Obama: If I were Anthony Weiner, "I would resign"

AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

President Obama said in an interview Monday that if he were Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York, who has acknowledged sending lewd photographs to women over the Internet, he would resign his seat in Congress.

"Well, obviously what he did was highly inappropriate," the president told NBC News in Durham, North Carolina, according to a transcript released by the network. "I think he's embarrassed himself, he's acknowledged that, he's embarrassed his wife and his family. Ultimately there's going to be a decision for him and his constituents. I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign."

"Because public service is exactly that, it's a service to the public," Mr. Obama continued in the interview. "And when you get to the point where, because of various personal distractions, you can't serve as effectively as you need to at the time when people are worrying about jobs and their mortgages and paying the bills, then you should probably step back."

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats have called on Weiner to step down, but Weiner has thus far refused to do so. He says he is currently seeking "professional treatment to focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person" and is on a leave of absence.

Earlier Monday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the situation "a distraction from important business" but stopped short of calling for Weiner's resignation.

He said Weiner's indiscretions were not Mr. Obama's top concern.

"The president is focused on his job which is getting this economy continuing to grow, creating jobs and ensuring the safety and security of the American people," said Carney.

[WeinerQuagmire]

this guy is off da chain.
go to youtube and search this phrase " Anthony Weiner looks like Quagmire from Family Guy "
funny but true. watch and see. lmao
or click this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr83Fs7WJEA

[Bouillabaisse]

Lead by example, as they say.

[Atlas_Shrugged_2010]

While it is true Obama is not Weiner, he is a weenie. I think Weiner should stick around and not resign. Weiner is the perfect poster-boy for the Dems and Pelosi and the others know he causes them damage by sticking around which is why they are telling him to leave. I would bet that if Mr. Hope & Change is gently suggesting he (Weiner) should resign, in private he is likely more direct. He likes throwing people under the bus to save his own skin. Don't you people know by now you cannot take Obama at his word, it always means nothing or, it has a double meaning.

[Johnnycuredents]

The right-wing Republican nuts who are posting here start to make even Weiner look good. These gun-tottin'-red,white,and blue-patriotic 'Mericans are enough to make you wonder if a lying pervert pol from NY is really our biggest problem in the US. Their posts here do help explain, nonetheless, why American television is the pathetic wasteland it is. The advertisers who sponsor the daily trash appearing on the tube know their drooling, toothless audience well.

[Atlas_Shrugged_2010]

And how do you define yourself? I think that would be very enlightening for the rest of us. I suppose it is people like you that makes the machine that is 'Merica, function each day. Please share your wisdom with us. Please toss we poor souls some alms of your higher intelligence our way.

[1American]

Anthony Weiner = Poster Boy for the Democratic Party.
You know you love him Johhny.

[guyfrompa46]

Obama do us a favor and quit as well.. Two losers..

[longtree-2009]

obama missed an opportunity to display command leadership. he should have said, "weiner should resign."

[twine2twine]

Why did CBS News correct the President's grammar in the headline? It is insulting to the President of the United States, a Nobel Prize winner, a law professor,and a Senator (not to mention a community organizer) to correct his grammar.

[gruven13777]

Hey brianbwb2015, why do you love Obama so much that you'd spend an entire evening trying to defend him?

Is it the 17% unemployment?...the $16 Trillion dollar debt he cares nothing about?...getting us involved in new wars in the ME?...the sexual molestation of children at the airport by the TSA?...his tax breaks for the wealthy?

Why are you defending him...are you being paid?

[1VNVet]

Hey brianbwb2015.....if you re-read your rant...it sounds like YOU are the racist....duh

[Will1956]

If I were Barack Hussein Obama, I would resign!

[fishguru00]

practice what you preach...