Former Aide: "Obama does not even like people"

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Former Aide on Obama: 'Stunning that He’s in Politics, Because He Really Doesn’t Like People'
10:25 AM, Oct 16, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Neera Tanden, a former aide to both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, had this to say about the relationship of the two presidents:
 

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.”
 
It's a revealing statement from Tanden, who "served as senior advisor for health reform at the Department of Health and Human Services, advising Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and working on President Barack Obama’s health reform team in the White House to pass the bill," according to her bio at the Center for American Progress. She is currently president and CEO of the liberal organization.
 

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Former aide sorry for dissing Obama
 politico44 ^ | 10/16/12 | DONOVAN SLACK

Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 5:21:51 PM by ColdOne

Tanden, now president of the Center for American Progress, suggested in her mea culpa that it was a poor choice of words.

"I was trying to say how President Obama, who I admire greatly, is a private person, but I deeply regret how I said it. I apologize," she wrote.

There was another revealing part of her interview that she didn't address in her apology. Tanden also suggested that the president's renewing relations with Clinton was not genuine, but rather a calculated political move.

“Obama engineered this reconciliation, and I think the whole time he was, like, ‘Why do I have to do this?’ ” Tanden told New York. “He did it because he wanted to win, and this was the way to do it.”


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Maybe Obama is really a republican?

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This actually makes sense. You can see the disdain Obama has for the common man in some of his previous comments. "Bitter clingers" rings a bell. The man is a disgusting elitist who couldn't be more out of touch with reality.