Opinion

Graceless to the end

Anthony Weiner could have just written a letter.

But that would have been the dignified way to end the circus he started by sending a lewd picture of himself to a Seattle college student three weeks ago — and Anthony Weiner doesn’t know from dignity.

He had to do one last stand-up for the cameras that he loves so dearly — but he couldn’t even get that right.

There was no security at the Midwood senior center Weiner chose for his last appearance as a member of Congress — so he had to shout his self-serving resignation message over the lewd heckling of a couple of oafs at the back of the hall.

But at least Weiner is gone now — no longer in a position to disgrace the House of Representatives, his constituents, New York City, his wife and himself.

We’ll give him this much: Yesterday, at least, he came to terms with the consequences of his bizarre behavior.

Not that he had any choice. When the president of the United States told Weiner it was time for him to go, it was time for him to go.

And it never had to happen — but no one who has watched Weiner over the years should have been surprised.

From the start, Anthony Weiner was self-obsessed, arrogant and self-righteous; his frequent public temper tantrums, including on the floor of Congress, were the stuff of YouTube legend.

True enough, the notoriety helped him get girls (online, anyway). But it takes a special kind of weird for him to have thought he could get away with it all.

Now Weiner says he’ll be “looking for other ways to contribute my talents.”

Spare us. Everybody needs a long vacation from Anthony Weiner.

So, good riddance.

And by the way, Private Citizen Weiner: Do yourself — and everyone else — a huge favor. Lose the cellphone.