Dominique Strauss-Kahn Resigns as International Monetary Fund Chief
- Posted on May 19, 2011 at 2:49am by
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned Wednesday as head of the International Monetary Fund after explosive accusations that he had sexually attacked a housekeeper in a Midtown Manhattan hotel room.
“It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the Executive Board my resignation from my post of managing director of the I.M.F.,” he said in a statement issued Wednesday, shortly after midnight, by the I.M.F. “I think at this time first of my wife — whom I love more than anything — of my children, of my family, of my friends.”
His resignation comes four days after Mr. Strauss-Kahn was taken off an Air France plane at Kennedy International Airport and arrested in connection with the accusations, and a day after Timothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, called for his resignation.
“To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me.
“I want to protect this institution which I have served with honour and devotion, and especially – especially – I want to devote all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence.”
His resignation comes after increasing international pressure for him to step down as he faces charges of assaulting a hotel employee at a New York hotel. The maid, a 32-year-old immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea, told police that the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn came out of the bathroom naked, chased her down, forced her to perform oral sex on him and tried to remove her underwear before she broke free and fled the room.
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BubbaT
Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:54pmBy all means protect an institution that rapes and pillages the free world all for the power and control of the bankers.
Report Post »suzpenn
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:43pmMaybe Captain Stupid will come out and tell us that the police acted stupidly! Hey, how about a beer summit! I mean come on who cares about a poor African working single mother? Obviously, Reverend Al and Jesse don’t! Nor for that matter the NAACP or NOW. Wouldn’t want to slam a Soros man!
Report Post »suzpenn
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:40pmGotta be careful speaking out against a rich white powerful man whose best friend is George Soros. This case really goes to the heart of showing up Al and Jesse for the cowards and disgusting phonies they are. That goes for Captain Stupid’s AG – Holder, too!
Report Post »suzpenn
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:37pmJust goes to show what a phonies Al and Jesse really are, not to mention cowards. How ’bout it Holder, don’t you think the Reverends are big cowards here?
Report Post »suzpenn
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:35pmA rich white power man rapes a poor hardworking African immigrant, single mother and Sharpton and Jackson have nothing to say? Soros’s money runs far and deep!
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:18pmAnother taxpaid for “social engineer” bureaucrat dirtbag making policies for We the People. 65% of present day taxpaid for bureaucrats are mere mortals with dirtbag flaws. THIS incident supports the conservative notion that the LESS governing bureaucrats is MORE. This gives room for “people of goodwill” to operate freely insociety thereby spreading their “goodwill mode of operating” that benefits society.
IMF is nothing more than a SLUSH FUND for the UN. Slush fund collected through taxes. YOUR MONEY and MINE. Supporting the existence of this dirtbag.
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:29pm“Suicide of the West” author James Burnham written in 1964! note what he says:
1) Western Civilization has been shrinking since 1917, and will disappear by the end of this century if the trend continues.
NOTE WHO HE BLAMES!
2) Liberalism is not equippted to meet and overcome the actual challenges confronting Western civiliztion.
3)Liberalism has been and contines to be primarily negative in its impact on society.
4)The guilt that is part of the Liberal Syndrome swells painfully when liberals gain power and find that the world’s sorrows show no tendency to vanish at their sovereign touch.
5)Liberals ineptitude for power bears directly on the crucial fact; that the issue before Western Civilization today is survival!!!!! ( he said this in 1964!!! he was refering to out living the nuclear threat)
continued………….
Report Post »just happy
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 12:15pmdo you guys stay up till #;11 AM just TO BE THE FIRST TO POST??WOW!! great persavearance!
Report Post »NOW WHY i POSTED=== Geithner jumped all over this one where is he on the AFL CIO intercepting emails? How about the thugs standing at the polls with batons (clubs)??
momprayn
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 11:34amGeithner? This whole thing is very suspicious – but what isn’t these days? Until I hear the undeniable proof they have on him, I’ll consider him possibly innocent. The IMF is no doubt in cahoots with the “New World Order” people/the Fed., etc. Who knows what evil is going on. I hear Geithner is just another evil, deceitful messed up person.,…in fact, that he is the one who “orchestrated” our economic crash of 2008 in order to get Obama elected. All I know is I want the truth to come out and everyone exposed for what they really are….but then we’ll probably really start seeing some riots/revolution/calls for justice, etc. but I‘m afraid that’s what is needed.
Report Post »SUPPLY_SIDE
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 10:47amWas it “I want to protect this institution“ or ”I want to prospect in prostitution”? Translation was fuzzy.
Report Post »texascav
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 10:27amAnd whom will replace him? I bet Obama would like Geithner. After all he is the only one that can get us out of all this debt. Or better still how about Soros. Thugs all of em.
Report Post »OH, I Get It!
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 10:21amWhy the surprise? He has been PHUQUING the US for years.
Report Post »donh2
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:48amThis whole episode is Obama’s thug Chicago mob machine intimidating world bankers from down grading US credit rating. It is no coincidence this all went down precisely as the US maxes out its credit line. One of those “ special measures ” Timmy Geithner had up his sleeve to prevent a default.
Report Post »jeff.cooper
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:26amStrauss-Kahn’s choice of the words, “with the greatest possible firmness” is interesting, considering he is accused of a sex crime.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:19amHe resigned? Big hearted of him isn’t it?
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:19amSeems like an afterthought?
Report Post »dthej
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:42amaccusations like these are almost always true but the fact the accused is a high profile person usually causes doubt: something like, “how could he do something like that? He has a great job, a loving wife, a ton of money..” What is denied or forgotten is the fact each and everyone of us, regardless of title has something within us that provokes the worst…sin. The bible says the heart is “evil continually” those that don’t beleive reject this because they think man is overall good and capable of taming the worst in us.
Report Post »We’ve all, at one time or another have thought about doing something unspeakable, yet reined ourselves in but there are times when we allow our thoughts to take us to action and maybe only a step or two further, it becomes enough to cause us to go all the way as proven here. We are in a spiritual war and until we realize this crimes such as these and many others will continue.
Hobo Gator
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:31amLet’s review. We gave IMF 50 billion in 2008 to stablize the EU. This accused rapist head of the IMF was staying in a $ 5000.00 per night hotel room. He is accused of attacking the maid. She is suing. When do we the people sue for being financially raped by the IMF?
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:10amim wondering why there is an IMF anyway.. isnt it like the fed on a global level? do away with it
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:39amIt sure is like that, but we haven’t even been able to rid ourselves of that scourge in our country. Unfortunately I wouldn’t hold much hope for eliminating the IMF.
Report Post »Alan
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 6:01amWould it be wrong for the jailer to accidentally leave a spare coil of rope lying around in this guy’s cell?
Report Post »4wheels
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:12amYou know – if you were someone in Greece that did not like this guy’s plan for your country, what best way to take him down? Clinton fell for it and so have a lot of other people. Now the imf must find a new leader and a very difficult time for Spain, Greece and the rest of the planet. When Germany felt it did not receive a fare shake in the late 30′s from the Treaty of Versailles – it went to war. Will Greece do the same? This guy’s political life is over and there is no excuse for his behavior. At the same time I smell a setup.
Report Post »tbear44
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:32amI hope he rots in Rikers.
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:40amI hope his cell mate bubba teaches him all the techniques of a prison relationship
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:15am… and another story on this site claims that she lives in a place where all the residents are infected with AIDS.
Gee, prison for life, along with AIDS. This is not a very good outcome for him.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:31am…Where one person is infected with AIDS or HIV. She lived as the sole adult in another place where they had the same requirement.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:13amAnd “another one bites the dust!” If this keeps up, we could get a few good men in place!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:13amNaw .. they have lots more socialists where he came from … sadly.
Report Post »STEEZYD
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:11amI say Arnold has it worse.
Report Post »coladude
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:21amArnold will get more coverage.
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Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 3:31amI think this guy will have it worse than Arnold, his accuser is a muslim .
Report Post »Not gonna go too well in Paris
CatB
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:12amLooks like they are going to have to find another SOCIALIST to replace him with.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 4:42amI applaud and angels get their wings, whenever a socialist falls.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:31amDo us a bigger favor and save us the money of a trial and hang yoiurself in your cell…
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 5:42amHe reminds me of an oompa loompa, and he looks every bit as creepy.
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:31amI‘d say this guy has it worse because there’s a good chance he now has HIV…
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 7:52amOne down, so many more to go…….stay vigilant
Report Post »Hobo Boondocks
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 8:20amEven though this man is reported to have been a womanizer in France, he is still ACCUSED of this terrible crime, not yet CONVICTED. As more facts come out about this, the public may have reason to reassess initial feelings of anger and disgust towards him or may want to lynch him immediately. We know that if he was considered a conservative by the news media, he’d already be tried and convicted in their reports.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 9:04amWould bet my house that they nominate another Jew to replace him yet no one cares or seems to understand.. But what if he must be replaced by a Muslim.. Would the Blaze care then?
What if the past 4 Supreme Court nominees from the left were all Muslim would the Blaze care? I realize Sotomayer is not considered Jewish eventhough it is reported that her dad was Jewish but that withstanding 3 or 4 of the last Democrat nominees all Jewish and no one cares? Don’t you find it a little odd? For the recored there are no Baptist and I don’t even believe there is one Protestant on the Highest Court in the land… And we harp on and on about Diversity..
Recognize the fact people.. We live under an Apartheid.. That fact must be recognized first then we must decide how to deal with it.. No violence no hate but the problem has got to be addressed sooner or later.
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on May 19, 2011 at 10:04amSorry, not buying his words. If he’s not guilty he has no reason for stepping down–end of story.
Yep, he needs to devote all his time to hide in shame–just my opinion.
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