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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 04:55 PM
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From the Time Capsule:Dominique Strauss-Kahn Meets Barack & Michelle Obama.Not POTUS's normal stance
From the Time Capsule: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Meets Barack and Michelle Obama



Kahn and the Obamas at a dinner during the G-20 conference in September 2009.Photo: The IMF Flickr

Some pictures say a thousand words. This one just says two: No Touching.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/from_the_time_capsule_dominiqu.html
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 04:58 PM
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1. His reputation preceded him, it seems. Good for the Prez. nt
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 05:08 PM
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2. Looks like Obama put the breaks on the old lech.
Viagra in the hands of old duffers is a dangerous thing.
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secondwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 05:49 PM
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3. That guy had eyes only for Michele! What a sleazebag.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 10:29 PM
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4. kick
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CitizenLeft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 09:26 AM
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5. look at that
wow
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 09:50 AM
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6. Lol. "Down, tiger!"
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 10:08 AM
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7. Damn
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sad sally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 05:34 PM
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8. Makes one wonder if there wasn't a big question about Kahn's
character that those in the know knew about then, as it's obvious the President didn't want him touching the First Lady.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-11 06:32 PM
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13. There was-


"The maid's version of events, on the other hand, is quite plausible. At first, it seems a bit surreal, but once you find out about DSK's background, it all starts to make sense. "

DSK was well-known in France as a womanizer, one so pushy that his advances bordered on harrassment <1>.
When he was named chief of the IMF, he was warned by his colleagues that he had to be careful in the U.S., where sexual harrassment is taken more seriously than in France <1>.
DSK himself admitted that one of the three most important obstacles to his presidential candidacy was "les femmes" <2>.
A woman named Tristane Banon -- one of his daughter's friends -- has recently come forward and stated that he tried to rape her in 2002 <3>.
In 2008, at the IMF, he had an affair with one of his subordinates, Piroska Nagy -- the IMF found that he had made a "serious error of judgment", though they did not feel he had abused his position. Nagy, on the other hand, suggested that she had been put in a situation where she had little choice but to accept his advances <4>.
Now, we find out that he hired prostitutes in NYC who complained that he was "rough and angry". Various editorials and op-ed pieces in French newspapers have pretty much admitted that if the incident with the maid had happened in France, it would never have reached the media <5,6>.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 05:36 PM
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9. "Is that a baguette in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-11 12:59 AM
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10. WOW.
There's no mistaking the body language there, is there? Michelle's smile looks kind of forced too. Wonder what he said?
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JAnthony Donating Member (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-11 07:50 AM
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11. Terrific what a picture can say in less than 1000 words K+R n/t
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Bodhi BloodWave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-11 08:15 AM
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12. Personally i'd like to see a few images straight before and after that image for context
or more preferably a video clip.

One thing I learned long ago is that while an image can say a thousand words, it can also deceive just as easily
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 02:53 PM
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16. I saw it live. To this day, I recall saying to myself, WTF? Who is THAT?
FYI, I have a photographic memory. President Obama rarely looks extremely annoyed so it really made a strong impression on me.
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girl_interrupted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-31-11 05:03 AM
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14. ROFLMAO! What a horny toad!
Good thing the President was there to protect Michelle!
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-01-11 02:44 PM
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15. Geez, DSK looks like he's ready to attack her!
No wonder Obama has his hand on him. It's not often the President lays a hand on a dignitary of another country. Something had to be very wrong...or Obama just sensed what DSK was all about...
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