Stein’s Shameful Defense of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Felix Salmon lists the top ten lines from Ben Stein’s article on Dominique Strauss-Kahn:
• If he is such a womanizer and violent guy with women, why didn’t he ever get charged until now?
• This is a case about the hatred of the have-nots for the haves, and that’s what it’s all about.
• So far, he’s innocent, and he’s being treated shamefully. If he’s found guilty, there will be plenty of time to criticize him.
• Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes?
• Maybe Mr. Strauss-Kahn is guilty but if so, he is one of a kind, and criminals are not usually one of a kind.
• He is one of the most recognizable people on the planet. Did he really have to be put in Riker’s Island?
• A man pays $3,000 a night for a hotel room? He’s got to be guilty of something. Bring out the guillotine.
• Was Riker’s Island really the place to put him on the allegations of one human being? Hadn’t he earned slightly better treatment than that?
• Can anyone tell me of any heads of nonprofit international economic entities who have ever been charged and convicted of violent sexual crimes?
• People accuse other people of crimes all of the time. What do we know about the complainant besides that she is a hotel maid?
Can we all stop taking Stein seriously now? He’s made a fool out of himself for the past few years with his ludicrous defense of Intelligent Design in one of the most hackish documentaries I’ve ever seen; he’s written op-eds on Obama that are simply vile; and now this bizarre blame-the-victim defense wherein apparently rich and powerful people can do no wrong.
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