The Audacity Of Big Heads: Obama Told Harry Reid “I Have A Gift”

• April 27, 2009

A gift that apparently wasn’t working the day he read the Irish Prime Minister’s speech off the teleprompter.

WASHINGTON – Everyone knows President Barack Obama can deliver a great speech, including the president himself, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The paperback version of Reid’s book, “The Good Fight,” is coming out May 5 with an epilogue called “The Obama Era.” Reid said he was impressed when Obama, then a freshman senator from Illinois, delivered a speech about President George W. Bush’s war policy.
Reid, D-Nev., writes: “‘That speech was phenomenal, Barack,’ I told him. And I will never forget his response. Without the barest hint of braggadocio or conceit, and with what I would describe as deep humility, he said quietly: ‘I have a gift, Harry.’”

A gift that would most accurately be described as “the ability to read other people’s words of a teleprompter in an inspiring way.”
Tom Cruise has this gift too. He can deliver his lines with the best of them.
I wouldn’t vote for Tom Cruise for President either.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

http://Array robert108

Like little ribby and the rest of the leftie haters here, Obama has the gift of lying without remorse. Other than that…nothing.
http://www.valleydeals.com/cgi-bin/board2/YaBB.pl Kevin

Self-absorption is not a gift, it’s a pathology.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Speaking of big headed audacity:

“I feel like God wants me to run for President.”

George W. Bush
carrick

Bob, do you hate God?
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

‘I have a gift, Harry.’

Too bad Reid didn’t print the rest of the quote! It probably went:

…it’s real estate from Tony Rezko!
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Let’s hope we never have a President who actually was a trained actor.
Zakk

Actual quote:

…Without the barest hint of braggadocio or conceit, and with what I would describe as deep humility, he said quietly: â€˜I have a gift, Harry.’”

gop spin:

What a dick!

Even with the full quote, I still think he sounds like a dick. Your not fairing so well yourself.
http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

No,

Obama has “the gift” of seeming to be sincere.
Mickey

Dino must think Bush was a very powerful man for him to single handedly be able to cause a global economic slowdown.

But then again dino has delusions about obama as well.

Stuck on stupid.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

Don’t be envious. Bush had a gift too. A gift for destroying everything he touched. A gift for incompetence, a gift for fucking up.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/america_is_back/#c397018 Dino2

Dino must think Bush was a very powerful man for him to single handedly be able to cause a global economic slowdown.

He had years of help from reagan, his father and the republican Congress.

He also signed the bills that spent us $5 trillion more into debt. $5 trillion. Dollars. Debt.

America led the world into the meltdown by way of Wall Street. That’s why there will be trials and prison for Wall Streeters.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/realitybasedbob/ realitybasedbob

Actual quote:

…Without the barest hint of braggadocio or conceit, and with what I would describe as deep humility, he said quietly: â€˜I have a gift, Harry.’”

gop spin:

What a dick!
11B40

Greetings:

Back in my high school days, one of my fellow students was, as we would say back then, full of himself. When he would begin to exercise his proclivity, we would sing this little ditty:

And I say to myself,
I’m wonderful, wonderful,
Oh, so wonderful am I.

Our song never did have much effect on his behavior, but singing it was a bit of fun.
Zakk

What a dick!
SigFan

The man is an empty suit. What a narcissistic, ego-maniac.
aperformance1

Hey Harry since when is 100 days in office considered an era? What a joke!
carrick

Hey Sparkie, I thought you assured us you understood humor.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

His “Gift” is a bit shallow. Being able to read a speech and appear sincere doesn’t mean you’re good at anything else.

But Obama was right, it is a gift.

As Rob implied, Cruise > Obama.
robert108

He did a much better job than this untrained community agitator. President Reagan pulled us out of the Carter economic debacle and defeated the Soviet Union.
What has Obama done, besides destroy a record amount of American wealth, and obligate us to massive debt?
carrick

Don’t be envious. Bush had a gift too. A gift for destroying everything he touched. A gift for incompetence, a gift for fucking up.

Thank you Dino.

We needed your type of mindless spew to help us keep Barack’s comments in context.
Mickey

he said quietly: â€˜I have a gift, Harry.’”

yes, it is called clinical hubris.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/author/sparkiearbuckle sayanything-81

carrick

Bob, do you hate God?

what? have you been taking ‘ransom note’ lessons from hotel, zig, and r108? bob was talking about Bush’s personal-instrumental invocations of your deity! now you are questioning his faith? perhaps you should be questioning the tasteless use of faith by politicians for personal-instrumental reasons.
http://suitepotato.blogspot.com/ sayanything-4808

Obama’s gifts evidently don’t include self-effacing humility.

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