The missing woman in Weinergate
The missing woman at Rep. Anthony Weiner’s tell-all press conference was his newlywed Muslim-American wife Huma Abedin. At the moment she is in seclusion and an air of mystery is enveloping her. For years Huma has been one of the premier Washington mystery women. She has been both a Muslim who has lived in the political shadows of Washington power and a eye popping glamor girl, posing in a very sexy 2007 photo spread in Vogue.
Until recently, Huma seemed to be the woman who had it all. She was an inseparable “traveling chief of staff” to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Weiner, with a reptuation in D.C. as a perpetual womanizer, was a former aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer and an aspirant to become the next Jewish mayor of New York City. They were a power couple on steroids whose bosses were both superstars. They were married at a wedding only 11 months ago officiated by Bill Clinton.
Now as the sordid details of Weiner’s own lewd virtual sexual affairs hang out, people are wondering which Huma will emerge? Is it the conservative Muslim woman or the glitzy Broadway gal? The fact she did not walk out by his side at today’s news conference indicates she is not like Silda Wall Spitzer, Eliot Spitzer’s now divorced wife.
Officially, Huma has been known as the senior adviser to Secretary Clinton. Few eyebrows were raised when Hillary took in this Muslim woman who grew up in Saudi Arabia and placed her into the inner sanctum of the Office of Secretary of State. She has access to America’s top diplomatic and intelligence secrets.
Part of the reason is that Huma has been a fixture next to Hillary since her White House days. She has been called as Hillary Clinton’s “body girl,” her confidant and her “secret weapon.” They are inseparable. This has led to unsubstantiated and ugly rumors about the two. Other accounts say they have an“older sister-younger sister relationship.” Perhaps of some assistance to Huma is the fact that she was at Hillary’s side throughout Whitewater, the Monica Lewinsky scandal and Clinton’s impeachment proceedings.
When Huma wants to be public, she is very public. That’s why her absence tody is more graphic. She was a sexy glamor girl who, although she earned a limited salary, found ways to wear Oscar de la Renta gowns, Prada accessories and Yves Saint Laurent handbags. “I love Huma,” gushed Oscar de la Renta in an interview with the New York Observer. “I think she has special powers,” said public-radio broadcaster Katia Dunn to the same paper, saying there is a “cult of Huma” in D.C. Noted James Carville : ““Her appearance is just like, ‘Hoh my God!’ She takes your breath away. She’s an unbelievably, stunningly gorgeous woman.”
Then there is the more mysterious part of Huma. At Hillary’s side, she is the one of the highest ranking Muslim-Americans in federal service. She rarely speaks about her Muslim past growing up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Her Pakistani mother is a fundamentalist Saudi director of a woman’s school. Her late father was an Indian Muslim scholar. In an e-mail to the Observer Jordan’s Queen Noor said she loved Huma : “She is loyal, intelligent, diplomatic, energetic and brings a broader understanding to the table—one that I wish there was more of in the world.”
Huma’s mother is still a fundamentalist Saudi living in Jeddah. Her mother seems to be referred to, variously, as “Saleha Abedin”, “Saleha Mahmood Abedin”, “Saleha S. Mahmood Abedin”, and “Saleha S. Mahmood”. She is the director of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs (London), the editor of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs (Oxford), professor of Sociology, Director of General Education and Founder, Dar Al-Hekma College (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia). She also is the chairperson of the International Islamic Committee for Woman and Child (Amman, Jordan).
Weinergate probably is not sitting well with Huma’s mother. And although Huma has flaunted it on many occasions, the suspicion is that she is not feeling very well about her evasive, arrogant husband who compulsively exposed himself to under age girls. And Hillary, who had to live with her own husband’s illicit sexual liaisons, probably has a few sisterly thoughts to share with her Muslim-American aide de camp.
Still, while the nation is trying to figure out who is this nut case named Anthony Weiner, others are asking, who exactly is Huma Abedin?
“…the suspicion is that she is not feeling very well about her evasive, arrogant husband who compulsively exposed himself to under age girls. ”
LOL. Sounds like downright Islamic male behavior to me. His comportment is probably very familiar to old Huma of the Ummah, and I seriously question whether a fanatically devout fundamentalist mother would think about it the way you imply. The Jewishness is undoubtedly disgusting and extremely problematic, but all the churlish arrogant abusive behavior is very Islamic. Islam sanctions a shocking level of sybaritic perversion and debauchery for men, and is quite frank in its discussions about sex and bodily functions. Too many Westerners fall for the sanctimonious superior pose Muslims assume regarding their piety in a Western sense. You need to talk to an honest imam who will tell you about sex from the Islamic perspective. It will curl your hair what he will be willing to discuss in lurid detail.
Regardless of the conservative religious implications, what Weiner did is despicable. It reflects poorly on him as a husband and demeans the reputation and image of the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Weiner is deeply flawed and needs to resign.
Agreed, he should resign….jerkfaces should not be in public office. Now that also includes 99% of what we already have in office right now.
I bet Huma is tired from whipping every piece of china she can find at her lying, cheating, stinking, filthy husband. Someone needs to stop with all this ‘mysterious Huma’ crap and stick a mic in her face to hear what SHE has to say about Weinergate. She’s nothing but another worthless Liberal put on a pedestal by other Liberals for us all to go “Ooooh” and “Ahhh” over.
If she’s so goddamned smart and talented, what did she marry this jackass for?
There is one HELL of a lot more to the story than that. Just for starters: Anthony Weiner’s mother-in-law, Saleha Abedin, is connected with Muslim Brotherhood
CooCoo Ed Schultz over at MSNBC is demanding Weiner resign now. When you’ve lost Special Ed…
Far as I know, the Spitzers are still married.
Eliot may still be stuck out on the couch, though.
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What Black said!
I imagine if she decides that he no longer has any chance of rising politically, she will dump him. Hillary taught her well about marriage of convenience.
PS: I don’t see anything “unbelievably, stunningly gorgeous” about her.
If Huma’s mother is still a fundamentalist she should be fine with “… her evasive, arrogant husband who compulsively exposed himself to under age girls.” Weiner is just following the example of the Prophet.
No one seems to be bothered by the muslima influence on SOS HRC. I could not care less about sleazy weinerdog, but I care very much about US foreign policy.
And Hillary, who had to live with her own husband’s illicit sexual liaisons, probably has a few sisterly thoughts to share with her Muslim-American aide de camp.
“Honey, you need to ask yourself: What are his future prospects? Can he still go where I want my husband to go? Can he still make it the next step up the ladder? Can I still piggyback my career on his? Probably too early to say, but as soon as you answer “Not much” to the question “What good is he to me?” its time to dump the jerk.”
Rumor has it that Hillary’s thoughts toward Huma are anything but sisterly…
Rumor has it that Hillary and Huma are lovers, as both are Bi-Sexual, which brings to reason why Bill and Weiner are so much alike.
I still say there’s a good chance Huma was involved in his activities, and that she may have been the one who accidentally posted the pic publicly, and she may very well be avoiding the spotlight in order to avoid having her expressions give her away if she were standing at his side.
Actually, there is plenty of basis for those rumors about Hillary.