Tuesday the White House announced that the president would be holding a moment of silence in the oval office, by himself, in order to honor the victims of the Boston bombings.

Alone, except for the government photographer to record the silent solo moment so the rest of us could watch.

Who turns a moment of silence, which is supposed to be about honoring the fallen and wounded, into a posed solo photo-op? That’s clearly what this is. This photo obviously, almost aggressively, makes the moment about Barack Obama and not the Boston victims.

This is hubris taken to a toxic level.  This is a very jaded, calculating president who wants nothing more than to manipulate the people he obviously disdains, not to honor anyone.  He couldn't give a rat's ass about Americans, except to the extent that they can fund his extravagances, and pump his ego.