Huma Abedin likely to be away from Hillary Clinton

Politico ^ | 7/30/13 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

[Second Amendment First]

Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s transition office chief and the wife of embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, is expected to take extended vacation time from her job with the former first lady in the coming days, sources told POLITICO.

The move is not a leave of absence, two sources familiar with the move insisted, and it’s not precisely clear when she will depart for her vacation time from her day job. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset The good wives club Latest on POLITICO A look at Amazon's taxes Abedin likely to be away from Clinton Why do IRS workers get bonuses? The challenges that face Clinton Grimes slams McConnell, D.C. 'dysfunction' Assange: Leaker verdict 'dangerous'

It was a loose plan she’d had for weeks, since Hillary Clinton has close to no schedule next month - the Clintons are expected to vacation in the monied East Hampton enclave on Long Island - and Abedin had been expected to take the final few weeks leading up to the mayoral primary to be with her husband.

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But she decided to stick to it as current events in her husband’s campaign have unfolded, the sources said. Weiner has spent the last week answering questions about fresh sexting incidents after he left Congress in 2011, and Abedin has been the subject of a string of rough headlines since she spoke at a press conference with her husband and said she loved and believed in him.

“Huma is not taking a leave of absence, but she will be taking vacation time in August to support her family during Anthony’s campaign,” said a Weiner campaign source. “She had always intended to do this.”

While it’s not a “leave,” the vacation time provides a change from a straddling of two roles that Abedin had been playing - helping her husband while also serving as the former secretary of state’s top aide as she transitions from Foggy Bottom to her family’s foundation.

(Also on POLITICO: Concern grows for Huma within Clinton world)

POLITICO reported Tuesday that a number of people in the extended Clinton world had grown concerned about Abedin amid the media circus surrounding her husband.

It is also not yet clear what type of role Abedin will play in her husband’s campaign going forward. She had begun to appear with him on the campaign trail prior to the revelations on TheDirty.com, but has not resumed since last week’s news conference.

She did not appear in a video Weiner filmed in the couple’s apartment Saturday in which the candidate looked into the camera and declared that New Yorkers don’t “quit.”

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The night before the video was filmed, Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines, one of Abedin’s closest friends, urged her not to appear in it, and to take some time to think after a painful and difficult week, sources familiar with the conversation told POLITICO. Reines’ concern was for Abedin, the sources said, as a friend, who has worked alongside her for over a decade.

Reines’ goal was strictly concern for Abedin in the moment, the source added. Another source said there had been no suggestion from Weiner’s team that she appear in it, and that Abedin had not required much convincing.

[DManA]

This is all total B.S. We have no idea what they are thinking. We only know what they want us to thing they are thinking.

Why isn’t this obvious?

[moovova]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...

[cpdiii]

Why is Hillary throwing Huma under the bus? Almost on que the Clinton friendly media women are denigrating Huma for doing exactly what Hillary did for Bill when he was caught with his pants down.

We are missing something.

[Revolting cat!]

going forward.

Don't you hate that Bullshit Bingo phrase?

[DManA]

What your missing is you are being manipulated by these lizards.

[doc1019]

Perception is everything ... Huma is associated with her pervert of a husband, therefore Huma must go. In her run for the presidency, Hitlery doesn’t need any more baggage then she already has.

[Revolting cat!]

By 2016, Carlos will have been miraculously cured, and Huma’s body, still breathing, will be pulled from under the bus, which will have moved a good number of stops from where it’s now in Dirtsville.

[FreeAtlanta]

What? No more Carpet Munching?

[DManA]

These people pay $millions to hide their true natures from us.

[DoughtyOne]

Doesn’t surprise me. The Clinton’s have been rather humaless over this whole thing.

[Last Dakotan]

Who pays Huma’s salary?

[Revolting cat!]

Clinton’s Foundation, I’ve heard.

[miele man]

“While it’s not a “leave,” the vacation time provides a change from a straddling of two roles that Abedin had been playing - helping her husband while also serving as the former secretary of state’s top aide as she transitions from Foggy Bottom to her family’s foundation.”

My, this sentence above is pregnant with innuendo; “straddling” both, indeed.

[bigbob]

The outcome of todays meeting - get back Loretta

[Iron Munro]

This let’s Hillary play the wronged woman again.

This time she was betrayed by the assistant and the evil congressman that Hillary herself so generously befriended.

[Secret Agent Man]

Whose carpet will hilesiban munch on while her beard is gone?

[onyx]

Hillary Clinton and her driver were cruising along on a country road one evening when an ancient cow loomed in front of the car.

The driver tried to avoid it but couldn't. The aged bovine was struck and killed. Hillary told her driver to trek up to the farmhouse to explain to the owners what had happened, while she stayed in the car, wanting to avoid trouble at all costs! About an hour later, her driver staggered back to the car, with his clothes in complete disarray. He was holding a half-empty bottle of very expensive wine in one hand, a rare huge Cuban cigar in the other, and was smiling happily, smeared in lipstick!

"What the hell happened to you?" demanded Hillary.

"Well," the driver replied, "The farmer gave me the cigar, his wife gave me the wine and his beautiful two daughters made wild, passionate love to me."

"My God, what did you tell them?" Hillary asked?

The driver replied, "I just stepped inside the door and said to them, 'I'm Hillary Clinton's driver and I've just killed the old cow.' The rest happened so fast I couldn't stop it."






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Hillary Clinton and her driver were cruising along on a country road one evening when an ancient cow loomed in front of the car.

The driver tried to avoid it but couldn't. The aged bovine was struck and killed. Hillary told her driver to trek up to the farmhouse to explain to the owners what had happened, while she stayed in the car, wanting to avoid trouble at all costs! About an hour later, her driver staggered back to the car, with his clothes in complete disarray. He was holding a half-empty bottle of very expensive wine in one hand, a rare huge Cuban cigar in the other, and was smiling happily, smeared in lipstick!

"What the hell happened to you?" demanded Hillary.

"Well," the driver replied, "The farmer gave me the cigar, his wife gave me the wine and his beautiful two daughters made wild, passionate love to me."

"My God, what did you tell them?" Hillary asked?

The driver replied, "I just stepped inside the door and said to them, 'I'm Hillary Clinton's driver and I've just killed the old cow.' The rest happened so fast I couldn't stop it."






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[VerySadAmerican]

In other words, she’ll continue to draw her salary.

[tennmountainman]

How will these two lovebirds stand being away from each other?