tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post3799524663571082536..comments2024-03-27T11:22:03.840-04:00Comments on Ramona's Voices: Huma Abedin is not Anthony WeinerRamona Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-33452007941178125252013-08-10T11:16:36.610-04:002013-08-10T11:16:36.610-04:00First, let me say that this was a really well-writ...First, let me say that this was a really well-written blog. You dropped several exquisite truth-bombs and made this a delight to read.<br /><br /><br />Second, I seriously don't give two shits about this story because, like you, I'm not a New Yorker. These people affect my life in no way except for entertainment, and that's only when watching The Daily Show. Otherwise, I wouldn't know much about it.<br /><br /><br /><br />But most importantly, I am applying an important lesson I learned from watching a friend go through being tried (and found not guilty) for murder. She was crucified by the press and, when her trial aired on CNN's In Session, she was subjected to this kind of voyeuristic speculation from armchair jurists. People who had no idea what actually happened, aside from what they saw on reality TV, were ready to send her to the electric chair. (She and I co-authored a book, http://www.fearofourfather.com, about her story.)<br /><br /><br /><br />None of us, outside of the Weiner/Abedin inner circle, has a clue what's really going on. To pretend otherwise is to do a disservice to a fellow Human--or, in this case, Huma.Lisa Bonnicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-7816837108225155982013-08-10T00:18:13.100-04:002013-08-10T00:18:13.100-04:00Labrys, forgive me for not answering this earlier....Labrys, forgive me for not answering this earlier. I landed in the hospital and just got out a couple of days ago. (No long term effects, just some screwy bacterium deciding to claim squatter's rights in my innards.) <br /><br /><br /><br />Sounds like you're pretty tough, yourself. Good for you for doing what you thought was right. To hell with those who think they know but don't. Bravo.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-72898409173354233302013-08-01T12:41:17.019-04:002013-08-01T12:41:17.019-04:00Thanks so much for writing this; I long ago steere...Thanks so much for writing this; I long ago steered clear of the ideologues who would prescribe women's lives as narrowly as the male chauvinists prOscribed women's lives. I caught hell from that crowd when I married...and I was a 'nobody' and over the years of a marriage marred by PTSD, I was criticized by feminist friends for staying in the relationship.<br /><br /><br />So, yes, I get pretty damned sick of ANY woman telling any other woman how to manage her relationship with anyone else!Labryshttp://www.walkofthefallen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-4482950404335311662013-08-01T11:23:46.726-04:002013-08-01T11:23:46.726-04:00Thanks for checking in, Katy. Relationships are m...Thanks for checking in, Katy. Relationships are mighty strange things. Only the two people involved can understand the dynamics and they shouldn't feel any need to share the reasons why with anyone else. Even or maybe especially if they're in the public eye.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-46090418317285922392013-08-01T11:21:44.465-04:002013-08-01T11:21:44.465-04:00Jeez, Jose. I thought you were sick of this stuff...Jeez, Jose. I thought you were sick of this stuff. Why are you still here? You should take your own advice and find something else to do. It'll keep your blood pressure down.<br /><br /><br />(P.S. Get over yourself, honey. I don't take rants personally.)Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-38265991041877543182013-08-01T09:21:39.577-04:002013-08-01T09:21:39.577-04:00Thanks for that bit of sage wisdom, Ramona... *ro...Thanks for that bit of sage wisdom, Ramona... *rolls eyes* You are a partisan hack, and you need to grow out of that. Partisan US politics is going the way of the Dodo bird and coin-operated pay phones, yet you're too wrapped up in your silly little partisan bitch-fest it to notice. Give it a few more years...<br /><br />R-vs-D, D-vs-R, it's so lame and played out.<br />And, yes, Ramona, I clicked on your lame story about Weiner's sick, enabling wife. *YAWN* If it's so damn big, why haven't they shown it yet? :-)<br /><br />You seem to have taken my little rant personally. Why is that? Is it because you know there's a ton of truth in it? That maybe, just maybe, you've been dumping huge amounts of your energy into a fool's project?Jose Rennonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-68132751290702125922013-07-31T14:03:58.606-04:002013-07-31T14:03:58.606-04:00I don't know a darn thing about anyone else...I don't know a darn thing about anyone else's relationship. It turns out that i haven't even known that much about my own past relationships while I was in them.<br /><br /><br />I can't pretend to understand what keeps people together. <br /><br /><br />In the case of both Weiner and Clinton, I think I'd be upset with my spouse. I mean, even if we had an agreement that I'd look the other way in our private life, the public scrutiny would be tough to take. <br /><br /><br />Everything I know about Abedin indicates she's a smart woman. I'm sure she has reasons for sticking with Weiner.Katyhttp://www.lesbiansinmysoup.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-66426768290605780852013-07-31T13:28:40.738-04:002013-07-31T13:28:40.738-04:00Absolutely! Anyone who represents the American pu...Absolutely! Anyone who represents the American public should be held to the high standards set by such stalwarts as Louisiana senator David Vitter and South Carolina congressman Mark Sanford.jgcarter56noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-20803101111027445482013-07-31T13:25:52.809-04:002013-07-31T13:25:52.809-04:00What a wonderful story and how lucky your kids are...What a wonderful story and how lucky your kids are to have parents like you, your ex and her new husband. That's a much more mature way of handling a break-up than most people do--with the fur flying.<br /><br /><br />I'm really rather shocked at the Huma backlash. And proud of her, too, for coming forward knowing what was going to be thrown at her when she did. She is truly her own woman. (I don't see the ambition here, as some people do. I doubt she really believes her husband can win, and I don't know that she has political aspirations of her own. If she does she's not announcing it anywhere.)Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-65630691562516190572013-07-31T13:19:28.739-04:002013-07-31T13:19:28.739-04:00Lol, yet here you are, Jose, right in the middle o...Lol, yet here you are, Jose, right in the middle of it on my page! I get sick of politics sometimes, too, and threaten to go away, but then something happens that pulls me right back. I do get angry but I can't say I'm miserable. I've been a political junkie all my life and I write about it in this little corner of my world. Thankfully, we haven't come to it yet where people are forced to hang around and read anything they don't want to.<br /><br /><br /><br />I think we do make a difference when we discuss these things and then take action, either by writing about them or boycotting or marching or whatever. But you're right, if it's making you miserable, you should find another hobby.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-4685185014911627182013-07-31T13:10:40.112-04:002013-07-31T13:10:40.112-04:00Good point, Six. I hadn't thought of that asp...Good point, Six. I hadn't thought of that aspect. I saw that she's taken a leave of absence, so it could be the Hillary camp is worried about that, too.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-59739566592592684522013-07-31T09:42:22.598-04:002013-07-31T09:42:22.598-04:00You know, I get the same crap from friends and fam...You know, I get the same crap from friends and family because I'm still best friends with my ex wife. "But she dumped you! She cheated on you! She ruined your life!" etc. etc.<br />Isn't that for ME to decide? She was my best friend before we married, while we were married, and she's my best friend today.<br />We're mature enough (Now, before the falling apart of the marriage it's open for discussion) to let bygones be bygones, apologize and make amends for hurts inflicted unintentionally, and move forward, thereby showing our children how conflicts are supposed to be handled.<br />We're still so close that her husband is my best male friend. We spend large amounts of time together as a family, and they have asked me to move in with them, in my own on property apartment, so the kids don't have to run back and forth.<br />Huma has made her choice, and we're not privy to what goes on in their home. And it's none of our business.<br />Personally, I think Weiner tried to come back too soon, and he clearly has sexual issues. As for the attacks on Huma, I chalk it up to immaturity and the belief some of these pundits hahve that ANY Dem who puts a foot wrong must be punished out of proportion to their mistakes.Cthulhu0818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-62008029441247907032013-07-31T09:06:15.958-04:002013-07-31T09:06:15.958-04:00I do not see how Huma will be able to keep her sec...I do not see how Huma will be able to keep her security clearance at the State department when her immature husband can not be trusted with a simple cell phone as he sends out invites to blackmail himself and his wife.<br /><br /><br />Should we risk having major international peace talks fail because Mr Weiner has been sending dick pics to some leaders daughter?<br /><br /><br />They are free to live as they wish but, if they want to represent the American public they should be held to a higher standard, the choice is hers.SixandSevenEightsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-36289172015710036122013-07-31T09:00:04.651-04:002013-07-31T09:00:04.651-04:00The whole lot can go to hell, for all I care. I a...The whole lot can go to hell, for all I care. I am so over partisan politics and the soap operas that swirl around them.<br />I stopped obsessing over US partisan politics, a shell game, and went out and got a really fun hobby. (Ask me, it's amazing...!) I come back to these sites from time to time, but I don't spend all my free time reading this junk. And, I must say, I'm much happier.<br />Once you pull yourself from the muck of these R-vs-D websites you realize how miserable you were spending so much of your valuable time on useless, meaningless politics.Jose Rennonnoreply@blogger.com