It Was Only A Hotel Maid

[Boxlicker101]

I think it's the most imaginative post you've made in two years, Box. I love it!

I don't think it's all that imaginitive. It's a prediction of what I believe DSK or his minions will try to do to escape custody and avoid imprisonment. I hope I'm wrong. The SOB needs about ten years in Attica.

 

[sr71plt]

Better be careful, Box. That kind of talk may have you branded a 'reactionary' by our resident expert on whatever happens to be under discussion at the moment. Worse yet, a 'Chicken Little'...oh, the humiliation of it all.

Oh Box proved out as a reactionary and "make it up" Chicken Little long before this thread.

 

[sr71plt]

I think and hope that you are right. The French do not have a history of making friends here and this is where this will show.

Christ almighty this isn't a nationality issue (despite your somewhat weird and tedious prejudices). He isn't being prosecutive either because he's French or rich.

 

[JackLuis]

Christ almighty this isn't a nationality issue (despite your somewhat weird and tedious prejudices). He isn't being prosecutive either because he's French or rich.

Too bad.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Remember there are as many different French points of view as there are French citizens. DSK is a Socialist and all the moaners are from his political party. I've got a friend in Alsace who is far from a Socialist (it's not a popular party in Alsace) and he's already sending me really rude videos taking advantage of DSK's plight. Since Sarkoczy is the president and having DSK out of the way before the next election works to his advantage, any attempt to sneak him back into France is unlikely to work.

I'm still betting that Mme. Le Pen will be the next president of France.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Oh Box proved out as a reactionary and "make it up" Chicken Little long before this thread.

I don't think of myself as being a reactionary. That is or was a term applied by Communist governments to anybody who disagreed with them. I don't make things up either, except for all the stories I write, and what I say on some of the fun threads (Not this one.) I also don't think of myself as being a Chicken Little. At times, I have posted a warning of something possibly happening, but I always made it clear I was only mentioning possibilities. I have never predicted the sky would fall.

 

[JackLuis]

Well this wife is standing by him.

http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/05-26-11-dsk-and-wife/10196971-1-eng-US/05-26-11-DSK-and-wife_full_380.jpg

A Loving Wife?

 

[sr71plt]

She bailed him out. Not sure about the "standing by his side" bit. The last news article I read reported that after he was locked away in the apartment she got for him, she drove off alone.

This article doesn't address where she is now.

 

[JackLuis]

Strauss-Kahn Case Seen as in Jeopardy

Although forensic tests found unambiguous evidence of a sexual encounter between Mr. Strauss-Kahn, a French politician, and the woman, prosecutors now do not believe much of what the accuser has told them about the circumstances or about herself.

Since her initial allegation on May 14, the accuser has repeatedly lied, one of the law enforcement officials said.

Really?

Prosecutors from the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., who initially were emphatic about the strength of the case and the account of the victim, plan to tell the judge on Friday that they “have problems with the case” based on what their investigators have discovered, and will disclose more of their findings to the defense. The woman still maintains that she was attacked, the officials said.

“It is a mess, a mess on both sides,” one official said.

Who would have thought we could have such a problem in a NY Police Investigation?

 

[manyeyedhydra]

I said at the time it all seemed awfully convenient.

Someone got what they wanted. Whether it was him removed as the head of the IMF or out of the French presidential race.

Or we're now going to see the resources of a rich and wealthy man deployed to cover-up and protect them from the consequences of a crime they committed.

I guess we won't find out the real truth either way.

I'm certainly not expecting to see it come from the current media!

 

[JackLuis]

Attorney: DA has evidence Strauss-Kahn bruised maid’s vagina

Well, who's telling the truth, or mostly the truth?

 

[lovecraft68]

Really?



Who would have thought we could have such a problem in a NY Police Investigation?

I wonder how much money has recently been removed from his bank accounts and how many deposits have been made elsewhere. The longer this goes the more people who will be bought off. One way or another safe to assume the political aspirations are over but it still beats years in prison.

 

[Handley_Page]

So he's a lusty lover ?

There now seems to be serious doubt about the prosecution evidence.

 

[sr71plt]

Well, who's telling the truth, or mostly the truth?

Oh, I'm sure they are both lying about some aspect of it. Her lawyer gave a fun x-rated press conference about it all. Bottom line with me is that even on his fall-back position--that the sex was consensual--all I can think of is "yuck" and what a demonstration of poor taste. Normally, such shennagins would enhance rather than scotch his chances of winning the French presidential elections, but if he runs, I look to his opponents putting her photo on placards to make the voters say "yuck" too.

I think her lawyer was baldly reviewing the evidence the police have in their hands to keep the New York DA from sweeping it all under the carpet. He had semen flying everywhere in his description of the scene.

 

[lovecraft68]

Christ almighty this isn't a nationality issue (despite your somewhat weird and tedious prejudices). He isn't being prosecutive either because he's French or rich.

No but the past shapes the present and France has been a pain in our ass on several occasions. It did effect how hard and fast they went at this and will have a bearing on how much leeway they give him and his asshole friends over seas.

BTW if I was being racist I would refer to him as "That frog" Try getting things straight will you.

 

[Stella_Omega]

No but the past shapes the present and France has been a pain in our ass on several occasions. It did effect how hard and fast they went at this and will have a bearing on how much leeway they give him and his asshole friends over seas.

BTW if I was being racist I would refer to him as "That frog" Try getting things straight will you.

the French aren't a race but a nationality.

No matter what they say.

 

[sr71plt]

No but the past shapes the present and France has been a pain in our ass on several occasions.

Like the American Revolution when they saved our asses?

 

[sr71plt]

BTW if I was being racist I would refer to him as "That frog" Try getting things straight will you.

Oh, I have no reason not to think your a racist--along with all of the other hypocritcal prejudices you are proving out to have.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Like the American Revolution when they saved our asses?

We paid that back in WWI. Then we had to do it again in WWII.

 

[sr71plt]

We paid that back in WWI. Then we had to do it again in WWII.

Actually, we doubledealt the French who helped us in the American Revolution (well, other than LaFayette, who switched sides to save his skin) long before that--in the French Revolution.

But, yes, we did save their skins in WWI and WWII, along with some (shhhh, we must be very quiet here) others.

 

[Boxlicker101]

It seems now to be a matter of He says -She says, unless they have evidence such as torn clothing or bruising of the vagina, which they do have. As I predicted earlier, I still think he will skip the country before the trial can happen, and he won't be extradited because it will happen after the French election. DSK will no longer be a political threat, but he will always be a Frenchman.

Whatever else she may have done, rape is still rape.

 

[sr71plt]

It seems now to be a matter of He says -She says, unless they have evidence such as torn clothing or bruising of the vagina, which they do have. As I predicted earlier, I still think he will skip the country before the trial can happen, and he won't be extradited because it will happen after the French election. DSK will no longer be a political threat, but he will always be a Frenchman.

Whatever else she may have done, rape is still rape.

Your first sentence is contradictory, isn't it?

And, no, you didn't say before that he'd skip the country before a trial can happen. You, as well as others, said he'd skip the country if they let him out of jail. They did and he didn't. Shall we check back and see who really predicted what?

If he skips the country, he'll need a new passport and he'll probably need to feed that bevy of cops who will be walking three paces behind him from now until the court gives him greater latitude.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Your first sentence is contradictory, isn't it?

And, no, you didn't say before that he'd skip the country before a trial can happen. You, as well as others, said he'd skip the country if they let him out of jail. They did and he didn't. Shall we check back and see who really predicted what?

If he skips the country, he'll need a new passport and he'll probably need to feed that bevy of cops who will be walking three paces behind him from now until the court gives him greater latitude.

No, it is not contradictory. What I am saying is there is evidence against him.

I did predict he would try to skip the country, and he hasn't - yet. I described a rather melodramatic course but, now that he is no longer under house arrest, skipping will be easier, and I still believe he will. Here is the latest I have, although you might have something more recent.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/lawyer-alleged-victim-dsk-case-lashes-da-says-172629707.html

 

[sr71plt]

You don't think "It seems now to be a matter of He says -She says" is contradictory to "which they do have," which appear in the same sentence? Verrrry Interrrresting.

And let's not get more mealymouthed. That he'd skip before the trial is not "what [you] predicted earlier"--which you now admit while glossing over that you misspoke (as usual, in your Chicken Little mode) before. What you predicted earlier was that he'd skip the country as soon as he was let out of jail. He didn't. You were wrong. Which, in a normal person, might lead to watching what they predict with such certainty later on. Well, if they didn't have more than their share of chutzpah--and if they weren't trained well by Fox media.

You're having quite a night of it, Box.

 

[Boxlicker101]

You don't think "It seems now to be a matter of He says -She says" is contradictory to "which they do have," which appear in the same sentence? Verrrry Interrrresting.

And let's not get more mealymouthed. That he'd skip before the trial is not "what [you] predicted earlier"--which you now admit while glossing over that you misspoke (as usual, in your Chicken Little mode) before. What you predicted earlier was that he'd skip the country as soon as he was let out of jail. He didn't. You were wrong. Which, in a normal person, might lead to watching what they predict with such certainty later on. Well, if they didn't have more than their share of chutzpah--and if they weren't trained well by Fox media.

You're having quite a night of it, Box.

No, it is not contradictory. I said he would skip after he got released from prison. I certainly didn't mean he would make a mad dash for freedom as soon as he walked out the door.

ETA: Here is the first prediction I made, om Post 6:
You're right, though. I have no problem castigating SK and leaving the others out of it. I think the SOB is still in jail, and I hope they keep him there. If he is granted bail, he is not just a risk, but a certainty to split, since he has nothing to keep him in the US, and has plenty of money and friends and associates to help him leave the country. If he runs off to France, he will be safe there, because they don't believe in honoring their extradition treaty with the US.

Here is what I said on Post 93
Nonsense. The resentment is not his foreignness; it's his wealth and power and how he victimized a single mother working at a menial job. People would feel the same if he were a rich and powerfjul American.

The fact he has been denied bail is because it is almost certain he would skip the country if given a chance, and be beyond the reach of American law. That isn't xenophobia; that's just being logical and practical. Judges set bail or deny it based on the liklihood the accused will not appear in court, among other things.

Here is what I said on Post 106"
He has bailed out now, or bail has been set. I don't know how much it is. Whatever the amount, the court or whoever gets the money might as well count that as their money, because I believe there is no possibility he will show up in court. That is just an opinion, but I am pretty sure I am right.

Why should he. He has been disgraced already, and there is no point compounding it by being sent to prison for a long time, which is what would almost certainly happen. It's even more likely France would refuse to extradite him, claiming he cannot get a fair trial, or some such excuse.

Here is Post 117, where I predicted he would appear for the trial:
The trial will drag on for months, giving his supporters plenty of time to hire muscle to spring DSK and arrange a private jet to take him to France. He won't need a passport to claim some kind of political asylum, and he won't be extradited.

He will probably show up in court, at least most of the time, but he will be back in France by the time the jury begins their deliberations.

This is a prediction, by the way. I have to admit I could be wrong.

The closest I came to any specific time was the last prediction, where I said he would show up in court, but leave before the trial ended. I was apparently wrong about needing muscle, though, because he is mostly unattended.