Adam Gopnik & Dan Abrams

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Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker & Dan Abrams, Legal Analyst at ABC News Good Morning America on the scandal surrounding IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss Kahn

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World Bank
IMF
Managing Director

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    1. doodah  05/20/2011 03:07 PM Report

      @JohnGelles 05/19/2011 08:51 PM

      Not if conspirators spiked your drink with Viagra, my friend. If I was the defense attorney That's the defense I would use; it's only natural...And NOT Unusual... even for an 80 year old. ;)

      I wish you were the head of the IMF too. A car in every garage, and a $million$ spending change in every wallet. That'll get mine and Geithner's vote everytime. Never mind the price of a loaf of bread will be a cool million-in-a-half, nyot nyot

    2. JohnGelles  05/19/2011 08:51 PM Report

      Dominique Strauss Kahn came out of the shower naked and forgot to go back for another rinse.

      The lady he may have been attracted to forgot to get out of his sight as fast as possible.

      Thus two people forgot their cues -- and one may have been crazy enough to ruin his own life. Not a pretty picture.

      I wish I were head of the IMF -- and had come out of the shower stark naked. I know I would have gone back to finish the shower once and for all.

    3. doodah  05/19/2011 06:04 AM Report

      @ 29khm680 05/18/2011 09:09 PM

      Many women (approx. 50%) are just as guilty of that kind of behavior ("including breaking societal norms and getting away with it. Thus, a position of power can be the result of breaking boundaries repeatedly and successfully, and, at the same time, power can be a cause for feeling entitled to break such rules.") as are men. Women even MORE so, because of 'being a woman' they can get away with it, whereas most men are afraid of getting their noses broken, if they mistakenly PUSH the wrong guy. ;)

    4. 29khm680  05/18/2011 09:09 PM Report

      That Mr. Rose's guests, without exception, found the behavior of M. Strauss-Kahn “incomprehensible” is rather surprising. It's not particularly uncommon for those who appear supremely self-confident to derive a measure of that quality from the knowledge that they can accomplish things that others can’t… including breaking societal norms and getting away with it. Thus, a position of power can be the result of breaking boundaries repeatedly and successfully, and, at the same time, power can be a cause for feeling entitled to break such rules.