Wife of Congressman in Sex Scandal Pregnant: Report

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Wife of congressman in sex scandal pregnant: report
NEW YORK | Wed Jun 8, 2011 5:55pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife of Representative Anthony Weiner, ensnared in a sex scandal for sending lewd pictures of himself over the Internet, is pregnant, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who married the congressman a year ago, is expecting the couple's first child, the Times reported, citing three unnamed people with knowledge of the situation.

Weiner, a rising star in the Democratic Party who many had seen as the next mayor of New York, is resisting calls that he resign.

Read more: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7576ZY20110608?irpc=932

[Pisces]

1. This is terrible for her. When she should be the happiest, pregnant with her first child in your

first year of marriage. I feel so sorry for her.

[Javaman]

2. Man, can this get any worse?

"Today, bus load of nuns and orphans were found to be financially left destitute from the twitter pics"

[mulsh]

3. We have no idea how Mrs. Weiner feels about any of this

Does any one who posts about this know either of the Weiners well enough to add some insight here? I doubt it. I certainly have not read or heard her side of this issue, which of course is none of my business.

[neoralme]

27. I have heard she will stick by her husband no matter what but will

not follow the steps of other important women in similar situations. I would not be at all surprised if she cops a plea for him.

[alp227]

4. pretty awkward timing for this announcement...n/t

[Bette Noir]

5. I hope they'll be able to work this out, and live happily ever after,

after a rough interlude.

[dkf]

7. Happily ever after? Man I wish I could believe that.

[Bette Noir]

9. People forgive each other all the time. It happens.

[Divernan]

13. You can forgive, but deep down you don't trust them the way you did before infidelity.

You may well still love the person, but you're not in love anymore. You may stay in the relationship/marriage because of social, family, religious or financial reasons, but your opinion of your partner and of the quality of your relationship is lessened. And in situations that become public, where your family, friends, neighbors and/or business associates know what happened, there is the added sting of public humiliation.

When you absolutely believe someone is crazy about you and you can't imagine they would cheat on you, and then they do, you question your own intuition and judgment. You can keep having sex with them, but for many spouses, the knowledge of the cheating is just below the surface and especially lurking in the bedroom, negatively impacting the quality and quantity of sex.

After decades of observing human foibiles re infidelity, I conclude that frequently someone who cheated on their partner once,and the partner stayed with them, concludes - "hey, I cheated and got by with it. It wasn't that big of a deal because they didn't leave me, file for divorce, etc. I'll try to be more discreet and not get caught."

[dkf]

6. He is such an ass.

Omg this is unfreakingforgiveable.

He just posted this stupid twittweet so he was actively still pulling this crap.

[Bette Noir]

10. Except that it's not our business. How many people

have never done something stupid over sex?

Yeah, what Weiner did was stupid. Yeah, he's a jerk. But we're not married to him, so it's not business.

[dkf]

11. I think Arnold is a pig too.

I guess we should have no opinion on that either?

[Green_Lantern]

33. yes it is our business the same way it's our business if a guy

Flashes women on the street.

[harvey007]

8. Another distraction

Don't waste your angst on Anthony Weiner's weiner or his wife. Don't be distracted from the real issues facing us.

Keep your eyes on what the real power brokers are up to this week.

[Green_Lantern]

34. well then he should resign to get rid of the distraction..

A sitting Congressman harassing women online is a power broker.

[dogfacedboy]

37. I agree. His sexual "exploits" are none of my biz, but being lied to by him IS our biz.

Just like when Bill Clinton lied. The Lewinsky affair meant nothing to me. Having the President lie to me on national television tagged him as an a-hole in my mind.

Wiener has to go for the good of Our Nation, and the good of the Democratic party. He's now a liability.

[Miami_4_Obama]

12. LOOKS LIKE THE REAL WEINER'S WIENER PIC IS ALL OUT, FULL VIEW. OMG.

i JUST SAW IT ON THE INTERNET. THE MOBILE PHONE WITH THE PICTURE, IT'S ALL THERE, LOUD AND CLEAR. OMG. THE SAME DAY THAT HIS WIFE WAS ANNOUNCING ABOUT THE BABY,. THIS IS GETTING MORBID.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. and actually seeking out the picture is what?

Voyeuristic at the very least, and quite possibly counted as a sin, so we can all now judge YOU from across the internets!

'morbid' is accurate only if there are dead puppies or something. It's just plain sad is what it is.

[MineralMan]

23. You seem all atwitter about it, too. You know, all caps and that.

Did you go looking for the photo? How odd...

[Botany]

15. Report: Rep. Weiner's wife is pregnant

Source: USA Today

Updated at 6:07 p.m. ET

Huma Abedin, the wife of embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner, is pregnant with the couple's first child, according to The
New York Times.

The newspaper, citing "three people with knowledge of the situation," said the couple has disclosed the pregnancy to
close friends and family.

The revelation tops a wild day in which key Democrats have called on Weiner to resign. After days of denials, the New York
congressman admitted Monday that he sent a lewd, crotch-level photo of himself to a Seattle woman. He also said he had
"inappropriate" relationships with women on Facebook and Twitter.

Weiner has said he will not resign. During his sometimes-tearful news conference, Weiner also said he and his wife -- an
aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton -- have no plans to split up. They got married in July 2010.

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/06/anthony-weiner-scandal-resign-congress-/1?csp=hf

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:grr:

Time to quit Anthony.

[MineralMan]

16. Absolutely none of our business.

Truly.

[Botany]

17. when your actions hurt my party and help the repubs ....

.... then it becomes my business.

[MineralMan]

20. Is his wife fair game do you think?

Really? This is fucking sensationalistic pandering to the very basest reflexes of the public. It's shameful.

Attack Weiner all you like. I have. But leave his wife alone, for pity's sake.

Fuck!

[neoralme]

29. I agree. She is a lovely person and an extremely hard worker. She

did not deserve this. I hope the press does not trifle with her.

[Green_Lantern]

35. I agree...this pregnancy story was the low road..

[Vinee]

28. He's an elected official holding office in "the people's house". That makes it the people's business

truly.

[George Wythe]

18. If he really loves, her he would quit tomorrow...

and make a surprise visit to Africa the next day.

Then again, I don't live in a world where everything has to be a political calculation.

[karynnj]

21. No he wouldn't - I think the last thing his wife wants is for him to show up while she

is working in a troubled part of the world. I assume that she, like most people as high level as she is, has the ability to compartmentalize her two worlds. It might actually be good that she is extremely busy and not anywhere the media can reach her.

As to resigning, I assume that he will want her input, but I think he may be getting a lot of pressure from party officials. Ultimately, it will be his decision. However, there is significant pressure in the party, you can bet his career is pretty limited - given that they can control redistricting.

[George Wythe]

24. That's where the career/political calculation element comes in to play.

It's all about what is most important to them. And that is something that really is none of anyone else's business.

[karynnj]

31. Not exactly,

The fact is that other Democrats have helped Weiner in the past. There are also party elders and people in current leadership positions. If this story continues and is a diversion that hurts them in their job or in 2012, they have every right to tell him what they think. He has every right to ignore them. I would guess that this has seriously wounded any chances he has to become mayor, Senator or a member of leadership. As was noted, he was not well liked in teh caucus to begin with.

[neoralme]

26. Yeah, this puts too much strain on her to further complicate her

15 hour days. And now the ancillary crap, like Paris Hilton being asked to rate the recent picture. Closure is needed now. Breitbart needs to be destroyed.

[DavidDvorkin]

Prince Charming.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

22. Don't quit Anthony.

What you did concerning the pictures, is between you and your wife. No laws were broken. It none of my business that you have, in my opinion, a silly hobby.

I wish the media would have given this much attention over the WMD's and other lies told by the Bush/Cheney administration. If they had, maybe hundreds of thousands of innocent people would still be alive today.

[Vinee]

30. you don't think the media paid any attention to the absence of WMDs in Iraq?

were you living under a rock back back then?

[Green_Lantern]

36. how do you know no laws were broken and also

Weiner can't hide behind the failures of the Bush administration to avoid trouble.

Maybe next a Congressman can beat his wife and blame it on escalation of the war in Afghanistan.

[Botany]

19. Report: Rep. Weiner's wife is pregnant

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[Evasporque]

25. stop already....just stop.

[leveymg]

32. Indict Clarence Thomas