If he's rich, then he's not guilty! Thanks Ben Stein!

I used to think Ben Stein was kind of cool.  He had a fun gameshow on Comedy Central and seemed smart and willing to have fun with his stuffy image.  Then, with his embrace of creationism and his anti-intellectual defense of intelligent design, I realized that he's kind of a douche.

In case there was any doubt, he's decided to remove all of it.  This is what he had to say about the maid who was allegedly sexually assaulted by IMF President Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

On the other hand, I have had hotel maids that were complete lunatics, stealing airline tickets from me, stealing money from me, throwing away important papers, stealing medications from me. How do we know that this woman’s word was good enough to put Mr. Strauss-Kahn straight into a horrific jail?

The prosecutors say that Mr. Strauss-Kahn “forced” the complainant to have oral and other sex with him. How? Did he have a gun? Did he have a knife? He’s a short fat old man. They were in a hotel with people passing by the room constantly, if it’s anything like the many hotels I am in. How did he intimidate her in that situation? And if he was so intimidating, why did she immediately feel un-intimidated enough to alert the authorities as to her story?

Real classy, Stein.  Some rich guy takes advantage of an African immigrant, sexually assaults her and you take his side.  Even if we don't know all the facts, do you really need to insinuate nasty things about the alleghed victim?

Douchebag.