Clinton must have asked for this article for his ego or to help Hilary. Talking twicea year for 30 minutes is nothing.
I kind of saw it that way too. What better way to help Hillary than to let it be known he'd be a sounding board for her, like he was for Bush. There's another side to this as well. Anyone with class would have kept the calls a secret, or at least asked the other person if it was alright to mention them to the press. But Clinton being Clinton, he had to snitch about the phone calls so that he'd still appear to be important. That's why he was a security risk...he could never be trusted with a secret. Those few calls were nobody's business but his and Bush's, and he couldn't even keep his mouth shut about them.
“Talking twice a year for 30 minutes is nothing.”
I agree. People can easily do that with people they despise but must “make nice” with. Heavy influence would be if they had twice a week phone calls.
I talk to my cousin a couple times a year. That’s about what I can stand.
I would imagine that any mention of his name in the media increases the Clinton foundation(think Hillary thighs) by 5 - 10%...