From NRO’s The Corner:
An instant classic and hard-to-beat quote of the day:
In matters of sex, as of war, Europeans are from Venus. They mock Americans’ puritanism about the sex lives of public figures. For a politician to cheat on his wife in America is a sign of dishonesty. Witness the opprobrium heaped on Arnold Schwarzenegger over the new revelation that he had fathered a child out of wedlock. In much of Europe, affairs can be a badge of virility. That is the insinuation of an interview given by none other than Mr Strauss-Kahn’s wife, Anne Sinclair. Asked in 2006 whether she minded her husband’s reputation, she replied: “No, I’m rather proud of it! It’s important for a politician to seduce. As long as he seduces me and I seduce him, that’s enough for me.”
I hate to break it to the gentle lady, but unless her marriage vows included her husband saying, “I won’t forsake all others and will diddle with every tart I can find”, then he has broken his word each and every time he had an affair. In some circles, this is known as lying – as being dishonest. Traditionally, people who are routinely dishonest are not the best people to have in charge of important issues – such as where the International Monetary Fund sends money. The reason for this is that is that it is highly likely that a person who is commonly found to be a liar about one thing will almost certainly prove to be a liar about other things.
In addition to this, while Mrs Strauss-Kahn might have that degenerate, European upper class attitude about sexual affairs (and this has been prevalent in Europe for a long time – Google “Restoration rake” and see how far back it goes), there is the possibility that some of Mr Strauss-Kahn’s conquests had different ideas. Like, perhaps, that a sexual affair is a matter of importance and involves more than a rich, middle aged sex maniac getting his rocks off. When such a man set out to gratify his lusts, he almost certainly leaves a trail of women who have been hurt – even if the rape allegation proves false, that would not be an indication that all of Mr Strauss-Kahn’s affairs were harmless.
Such is the Ruling Class, my friends; much worse in Europe than in the United States, but our side seems to be determined to catch up – or, more accurately, “catch down”. It is a race to the gutter after all – even if it perfumed with money and fashionable clothes.
But out of this sewer, our Ruling Class proposes that we continue to allow them to tell us how to live. They really think they are above all that; superior alike to us and to basic decency. They know better than us, you see? All that tiresome bit about being honorable – in marriage, in government, in business – that is just for the little people, not for them.
And in case any out there still wondered why I’m a revolutionary…
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