{"id":6306,"date":"2009-04-28T08:44:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T08:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/04\/obama-told-reid-i-have-a-gift.html"},"modified":"2009-04-28T08:44:35","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T08:44:35","slug":"obama-told-reid-i-have-a-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/04\/obama-told-reid-i-have-a-gift.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama told Reid: &#8220;I have a gift&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090427\/ap_on_go_pr_wh\/us_reid_obama\">it&#8217;s<\/a> called the teleprompter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Reid, D-Nev., writes: &#8220;&#8216;That speech was phenomenal, Barack,&#8217; 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: &#8216;I have a gift, Harry.'&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you truly have a gift of public speaking, then you wouldn&#8217;t fall apart when talking extemporaneously.  I would agree that he has a gift for gab and saying what his supporters&#8217; itching ears want to hear (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?q=2+Timothy+4%3A3\">2 Timothy 4:3<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s called the teleprompter: Reid, D-Nev., writes: &#8220;&#8216;That speech was phenomenal, Barack,&#8217; I told him. And I will never forget his response. 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