News round up comment

Witty quote on Nick Clegg from the usually stern Guardian newspaper:
< Labour hates the Liberal Democrat leader because he is essential to keeping the Tories in power, and the Tories hate him for the same reason.>

Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces trial for assaulting a hotel maid. One would have thought he could use a discreet concierge service for recruiting a bed mate. Perhaps he wasn’t told that droit de seigneur does not extend to hotel staff…

Another high-ranking Libyan official has defected and fled the country amid a widening NATO campaign of bombings. A tenacious guy, that Gadhafi!… One wonders what plans he has made for the inevitable end.

‘This is a painful and heartbreaking time. I ask for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and I try to rebuild our lives and heal.’
Arnold Schwarzenegger

No mention of his wife there. Not much concern for her trying to rebuild hers and it’s only ‘my children and I’.