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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 08:39 PM Jul 2013

Huma Abedin Forgives Anthony Weiner: 'I Love Him And I Forgive Him'

Source: The International Business Times

Abedin, who stood smiling by his side, spoke for the first time at a press conference regarding her husband’s sexting, which he admitted continued after he resigned from Congress after being exposed.

Abedin began: “As many of you who have followed this campaign know, I’ve spent a good deal [of time] on the campaign trail. But this is the first time I’ve spoken at a press conference.”

“It took a lot of work and a lot of therapy to get to the place I am now,” Abedin said. “It was not an easy choice. But I made the decision to stay in this marriage. It was a choice I made for me, my son and our family.”

She finished with, “I love him, I have forgiven him and I believe him and as I have said from the beginning we are moving forward.”


Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/huma-abedin-forgives-anthony-weiner-i-love-him-i-forgive-him-1358143

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Mr.Bill

(24,317 posts)
4. When I see these women standing next to their politician husbands at these press conferences,
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 09:29 PM
Jul 2013

just once I would like to see one of them smack him square in the face and walk out of the room. Women all over the world would cheer.

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
6. My mom said that exact same thing during the Gov McGreevy stunt
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 09:57 PM
Jul 2013

She's 86 and has a quick opinion on these types.

u4ic

(17,101 posts)
14. Just as hypocritical as the family values crowd, IMO
Wed Jul 24, 2013, 07:11 PM
Jul 2013

"I am going to use you as a prop for my own gain".

While some marriages may be open, and I recognize that - it's obvious from many of their faces it's a humiliating experience.

While I wish these sorts of issues weren't even brought up in the first place, I see someone who has a fling and someone who has impulse control/addiction issues as a very different case.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
9. Anthony Weiner Is Not Well
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 11:59 PM
Jul 2013

This is not what normal people do so he needs to seek help. New York City needs a full-time Mayor, not somebody in the middle of treatment and dogged by clouded judgment so they need to look elsewhere for their next Mayor.

JI7

(89,262 posts)
10. for some reason i think she doesn't really care about his sexting
Wed Jul 24, 2013, 12:23 AM
Jul 2013

and that's why his response comes off as kind of arrogant in public.

Mz Pip

(27,453 posts)
13. Unfortunately this is no longer just between her and hubby.
Wed Jul 24, 2013, 02:25 AM
Jul 2013

This a bigger issue now. Weiner lacks common sense and self control and it's manifesting in a pretty bizarre way. She may forgive him, but doubt the voters are going to be so inclined. We cast our votes for people we believe will best be able to do the job of representing us. I just think he has too many problems to fully focus on the demands of being NYC mayor.

We'll see if he stays in the race and what the voters decide.

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