Men These Days

Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a love child ten years ago and finally told Maria earlier this year.  Disappointing but not surprising.

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a leading candidate for President of France, is arrested on sexual assault charges and may face similar charges in France on an alleged incident from 2002.  Shocking.

Donald Trump has ended his self-promtional blitz and won't be running for President - utterly unsurprising but disappointing.

Mike Huckabee won't be running in 2012 either.  Baffling.

Comments

[MoodyBlu]

Men these days?

Well, my nephew just graduated Marine Basic last Friday. Could not be more proud.

[Danube of Thought]

Sickening (from Taranto):

"She wanted it, his lawyer asserted in court yesterday," the New York Post reports, describing the "explosive defense" a lawyer is offering on behalf of France's most prominent rape defendant.

[MarkO]

So, his lawyer writes porn novels?

[Captain Hate]

Congrats MoodyBlu.

[matt]

Schwarzie's kid is 10 years old fer chrissake! I wonder what gave the game away? The biceps? the accent? The crease across the forehead?

"Daddy, ve must drink from zee skulls off our enemies und hear ze lamentation off their women...."

[Captain Hate]

Speaking of boorish men, here's how not to deal with a potentially bad situation: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281504576327252437586660.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

Sending double-aught Lurch, license to ill, is about the last thing I'd do to defuse any hotspot.

[Soylent Red]

I wonder if the kid ever got on da choppa...

I don't know why this surprises anyone.

[matt]

one of the comments on that post, Soylent, really affected me. Apparently his autobiography will be titled "Mein Kumf".

[peter]

Did Lurch bring home the helicopter tail yet? I'm sure the Chinese engineers are done with it by this point.

[Kevin B]

The best conspiracy theory I've heard on the DSK thing is that Soros set him up in order to make a killing on the collapse of the euro.

[lyle]

If the Pakis really want to do us a solid, they could detain Lurch indefinitely. They can keep Teerayzuh as well. Maybe chill in UBL's "million dollar" crib.

[Neo]

HotAir has up a story that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is still being held because of ... Roman Polanski

[Ignatz]

--Sending double-aught Lurch, license to ill, is about the last thing I'd do to defuse any hotspot.--

LOL.

[Captain Hate]

lyle, maybe the Pakis can offer the long-faced Winter Soldier discount docking rates for lovey's his yacht.

[lyle]

Capital idea, CH. I understand there's some...uh...killer snowbaording terrain somewhere between the Indian and Paki border where Lurch could do him some shreddin'.

[Sports401]

Nixon recorded people and ordered assassinations immediately.O is building empires at DoD(cia).Pakistan always went along it wasnt enough,so we sensd drones to cuop and run now.O s legacy.

[narciso]

So is Lurch serving as a go between, in roles where Hillary is supposed to be serving, like
Richardson was back in the Clinton era.

[B. Clinton]

I knew I liked the cut of this DSK fella's jib.

[B. Clinton]

I've got one word for Arnold, too: Amateur.

[Neo]

Arnold goes a long way to make Charlie Sheen look ... inspiringly intellectual.

[Captain Hate]

narc, it's very hard to define in terms other than "completely worthless" anything the Winter Soldier does. Although maybe that's Richardson's niche as well.

[Extraneus]

Considering the stakes, isn't it possible that DSK was set up?

[lyle]

Hot new summer release: The Sperminator.

[clarice]

Yeah, someone grabbed his semen and her blood, mixed them up and scattered them about and hen scratched him and beat the heck out of her.

[Appalled]

Extraneous:

He's not in NYC on official business. So I think putting the machinery in place for a honey trap is unlikely. Plus, I just cannot see the NY cops pulling the guy off a flight for something that was not pretty outrageous.

[jimmyk]

Considering the stakes, isn't it possible that DSK was set up?

Impossible. How many people knew in advance that he was making this trip, which was personal, not official? Most important, the fact is that the hotel thought he'd left, as it was noon and he hadn't asked for a late checkout. That's the only reason the maid went in. No way that could have been planned. A setup would have had someone come on to him at a bar in the evening, the chamber maid coming in for "turndown service."

[MayBee]

Between DSK, Arnold, and the Real Housewives of New Jersey, my life is well stocked with Batshit Crazy people to amuse me.

[MayBee]

I don't think DSK was set up, but I have to say if it happened to the chief GOP contender for office in an Obama-loving country, I'd be suspicious.

[Danube of Thought]

Given what we've been told about the victim and her history with the hotel, her children and etc., she seems the last person one would approach to start a setup in motion.

I'm really proud of the hotel staff, the NYPD, the Port Authority cops and the DA's. You don't come into our country and pull this shit no matter who you are.

[maryrose]

Somehow DSK will get bail, jump ship and then France will refuse to extradict him.

[lyle]

As long as someone else brought up Taranto, I had to chuckle at this today regarding Mitch Daniels:

we must admit the past few years have made a reluctance to talk about oneself into a very attractive quality in a president.

[B. Clinton]

You don't come into our country and pull this shit no matter who you are.

Rube.

[Danube of Thought]

DSK will be befriended by many a rube in years to come.

[Thomas Collins]

LUN for Moody Blu and Moody Blu's nephew.

[Janet]

Thank God for men like your nephew, MoodyBlu!

Mitch Daniels...all I've got is this one quote that I wrote down when I didn't even know who he was,
"If James Carville & Geraldo Rivera were both drowning, and you could only save one, would you read the paper or eat lunch?"

[MarkD]

France is upset because our prisons aren't swanky enough. What's the point in being somebody if you are treated like everyone else?

No bail. How rude of us.

[Ignatz]

--"If James Carville & Geraldo Rivera were both drowning, and you could only save one, would you read the paper or eat lunch?"--

Daniels just went up several notches in my book.

[bgates]

Janet, I'm surprised at you.

Who reads the paper anymore?

[Danube of Thought]

Huntsman, having issued obsequious releases about Obama and Hillary, now declares his acceptance of AGW. What is it that we are to like about him (other than the Uruguay ambassadorship for MarkO)?

[Extraneus]

I'm not saying it's likely that it was a set-up, especially with the call to her brother, *especially* if she's really a Muslim, since rape is no defense against stoning in that case.

Do we know what the physical evidence was? Is there really blood and semen? I didn't read everything out there on the subject. Do we know he was scratched or beaten?

Since he's a socialist, I hope it's true and he does hard time, although I'd rather it was Obama. But if he was a conservative, and Sarcozy was the socialist, I'd be pretty suspicious, and would like to see the evidence.

[Extraneus]

What's the point in being somebody if you are treated like everyone else?

Well, he isn't being treated like everyone else anyway. He's sitting in a private cell, while the others are in 50-man barracks with Tiffany Latour and LeBaron Courtney and Mestaffalah Shabazz and Camilio Rodriguez.

[Ignatz]

I figure Huntsman would have a better chance angling for SlowJoe's job.
The only Republican that would vote for Huntsman is Bloomberg and I'm certain he can't help but write his own name in whenever he's in the voting booth.

[Extraneus]

Do we know he was scratched or beaten?

Do we know that he was scratched or she was beaten?

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

now declares his acceptance of AGW

And yesterday I read that Christie leans toward AGW too.

[Rick Ballard]

I have read today that France will not extradite a French citizen. I wasn't aware of that and don't know if it's true. If it is true then I don't see how bail can be offered in this instance. Perhaps the prosecutor could make a kind hearted offer to proceed to trial within 30-45 days so that the rapist isn't put to any undue hardship?

Surely the rapist's attorney can suborn the perjury necessary to sustain a "she wanted it" defense within a week or two. Additionally, if the rapist doesn't hurry additional women are going to keep showing up and giving the prosecution juicy pattern of conduct tidbits that the judge just might allow.

[Janet]

"A TVNewser reader Tweeted at us today:

@tvnewser @HowardKurtz: Did CNN really exclude Spitzer from Malveaux package on Sex Scandals & Politics? Hmm..

The answer: yes it did."

I can't believe CNN hired Spitzer.

[Extraneus]

And yesterday I read that Christie leans toward AGW too.

I heard Christie on Hannity earlier, and he was asked this question. Very wishy-washy answer, along the lines of "Well, I think it's pretty clear that climate change is happening. The question is what's the cause, and more importantly, what should we do about it. We support energy independence programs in New Jersey related to solar and wind energy," etc. I wasn't very impressed, especially after Hannity brought up the Mann data corruption stuff and Christie pooh-poohed that without so much as an acknowledgement.

[Janet]

The U.S. government is suing Starbucks Coffee Company for firing a barista in El Paso because she is a dwarf.

No stool for you!!!

[Extraneus]

Btw, I'm not a Hannity fan, and really don't like the guy much, but he's a pretty good interviewer.

[Janet]

Hit the yellow brick road sister...

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

This is from Yahoo News:

-- The IMF chief faces seven charges that carry a maximum total sentence of 74 years and three months in jail. They include two counts of criminal sexual acts and one charge of attempted rape.

1842 GMT: According to the charge sheet against Strauss-Kahn, the IMF chief allegedly "grabbed informant's breasts without consent; attempted to pull down informant's pantyhose and forcibly grabbed informant's vaginal area; forcibly made contact with his penis and informant's mouth twice and; was able to accomplish the above acts by using actual physical force."

1735 GMT: The seven allegations against Strauss-Kahn listed in the charge sheet are two counts of criminal sexual acts in the first degree, one of attempted rape in the first degree, one of sexual abuse in the first degree, one of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, one of sexual abuse in the 3rd degree, and one of a forcible touching.

1732 GMT: The first sentence of the charge sheet against Strauss-Kahn, which lists seven separate alleged offenses, reads: "The defendant engaged in oral sexual conduct and anal sexual conduct with another person by forcible compulsion."

Also, the maid was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital after the attack.

Daily News:

The brother said Tuesday that his sister was distraught when she phoned him from St. Luke's Hospital following Saturday's violent encounter in Strauss-Kahn's luxury suite.

"No one wants to see his sister go through that," said the 43-year-old brother, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of his sister.

"She just said, 'Someone tried to do something very bad to me,'" he said.

The victim is from West Africa, a single mother and devout Muslim who lives in the Bronx, according to her brother, who is a manager at a Harlem cafe.

He said seeing his sister in so much agony over the assault has made him "angry."

"What would you feel if it was your sister? We are in pain," he told The News in an earlier interview. "She's very upset because she loves her job. She's a wonderful, hardworking woman."

But he said the powerful French politician will be punished. "This is America - he won't get away with it," he said.

"Justice will be served. That's why we love America."

[...]

Until he returns to court, the Socialist Party titan will be held in protective custody at Rikers Island, said Correction Department spokesman Stephen Morello.

The victim is in hiding. Neighbors say she has a teenage daughter and that she always wears an Islamic head scarf and worked long hours. "She was very private," said neighbor Mark Gangadeen. "This is a good person."

[Captain Hate]

"Well, I think it's pretty clear that climate change is happening. The question is what's the cause, and more importantly, what should we do about it. We support energy independence programs in New Jersey related to solar and wind energy,"

The first sentence is pretty clearly true because it is always changing. The second sentence isn't bad because it differs from the AGW nutjobs who would've said people cause it and we have to implement radical cures. The last sentence is a little disappointing except it's what you'd expect from a politician who chooses not to alienate people on an issue that isn't that important for him to make a stand on.

I don't see much to get upset about. If you want the perfect candidate, start raising money for me.

[Extraneus]

Will do, Captain.

[Janet]

Will do, Captain.

Dittos...where do we send the check?

[PaulV]

Make check payable to cash and I will handle them

[Ignatz]

--The victim is from West Africa, a single mother and devout Muslim--

Shouldn't this gal's male relatives be stoning her to death?

[scott]

Breaking news... local NY news reporting the fat soft socialist is on suicide watch. boo hoo! Issued gray sweats w/o string, no shoelaces etc. Hopefully he was treated to the the world famous Rikers wooden shower. (billyclub beatdown with phone book against the head for the full 'leave no trace' green compliance).

[Janet]

For punishment, Starbucks will have to start dispensing coffee in new mugs...

No more "tall," "grande," or "venti."

[Ignatz]

--If you want the perfect candidate, start raising money for me.--

As your adviser I have to say I'm a little concerned with the Q score for a guy whose last name is Hate.

[Jane]

The weirdest thing about the Arnold matter to me is the fact that the mother retired. She has a 10 year old child. How can she be old enough to retire. Is she collecting social security?

[Captain Hate]

Wait a second. Maybe I shouldn't run since teh Sarah has started a "2012 Can't Get Here Soon Enough" PAC. Great title; sure to get under the skin of Preznit DynOmite. So donate to her as the perfect candidate; unless you don't like her, and you know who you are, in which case I'll set up a Paypal PAC account for me which I'll turn over to her anyway.

[Captain Hate]

Correction "2012 Can't Come Fast Enough"

[Extraneus]

Huh? Are you saying it's too soon to buy CaptainHateColonelWest2012.com?

[Al Asad]

Since you folks are in the mood for a hanging (Kahn, Scwarzie) what do you think should happen to the disgraced Senator, John Ensign?

At least we know it was consensual, but the hush money?

You are hot to impale the IMF frog without a trial, although many lawyers (Effluent?) comment here.

[peter]

You know what, I like dwarfs.

[MayBee]

Jane- she's collecting Schwarzenegger security.

[Extraneus]

New 2012 buzz: Rick Perry thinking of jumping in?

[Pops]

Poor Ahhnold, he wanted so bad to be accepted as a true Kennedy.

Next week will here about the one that accidentally drowned.....

[Pops]

VOTE PALIN.....she can keep it in her pants....

[Jane]

Maybee,

I'm with you about the devastation. Kennedy or no, that really has to suck.

[Ignatz]

I'd vote for Perry over any of the other current big names.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Jane: Lots of people retire after 20 years on the same job. Not as many get what I expect was a VERY generous settlement I'm sure Arnold made sure she got to deny his paternity all these years.

[Al Asad]

."she can keep it in her pants...."

Bristol?

Boy, are you wrong !

[Al Asad]

.she can keep it in her pants...

Bristol? Boy, are you wrong....

[centralcal]

I'd vote for Perry too (over the other men in the race so far). I think Perry - Palin debates might be kind a fun, though.

[Jillian]

Lefty heads are exploding everywhere...who is the victim? The Socialist Rapist or the Muslim Entraper?

[Al Asad]

What's an entraper?

[maryrose]

Maybee,jane:
I agree with you and I feel bad for Maria who was always a good friend to Caroline Kennedy. Her career was promising before marrying the "Sperminator" and she was much better than perky Katie.I guess all the rumors during the run for governor were true.What makes people hired by a family,I'm also thinking of Meg Whitman's maid here turn against their benefactors. Didn't she realize she didn't have to give in to the AHNold.

[Extraneus]

I'd vote for Perry over any of the other current big names.

Me, too, but I'd like to see it come down to Palin v. Perry. Winner take all.

[hit and run]

VOTE PALIN.....she can keep it in her pants....

Bristol? Boy, are you wrong....

She already won a nationwide election.

Claims that Brandi wuz robbed are just sour grapes.

[Al Asad]

Are you drunk?

[MoodyBlu]

No more "tall," "grande," or "venti."

Janet for the win!

[JM Hanes]

LOL, Jillian!

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Didn't she realize she didn't have to give in to the AHNold.

Are you implying he forced her? Remember this all happened a min. of two years before he ran for governor. Big time rich movie star partaking of the Hollywood lifestyle? They call her "staff" but I haven't heard in what capacity. Was she an illiterate maid or a fancy high-fashion personal assistant? This isn't small town Ohio or Bible-belt South Carolina, unfortunately. I've seen girls out here sell their souls and submit to all kinds of personal indignities just to get invited to the right party for a few hours of face time and the chance to snag a rich guy for a night.

[hit and run]

Not if it's Tuesday.

[Al Asad]

I have to be drunk when my wife makes me watch.....

Dancing with the Stars.

[Threadkiller]

Who is your Daddy?

[Chubby]

I can't imagine what Maria is going through. I doubt the fact of a child bothers her as much as the fact that her husband and a trusted employee lied to her her face, over and over, day in and day out, over long period of time. There's no words to describe the wound left by that kind of betrayal, to have been played the fool. I'm thinking that it will take her a long while and a lot of prayer to get over it.

[narciso]

You know it's curious how the official candidates have little to say:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/17/gov-sarah-palin-on-pelosi-districts-obamacare-waivers-seriously-this-is-corrupt/

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

There's no words to describe the wound left by that kind of betrayal, to have been played the fool.

I agree on this Chubby.

O'Reilly just asked how the heck Arnold was able to get away with hiding the child for 10 years when every democrat oppo group was leaving no stone unturned to find dirt on the guy back in 2002-2003? I wonder this too.

[Threadkiller]

Rosemary Kennedy is a prime example of how that family is trained to keep a secret.

“In 1941, when Rosemary was 23, doctors told her father that a new neurosurgical procedure, Lobotomy, would help calm her mood swings. At the time, relatively few lobotomies had been performed; James W. Watts, who carried out the procedure with Walter Freeman, described what happened:

"We went through the top of the head, I think she was awake. She had a mild tranquilizer. I made a surgical incision in the brain through the skull. It was near the front. It was on both sides. We just made a small incision, no more than an inch." The instrument Dr. Watts used looked like a butter knife. He swung it up and down to cut brain tissue. "We put an instrument inside," he said. As Dr. Watts cut, Dr. Freeman put questions to Rosemary. For example, he asked her to recite the Lord's Prayer or sing "God Bless America" or count backwards. ... "We made an estimate on how far to cut based on how she responded." ... When she began to become incoherent, they stopped.[3]

Instead of the hoped-for result, Rosemary was left with urinary incontinence and an infantile mentality — staring blankly at walls for hours. Her speech became unintelligible.

Aftermath:

In 1949, Rosemary moved to the St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children (formerly known as St. Coletta's Institute for Backward Children) in Jefferson, Wisconsin, an institution for people with disabilities. Because of the severity of her condition, Rosemary became largely detached from her family, but was visited regularly by her mother and by her sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. did not visit Rosemary at the institution.[4] Occasionally, Rosemary was taken to visit relatives in Florida and Washington, D.C., and to her childhood home on Cape Cod.

Publicly, Rosemary was declared to be mentally handicapped. "Only a few doctors who worked for the Kennedys knew the truth about Rosemary's condition, as did the FBI," because of a background check of Joe. Joe's attorney told them she had a "mental illness".

Arnold had already started his political rumblings under Bush while Orin Hatch was working on rewriting the “natural born” requirement. My money is on Maria knowing the whole time and “sticking around” for the ride.

[narciso]

There was an allegation, along those lines, right on the eve of the recall election,

[Jane]

A friend of Amy's is having a lobotomy in June. Apparently they have come a long way.

[matt]

well, I think DSK just did himself in. His lawyers are now claiming the sexual contact was consensual.

I really don't see a jury buying that one when the man has a history of inappropriate conduct with the help.

See ya soon DSK, and don't let the cell door hit you in the ass.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

This is truly tragic, IMHO. Unfortunately I think as much abuse goes on in nursing homes as behind closed doors at home.

[narciso]

Out with the old boss, in with the new:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/17/mideast.al.qaeda.appointee/index.html?hpt=T1

[maryrose]

Chubby:
I agree. What kind of dishonest person can carry a secret like that and allow her child to not be aware of who his father is? I guess I just don't understand these Hollywood people since I just come from a small city in Ohio.

[Rick Ballard]

Matt,

It absolutely had to be consensual because of all the DNA left all over the place.

His attorney might consider packing knee pads and a prayer rug when he tries to cut the plea deal. I'd go for 20 years with a million dollar per year fine buy down to a 5 year/no good time minimum.

[narciso]

This anecdote, is illustrative of the rarefied world of DSK

http://economicsnewspaper.com/policy/french/dsk-and-the-owner-of-the-porsche-22670.html

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

The Kennedy women were trained from birth to keep their pious heads down and accept that powerful men have powerful urges that have nothing to do with them. Rosemary's mental illness was more about her not wanting to submit to the Kennedy mantra of being some man's doormat while he was out banging every skirt in town and talking back to Papa Joe.

She was very bright, but also volatile. Who wouldn't be in that male dominated environment? Seems all the other women/wives buried their discontent in the bottle or in drugs and moping around like Jackie, whereas she let 'er rip and Papa Joe wasn't about to put up with her with his, Joe, Jr and then Jack's aspirations of high office at risk. I don't think Joe even told Rose until it was a done deal. Now that, to me, is something much more unforgivable than any infidelity. I don't know how she could sleep under the same roof with him, let alone in the same bed, after that kind of betrayal of her and her daughter.