A moment of folly in the life of the favourite to win the 2012 French Presidential election, may in fact have destroyed all the hopes he had of becoming the next President !!!
Dominique Strauss Kahn (DSK), the President of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, has been the dark horse for some time in the French Presidential elections due to take place in 2012; in fact he became the favourite in the Opinion Polls, which greatly irked other candidates both on the right and left !!!
A few hours ago, he had the misfortune to be removed from a plane to Paris, ten minutes before take-off. He was taken to police cells in Washington and then charged with sexually violating a young woman housekeeper in his hotel suite.
It goes without saying that other politicians, right or left, whether they are already candidates or not yet, have not been tender with their comments !!! They are absolutely delighted to be able to get rid of him as a credible candidate !!!
This is a complete misfortune, or in fact disaster, for DSK, to be taken off the plane ten minutes before take-off. Had he reached France safely any disclosure of this incident could have probably been stifled.
Unlike the USA, France has a more relaxed view of such matters. Or should one say politicians and other well heeled people in France know people who can ensure that such affairs are covered up. There must be many a politician sniggering privately at the discomfort of DSK !!!
In other countries, there have also been cover-ups of the same nature !!! One should not not pretend to be naïve.
The story I like the most concerns a well known political Minister of the Crown in England in the 1880's, called Dilke. When leaving the house of his misstress very early one morning, he had the misfortune to kick the bottle of milk which had been delivered on the doorstep. The noise awoke more than one neighbour, and the culprid was quickly identified. In straightlaced Victorian London the headlines in the papers became "DILKE SPILLT THE MILK" !!! He always wanted to become Prime Minister, but after this he never made it !!!
Dominique Strauss Kahn (DSK), the President of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, has been the dark horse for some time in the French Presidential elections due to take place in 2012; in fact he became the favourite in the Opinion Polls, which greatly irked other candidates both on the right and left !!!
A few hours ago, he had the misfortune to be removed from a plane to Paris, ten minutes before take-off. He was taken to police cells in Washington and then charged with sexually violating a young woman housekeeper in his hotel suite.
It goes without saying that other politicians, right or left, whether they are already candidates or not yet, have not been tender with their comments !!! They are absolutely delighted to be able to get rid of him as a credible candidate !!!
This is a complete misfortune, or in fact disaster, for DSK, to be taken off the plane ten minutes before take-off. Had he reached France safely any disclosure of this incident could have probably been stifled.
Unlike the USA, France has a more relaxed view of such matters. Or should one say politicians and other well heeled people in France know people who can ensure that such affairs are covered up. There must be many a politician sniggering privately at the discomfort of DSK !!!
In other countries, there have also been cover-ups of the same nature !!! One should not not pretend to be naïve.
The story I like the most concerns a well known political Minister of the Crown in England in the 1880's, called Dilke. When leaving the house of his misstress very early one morning, he had the misfortune to kick the bottle of milk which had been delivered on the doorstep. The noise awoke more than one neighbour, and the culprid was quickly identified. In straightlaced Victorian London the headlines in the papers became "DILKE SPILLT THE MILK" !!! He always wanted to become Prime Minister, but after this he never made it !!!
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