Sarkozy Out in France … Loses to Socialist Francois Hollande … Obama Quick to Invite Socialist to White House

Nicolas Sarkozy is out as French President. Over the weekend he lost to the socialist candidate Francois Hollande. France thought they were in a predicament now? France will learn just like everyone else has who embrace socialism, eventually you run out of other people’s money.

Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe and promised to start a pushback against German-led austerity policies.

Hollande led conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by 51.3 percent to 48.7 percent with 83 percent of votes counted, the Interior Ministry said, bringing the centre-left back to government in Paris after a decade in opposition.

It took less that 24 hours for Barack Obama to invite socialist French president-elect Francois Hollande to the White House. That was quick. What are the two going to do, compare notes? You know what they say … water seeks it’s own level.

President Barack Obama congratulated French president-elect Francois Hollande for his victory Sunday, but warned of “challenges” ahead, a clear reference to Afghanistan and eurozone debt crisis.

The US president was among the first world leaders to welcome Hollande’s election as France’s first Socialist president in nearly two decades, a result sure to have major implications for Europe as it struggles to emerge from a financial crisis.

Obama invited Hollande for bilateral talks at the White House later this month ahead of a G8 leaders meeting he will host at his Camp David retreat in Maryland between May 18-19, and a NATO transatlantic alliance summit in Chicago on May 20-21.

The result of the socialist win in France … the Euro weakens and the wealthy French look to move across the English Channel to escape the most certain war on the successful.

The “soak the rich” rhetoric that has punctuated the presidential campaign has prompted a sharp rise in the numbers weighing a move across the Channel, according to London-based wealth managers, lawyers and property agents specializing in French clients.

François Hollande, the Socialist candidate who leads the presidential race after the first round of voting last week, wants to impose a tax rate of 75 per cent on income above €1m and at the launch of his bid in January said: “My true adversary in this battle has no name, no face, no party … It is the world of finance.”

Sound familiar? No wonder Obama invited him to the White House in record speed.

Teacher in France Calls for Moment of Silence for Serial Killer Mohamed Merah

UNREAL … School teacher in France calls for a moment of silence for serial killer and possible terrorist Mohamed Merah. According to reports, the students told their principal that their French English teacher called the serial killer a “victim,” and that she said his links to al-Qaida were fabricated by the media and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Mohamed Merah murdered three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school and killed three soldiers … but this fool thinks he was a victim.

France’s education minister called for disciplinary proceedings against a teacher in the north of France on Friday, after she allegedly asked her students to observe a moment’s silence for serial killer Mohamed Merah, the man who gunned down three children and a rabbi in front of Jewish school in Toulouse earlier this week.

Students in the the French English teacher’s class in Rouen wrote to their principal that she had called the serial killer a “victim,” and said his links to al-Qaida were fabricated by the media and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, according to AFP.

As stated at Weasel Zippers, what a shock that few were thrilled by the idea. Mohamed Merah was finally shot to death after a long stand off with police.

Americans Polled Prefer Israel PM Netanyahu to President Barack Obama

Even Israel PM Netanyahu would beat Obama in 2012 …

Americans polled prefer Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over President Barack Obama. I think the real news here is that 51.5% actually rated Obama positively. That is a far cry from his present job approval numbers.

“A poll conducted by the group Greenberg Quinlan Rosner found that 52.3 percent of Americans rate Netanyahu positively, compared to 51.5 percent for Obama,” reports Israel Today Magazine. “The results of the poll were enthusiastically discussed on Israel’s Channel 10 News on Thursday.”

The Washington Examiner called the polling firm to confirm and request the full data, including margin of error, but hasn’t heard back yet. The poll reportedly asked questions of 800 U.S. citizens.

Of course Barack Obama showed his true feelings of Israel when he was overheard on a hot mike at the G-20 meetings with French President Nicolas Sarkozy complaining about Israeli Prime Minister Banjamin Netanyahu.

“Obama began by reproaching Sarkozy for not warning him in advance that France would vote in favour of Palestinian membership of  UNESCO,” the website reported. “The conversation turned to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, with Sarkozy saying ,’I don’t want to see him anymore, he’s a liar.’

“To which President Obama replied: ‘You’ve had enough of him, but I have to deal with him every day!’ Obama then asked Sarkozy to try  to convince the Palestinians to slow down with their UN membership drive.”

Real classy Barack, putting the “Hussein” in Barack Hussein Obama.

Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Said to Maid While Assaulting her … “Don’t You Know Who I Am?”

It would appear that former IMF Chief  Dominique Strauss-Kahn while assaulting a NYC  hotel maid was trying to do his best Senator John Kerry imitation by saying the following. According to Fox News.com, reported,  Strauss-Kahn reportedly said to the NYC hotel made while pinning her down an allegedly assaulting her … “Don’t you know who I am! Don’t you know who I am?”

That and other details of the maid’s complaint to police emerged Monday as police reportedly confirmed that disgraced ex-International Monetary Fund boss Strauss-Kahn’s DNA was found on the maid’s shirt.

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IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn Faces Claim of Sexual Assault, Part Deux

It sounds like de javu, all over again …

62 year old IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested over the weekend and removed from an Air France plane at JFK International Airport on the charges of sexual assault of a NYC hotel maid. However, this is not the first time such accusations have been made of Dominique Strauss-Kahn as reported at the Guardian.

A local official of the Socialist party claimed that Strauss-Kahn had attacked her daughter, who is goddaughter to Strauss-Kahn’s second wife, in 2002.

Tristane Banon was in her 20s and writing a book when she approached Strauss-Kahn for an interview in 2002. In a TV programme in 2007, in which Strauss-Kahn’s name had been bleeped out, Banon allegedly described him as a “rutting chimpanzee” and described how she was forced to fight him off. “It finished badly … very violently … I kicked him,” Banon said. “When we were fighting, I mentioned the word ‘rape’ to make him afraid, but it didn’t have any effect. I managed to get out.”

Once is an occurrence, twice is a trend. What are the odds that this latest sexual assault accusation will sink Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s run for French President?

UPDATE I: Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied bail in sexual assault case, farewell Cayman Islands, say hello to Rikers Island. The judge obviously felt that Kahn was a flight risk and denied the $1 million bail.

The decision to deny bail was a surprising and striking defeat for Mr. Strauss-Kahn, whom many saw as a leading contender to become France’s next president. He was taken to Rikers Island, where he will be held in protective custody in a single-person cell instead.