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Obama's Pet Peeves

Aides tell Politico what the commander-in-chief finds irksome:

--"Never put something on the calendar that interferes with his duties as First Dad."

--"The president dislikes it when 'folks try to get him to wear baseball gear for teams other than the White Sox.'"

--"He doesn't like to miss his daily workout."

--"He also doesn't appreciate the seemingly endless click-click-click of the cameras when photographers take photos of him."

--"Obama also confessed recently that one of his biggest pet peeves is what he calls 'the shine police' — aides and makeup artists who powder his face before he does television."

--"'If you spend too much time telling him where to go, how you get there, and everything in between, it drives him crazy.'"

--"Obama also doesn't like people to regurgitate what he's already read in a detailed briefing book."

--"Obama bristles when 'people talk too much at meetings and prevent others from speaking.'"

--"His best-known dislike: drama."

--"Obama 'hates being late.'"

--"Obama might have a new pet peeve to add to his list, Axelrod quipped: 'When aides share his pet peeves with reporters.'”

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