French Politics

Now before you think I sound like Oliver Stone, just consider the following scenario.
Here we have a the head of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) who is both the potential front-runner to challenge Nikolas Sarkozy for the position of President of France and a known womanizer.  Just to be clear France is going back to a Market Economy with Sarkozy either pulling the plug or slowly eliminating many government programs that are sinking the French economy.  And who appears on the horizon but a challenger that is a hard-line Socialist and would cancel many, if not all, the reforms Sarkozy has implemented. 

On a given night recently this Socialist is doing what he's known for, aggressive sexual encounter with a member of the hotel staff who actually presses charges and suddenly others have come out and are filing suit against him.

How convenient that the one man who could defeat Sarkozy is suddenly at Ryker's Island rooming with the best scum New York City can incarcerate.  Maybe, just maybe he picked on the wrong woman, a New York girl or maybe there's a bank account in a place of her choosing compliments of Sarkozy's long arm; though I'm sure he has enough layers between him and the incident to deny anything like I've just presented. 
You  don't get to be President, even of France without knowing how to dodge a few landmines, especially when you're trying to save your nation  from economic failure.
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