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Surya Gayatri

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45. Can you even conceive of an American pol

Tue May 8, 2012, 07:08 AM

May 2012

openly "living in sin" (as my mother would've called it) with his lady friend and being elected to the highest office in the land?

As you said, "It would be unthinkable in the US"...which just underscores the hypocrisy and sanctimony at the heart of US politics.

Newt and Rudy could have serial wives, but god forbid anybody should "co-habitate" out of "wedlock".

The French divorce rate is about half that in the US because the French understand that "nobody's perfect"...

They love quoting that famous line from "Some Like It Hot", both in English and in French!

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New Sex Allegations Against Dominique Strauss-Kahn [View all] alp227 May 2012 OP

he is a creep. defend regardless.... to the pro dsk. creep. nt seabeyond May 2012 #1

what the hell is up cindyperry2010 May 2012 #2

Where there's smoke, there's fire. That guy is looking more and more like a rapist and a predator. MADem May 2012 #3

Here in France, he's now considered as Surya Gayatri May 2012 #4

Thank you for your comment. potone May 2012 #5

Glad to oblige, potone...it's always useful to hear anecdotal evidence! Surya Gayatri May 2012 #6

He probably would have been a fine president...for half the population. MADem May 2012 #8

Yeah, my female student said that in his younger days Surya Gayatri May 2012 #17

The world (except the Republicans, of course!) has come to the conclusion that private lives are MADem May 2012 #27

Know so well what you mean, MA--my mother has had to make Surya Gayatri May 2012 #29

" Thanks to many enablers" a rapist got off. nt seabeyond May 2012 #11

It seems his rapist karma is now catching up with him... Surya Gayatri May 2012 #18

france is even more of a patriarchal society than the u.s. seabeyond May 2012 #28

You're right, sb, there has been a groundswell Surya Gayatri May 2012 #30

thank you. surya. nt seabeyond May 2012 #31

lol -- he can now play with himself ... in between the court appearances. Thank you women!! infrared May 2012 #38

There in France, Hollande had four children with Segolene Royale without marrying her. JDPriestly May 2012 #41

He's accused of being a pimp. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #43

You're right, Prom. I've never heard of any public figure Surya Gayatri May 2012 #44

He is extremely rich. If he was a pimp, it certainly wasn't for the money. JDPriestly May 2012 #51

he gets off on the humiliation and degradation. not about the sex. control, rape, violence seabeyond May 2012 #52

He is charged with "aggravated procurement in an organized gang," the legal term for pimping. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #53

Can you even conceive of an American pol Surya Gayatri May 2012 #45

Indeed. And there's a LOT of smoke! n/t markpkessinger May 2012 #42

More allegations will probably follow. Boabab May 2012 #7

The US knows quite well how that can turn out. davsand May 2012 #9

While my female student and I were discussing DSK Surya Gayatri May 2012 #23

entitlement seabeyond May 2012 #32

There's also the pimp component. Absolutely no comparing this pig with JFK and Clinton. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #34

Sarkozy's allies nicely timed this -- three days before the French elections. JDPriestly May 2012 #10

do you have to watch him rape? or would you find excuses even then..... seabeyond May 2012 #12

some still insist that DSK is politically targeted with phony rape accusations alp227 May 2012 #13

Sure, some of his apologists and die-hard Surya Gayatri May 2012 #22

I'm just talking about the timing. JDPriestly May 2012 #24

I support trying rapists (when the rape is real) and also prosecuting sex harassment. JDPriestly May 2012 #14

All those Catholic Priests who molested should've been stopped a long time ago. joshcryer May 2012 #16

Assuming that DSK did what he is accused of doing, that is right. JDPriestly May 2012 #25

I think cronyism is the sole reason DSK got away with it for so long. joshcryer May 2012 #26

True, he should've been stopped long ago... Surya Gayatri May 2012 #20

DSK has really no bearing on Hollande. joshcryer May 2012 #15

DSK is so far out of the game now, that his Surya Gayatri May 2012 #21

Still think it was a conspiracy? joshcryer May 2012 #33

Disrespectful???????????? Beacool May 2012 #37

scumbag JI7 May 2012 #19

Obviously another conspiracy. n/t Lil Missy May 2012 #35

The guy is a pig. Beacool May 2012 #36

So he got a little too rough with a sex worker Blue_Tires May 2012 #39

so? just a thing to be used. too rough? meh.... so? nt seabeyond May 2012 #40

I'm just saying when one of her colleagues there that night can't even Blue_Tires May 2012 #46

do you know anything about rape? have you experienced? do you know what it is to own and speak out seabeyond May 2012 #47

ok...So when is the FBI going to make their extradition request? Blue_Tires May 2012 #49

the sky is blue and moon overhead.... nt seabeyond May 2012 #50

How sophisticated and romantic. The "rutting chimpanzee" strikes again (nt) Nye Bevan May 2012 #48