Posted on 07/31/2013 12:39:06 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
White House press secretary Jay Carney insisted Wednesday that it was President Obama's job to focus on the economy and not brewing municipal scandals as he fielded multiple questions about sexually improper behavior by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner.
"I understand the allure of issues like this in the media … and I'm not being critical of it, but I'm saying that the president believes his job is not to comment on those issue, but to focus on what he can do to get this economy growing faster and creating more jobs," Carney said.
The White House spokesman insisted that Obama was not obligated to comment, despite having spoken out previously about the issue of sexual harassment in the military. Eight women have come forward to accuse Filner, a former U.S. congressman, of sexual misconduct in the workplace.
"No," Carney said. "The president is focused on what we can do for the middle class in this country."
He reiterated that point when asked by a reporter whether he should say something about the "political circus" in New York that has captured the world's attention. Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), who resigned Congress in 2011 after it was revealed he sent sexually explicit texts and pictures to multiple women, admitted last week that he had continued to do so through last summer.
"No, we don't," Carney said, reiterating that the president's focus was the middle class.
"We just have no comment on it," Carney said. "There's plenty of coverage, plenty of stuff to cover without us commenting."
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Because he gets to pick and choose...
Ha...That’s funny!
“O” has a mouth like a torn pocketbook on every OTHER thing!
His job is to comment on everything else, however.
Based on what he does comment on (Trayvon Martin, Henry Gates) he does consider it his job to comment on incidents involving black people. Simple math really.
Butt it is his job to never STFU about the trayboi/if i could produce a son load of lies? Well, he is the PLIC. (Pathological Liar In Charge)
...not like being President makes you the de-facto head of the Democrat Party or anything...
If only Weiner and Filner were wearing hoodies..
Well, he sure comments on every OTHER damn thing...
If I had two cousins, they’d.....
He comments on everything else with no hesitation, his problem is that he hasn’t found any way to exploit Tony’s wild weenie!
Yet it IS to comment on a two bit thug like Trayvon?
But he will comment on the Zimmerman case before it goes to jury.
Ahole
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Potential angle: Weiner profiled Sydney Leathers as being hot, and Weiner was wrong.
But it’s ok to comment on Trayvon/Zimmerman, the stupid Cambridge cops et al.
Yeh...but Trayvon is a different story.
He only comments when the police act stupidly (but only toward black people) or when the “victim” looks like his make-believe son.....
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