Etc., Etc.

There is NO doubt in my mind whatsoever IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set up, given the fact he was critical of the neoliberal direction the IMF was in and felt it needed to be reversed.

He pissed off somebody in the economic elite, so he was set up:

To understand how powerful forces are using the current scandal, one need only refer to a front-page story in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal headlined “Pressure Is Building on Jailed IMF Chief.” The piece states that the Obama administration has “strongly signaled it was time for the International Monetary Fund to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as its chief, indicating that he can no longer be effective in his job.” Clearly, the arrest of Strauss-Kahn is seen by the US government as a political opportunity.

In his first public comments on the case, the Journal reports, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner “called for more formal board recognition that the IMF's No. 2 official, American John Lipsky, who has filled in since Mr. Strauss-Kahn's arrest, will continue in the role for an interim period.”

Strauss-Kahn was set up for political reasons. Case closed.
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Thanks to there being a weasel in the White House, the GOP is going to continue its assault on Medicare.
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