No Smoke Without Fire

This makes me laugh and then I think to myself, this slimeball could have been president in a few weeks, if he hadn't been arrested on rape charges in the US. He was boss of the IMF and seen as a world leader of finance ....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17110618

Is this just a symptom of everything when involved in high finance and banking, or is there still the odd couple of decent blokes left, who enjoy a can of beer at home with the wife

Well, ya know what they say Doc ... powerful men have powerful urges!

So he says he doesn't know the difference between a naked prostitute and a naked woman. Well apparently he has regular sex sessions with loads of naked women, but being an old munter they would have to be prostitutes.

gael would you be impressed with his wallet and get your kit off because theres a perception of power.

He's French...they do things differently other there. Look at Mitterand as an example, they do like to put it about a bit and the French arent really that fussed. Same with the Italians and arch shagger in chief Berlusconi, its a positive vote winner to be seen as a bit of a swordsman. None of the Scandie countries give a monkeys about it, its just us Brits that have the massive hang ups in Europe.

Interesting book comimg out shortly on JFK,

The one that takes the biscuit as far as I am concerned was that nice John Major going out for a Currie.

Diggs I understand what your saying about us Brits and our more conservative/restrained practices, but: Our media love a sex scandal and then trash the personalities involved. What I was trying to say is that there's a difference between a JFK or even a John Major, this khan guy is obviously a low life pond dwelling bottom feeder. JFK was a serial sex addict, but he had affairs. DSK prefers the company of hookers and plenty of them, he is also been investigated for sexual harrasment in France on 3 seperate occasions. 2 of the cases involved employees who were bullied into sex and gropes because they were worried about their jobs. Another involved a press hack who was told she could have the interview he if she got her kit off. Obviously there was the recent rape charge in the states, where he he thought he was powerful enough to get the hotel maid. I don't believe even the frogs would condone behaviour of this sort, other wise he would still be in the running for the presidency. He also uses sex and lots of it in his business dealings, so you need to lump him and Berlosconi into the same pool. Both are old ugly old munters who abuse their power, and also abuse their companies and defraud said companies to use sleazy sex to win business, and one step away from that is also using said sexual liasons to corrupt/bribe a person or body into something.

Doon the Water wrote:

The one that takes the biscuit as far as I am concerned was that nice John Major going out for a Currie.

Let's face it though Doon...it would take a man far braver than John Major to turn down Edwina's advances!...

Doc, I'm not condoning it but just saying it won't be the same big deal on the continent as here. Also I'd be far from convinced about your views on JFK, it wouldn't remotely suprise me if he used paid services in his life. Let's face it it's not like we are going to know all the details of what he got up to. All we really know is he put it about and didn't pay much attention to his wedding vows.
Lots of guys who use hookers don't need to pay to get laid, often they are just set up as a perk by some aide or assistant.

It's what's known as minge benefits...

Doc wrote:gael would you be impressed with his wallet and get your kit off because theres a perception of power.

Listen Doc, if I got my kit off, twould be an instant cure for dem "urges"!

In answer to your question ... define "wallet"!