Some of the aloof distance displayed by leaders is understandable but Obama is on a different wavelength. According to Neera Tanden, Obama didn’t call Bill Clinton to talk or ask questions because Obama doesn’t like him. Tanden, a former aide to both Clinton and Obama had this to say: “Clinton, being Clinton, had plenty of advice in mind and was desperate to impart it. But for the first two years of Obama’s term, the phone calls Clinton kept expecting rarely came. “People say the reason Obama wouldn’t call Clinton is because he doesn’t like him,” observes Tanden. “The truth is, Obama doesn’t call anyone, and he’s not close to almost anyone. It’s stunning that he’s in politics, because he really doesn’t like people. My analogy is that it’s like becoming Bill Gates without liking computers.”
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