Anthony Weiner Confirms He's Dating Clinton Aide

Representative Anthony Weiner explained to the AP why he's spending so much time campaigning for Hillary Clinton, even as the junior Senator from NY trails rival Barack Obama. Weiner said, "I'm doing a lot, but it's largely because I'm dating Huma." Finally--the Post suspected as much last October.

Huma is Huma Abedin, Clinton's so-called "body woman," who is usually seen at the candidate's side. The Daily News' headline is "Yes, I'm hot for Hillary Clinton's 'body woman,' Congressman Weiner admits" which sounds, well, kinda kinky.

Weiner has admired Abedin, a half-Pakistani, half-Indian native of Saudi Arabia, for a while. In last year's Observer profile of Abedin, Weiner said, "This notion that Senator Clinton is a cool customer—I mean, I don’t dispute it, but the coolest customer in that whole operation is Huma." Weiner's dating past includes, reportedly, Capitol Hill interns and Gigi Stone. And Weiner has been eying the Democratic nomination for 2009 mayoral race.

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By Jen Chung in News on May 28, 2008 11:51 AM

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OTC

Oy Vey!! He found himself shiksa!!

sonyactivision

She's a little rangy for my tastes, but he dresses to the left so at least she can salvage half her makeup.

Big_Larry

I could have swore he was gay....not that theres anything wrong with that.

jaja007

Weiner's getting Hillary and Bill's sloppy seconds.

Yup - the name Weiner fully describes the man.

schadenfreudian mensch

Actually, Huma is the 5th Cylon. She was Laura Roslin's chief aide and advisor.

JMH

LOL, HowBoutDemCowboys.

Weiner is an idiot and I won't be voting for him, regardless.

eyekantspel

Actually, these two dating could be a cartoon:

The Adventures of Body Woman and Weiner Boy

Guest

Bill's banged that.

eyekantspel

have to wonder what Hillary is thinking in having an attractive "body woman" -- maybe bait to keep Bill on the campaign trail?

zodak

if i was hitting that, i'd support hillary too!!

oh well, i guess i'll have to join her fan club on myspace.

JacqueMehoff

this is good news, I can support him, again.

yep, I'm that shallow. he lost my support when he was dating gigi stone. I mean, who's next, jill bennett?

she sure looks skinny.