Bernadette, and his children. They have had to choose between letting him appear in court knowing his health is not up to it, and making the extent of his health difficulties public.

The paper says opposition Socialist politicians Ségolène Royal and François Hollande “understand his absence but believe the trial is legitimate”. An opposition Europe Ecology politician, meanwhile, tells Le Figaro: “The richer and more powerful you are, the more you can escape justice”

The free paper “20 minutes” is asking: “Is this a phoney trial?” That’s a reference to the case itself which concerns phoney jobs Chirac is alleged to have created during his time as Mayor of Paris in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Another French politician with the “scandal” label, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, also features heavily. Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui-en-France headlines: “Strauss-Kahn’s strategy”. It says his return to Paris from New York on Sunday was carefully orchestrated and is part of scrupulous efforts by his team to resurrect his political career.

It quotes a member of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s team saying Strauss-Kahn’s reappearance in Paris is the return of the “living dead”, affirming that while Strauss-Kahn is dead politically, in personal terms, he could drag the Socialist Party down.

A cartoon in Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui-en-France shows Strauss-Kahn asking: “If I plead memory loss like Chirac could I possibly run as presidential candidate?”

One of France’s regional papers, Le Progrés, in Lyon, looks at both men saying that they belong to France’s past. It is urging a closer look at the problems France has today. And another paper, Le Courrier Picard in northern France, remarks: “between Jacques Chirac losing his memory and Dominique Strauss-Kahn who realises his memory will be called upon, France has two unrivalled talents in dealing with the justice system”.
http://www.france24.com/en/20110905-press-review-french-politics-corruption-chirac-strauss-kahn-illness-trial-paris-mayor-alleged-fake-jobs

With this effort you show that even some Americans have trouble toeing the American law and order advocates line of DSK=predator.

that they feel that DSK is still a political force in France, that he can still rally the people .....thus the need to preemptively dismiss him, thus trying to get him off of the stage before he can cause trouble for their favorite canditate.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s legal troubles are not over. He faces a civil trial in the United States brought by the hotel maid, and prosecutors here are investigating a complaint of attempted rape made against him in July by a novelist, Tristane Banon, for an encounter that took place in 2003. Mr. Strauss-Kahn denies it. Prosecutors will decide whether to prosecute the case, drop it or open a further judicial inquiry, and it is likely he will be called to testify.

The unease around Mr. Strauss-Kahn will not go away soon. Whatever his accomplishments, his name is now associated with a hotel maid and many tales of his promiscuity that have emerged since then. A former Socialist prime minister, Michel Rocard, caused a ruckus last week when he said that Mr. Strauss-Kahn “obviously has a mental illness, trouble controlling his impulses.” Mr. Rocard, 81, added: “He’s out of the game. It’s a shame, he had real talent.”

But others think that if the Socialists win the presidency, Mr. Strauss-Kahn might be brought into government again as a minister. And as the election campaign unfolds, he is likely to be an influential critic of Mr. Sarkozy’s policies while helping the Socialists build credibility on economic issues.

Still, feelings remain quite raw. After Mr. Strauss-Kahn and Ms. Sinclair arrived home, Reuters reported, a resident of their building could be heard shouting in the interior courtyard: “You are a disgusting creature. Go and get cured somewhere else.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/world/europe/05dsk.html

It seems to me that right now a hero is exactly what France needs.

If economic times were good there is little doubt that DSK would now find himself reconciled to a quiet life. Times are not good though, and there are those who will argue that France needs leaders who can make tough economic decisions, regardless of their personal behaviour. I am not saying that he is the only man for the job, in fact I doubt that is true. There is a perception, though, that he is, and that might just be enough for the men who line up every morning in front of temporary employment offices; you could hardly blame them if they believe that forgiving this leader for his offenses is a small price to pay to have food on their tables.

“Bonne chance!” shouted one well-wisher when the former IMF leader arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport Sunday morning. Well, good luck indeed for Dominique Strauss-Kahn that economy is failing to recover; it makes it difficult for France to dispense with this powerful man.

Dozens of people, feminists for the most loudly expressed Sunday under the windows of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Place des Vosges in Paris, demanding that he not to return policy.

"We ask that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is not visible for the next election, since it is not white, since there will be a trial and other women are gradually complaint against him," said Nelly Martin, spokesman for the World March of Women, an organization of women's associations.

Despite the rain, the protesters listened for over an hour several public speaking organizations participating in the rally, punctuated by rolling a dozen drums.

Expressing outraged by the repercussions in the media that marked the return to France of former Director of the IMF a week ago, Nelly Martin said that feminists take advantage of the media meant "to speak for all women who are victims of violence in France and around the world and have never justice.