[Liz]

STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE The “no drama Obama” emerged during the 2008 campaign, when his staff marveled at how he kept his calm during political turbulence. From the Rev. Jeremiah Wright revelations to the meltdown of the economy, Obama made only brief detours before getting back on message. His script called for “investments” in education and energy and ending the war in Iraq, and he stuck to that script.

Back then, his coolness seemed a virtue, especially compared to John ­McCain’s combustibility.

But nowadays, the coolness looks like indifference bordering on contempt. How else to explain his decision to go to fund-raisers, only hours after the horror in Ukraine?

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Valerie Jarrett, WH aide, and longtime Obama family friend, described Obama to biographer David Remnick in terms that make the Oval Office sound beneath Obama.

“I think Barack knew that he had God-given talents that were ­extraordinary. He knows exactly how smart he is,” Remnick quoted her as saying. “He knows how perceptive he is. He knows what a good reader of people he is.”

She goes on in that vein, adding: “He’s been bored to death his whole life. He’s just too talented to do what ordinary people do.”

Or even ordinary presidents, apparently. (NY POST 7/20/14).

[RoosterRedux]

I wonder when, if ever, Obama will deign to demonstrate his extraordinary talents so that we might marvel at them.

I, for one, am curious as to what those talents might be...and how they might have ANY practical application.

[kevslisababy]

It is easy to act like you don’t care when you don’t care.