Political allies with impressively hyphenated surnames anticipate the fallout from rape accusations against IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn!

Environment Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet lamented the shadow the incident could cast on all of France. [...] In addition to the hotel maid, Koscuisko-Morizet said there is another "clear victim, which is France."

In related news, Strauss-Kahn said the only "real crime" that occurred at Manhattan's Sofitel Hotel was the theft of the drapes and their repurposing into neckties by NYPD detectives:

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