The odd rumblings about a DSK set-up, and the bizarre interview Strauss-Kahn himself gave three weeks ago (in which he publicly worried about being framed for a sexual offense), are increasingly irrelevant to people who themselves feel assaulted.

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That would be far beyond most of the country's 200-odd parties, the majority of which are tiny outfits, often devoted to promoting bizarre ideas or people, or both.

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