https://redstate.com/academicelephant/2011/05/16/the-silver-lining-to-laffair-dsk/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 17 Jun 2026 05:45:30 -0400<![CDATA[The abrupt arrest of IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of sexual assault against an employee at the New York hotel where he was staying are being treated as shocking in France. This is a &#8220;coup de tonnerre,&#8221; a bolt from the blue, not to mention a body blow to the socialist party he was to represent in the upcoming elections. Everyone in Paris claims to be amazed, shaken&#8211;and doing some soul searching this Monday morning.]]>Mon, 16 May 2011 11:30:48 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Coates]]>https://redstate.com/academicelephant/2011/05/16/the-silver-lining-to-laffair-dsk-n39031