I would also have thought that they would have jumped to his defense just on general principles, because they didn’t want a precedent set that one of their exclusive and rarefied circle, one of the really “important” people, could be handled so roughly and with so little deference and respect; as one French paper put it “like a common criminal”

However, I note that no less than four candidates for his job have already been proposed, and I am guessing that DSK was a real piece of work and had made a lot of enemies, so that pretty much everyone concerned it quite satisfied to see him brought low and kicked to the curb.

He could even have been–as sources on the Left in France have accused–“set up” but, if so, it was apparently absurdly easy to do so given his “way with the ladies.”

It says that he was a “former Communist.” Ever wonder what happened to all those Communists in Europe when the Wall fell and the U.S.S.R. disintegrated?

Well, apparently, a few still called themselves “Communists,” but the majority took on new disguises as “Socialists,” and many now suddenly became ardent “Environmentalists.” I wonder if DSK was one of those guys.

Dominque Strauss-Kahn was today spending his first night at New York’s notorious Rikers Island prison, . . .

Rikers Island is a jail, for those awaiting trial and those sentenced to terms of less than one year. Prison is for longer sentences, as well as more serious and/or violent crimes. If this putz is convicted, he’ll wish he were in Rikers rather than one of upstate NY’s prisons, particularly those along the Canadian border which are quite frigid in winter.

Strauss-Kahn faces a host of charges, including two counts of first-degree criminal sexual act, one count of first-degree attempted rape, one count of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of second-degree unlawful imprisonment, one count of forcible touching and one count of third-degree sexual abuse.

“The top charge, criminal sexual act in the first degree, is a class B violent felony, carrying with it a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison,” the New York district attorney’s office said.

If DSK is convicted of even a small portion of the charges against him, at 62, he’ll die in prison, which would not bother me at all. No matter how long his sentence, he’ll serve it in protective custody as some inmate will want to make their bones over his dead or maimed body. I can only hope he goes away for a long time, as he was an @sshole on a power trip who thought he could do with a hotel maid whatever the hell he wanted. He’s going to find out NYC ain’t France and we don’t take kindly to furriners rapin’ our women then trying to skedaddle on the next flight out.

Hmmm, much to chew on there.

Thanks, AP

Bon appetit!

He got violent with her, they say. Sounds like rape to me. Glad they nailed him, and I hope they send him to the hoosegow for a long stretch, in the General Population.