funny how her being prod for the first time actually coincides with her husband almost being the presidential nominee.

If people are going to criticize the lady at least get the quote right: "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country."
Focus on the words: adult lifetime, really, my country. Really! Did the lady say she has never been proud of her country in the last 25 years? NO, she said she was now she was REALLY proud of her country. She was proud before but now she was really proud to see the positive response to a call for a better America.
I was in the service of my country 40 years ago in Louisiana. I saw the white only drinking fountains. I saw white servicemen arrested for disturbing the peace because they entered black bars. I saw Jim Crow in all his ugliness. Ten days ago a Michelle's husband got nearly as many white votes in that state as McCain and Huckabee did. That made me REALLY proud of my country. I was in the audience yesterday when Michelle spoke. This 60 yr white male veteran cried tears of joy as I realized America could reach its full potential.

Just keep yapping ya big mouth Obamoron.

Hi Tom --

That was exactly what is written in the quote above. I didn't leave out the "really", and I don't think the "really" changes the context of the quote anyways.

Yeah, she did try to cover her a$$ there, by saying not just because of what "Barack has done..." She's trying out her chops as First Lady, and failing badly.

Has anyone had a more cushy upbringing than these two? I don't buy a word of it and the fact that people in my home state were swooning over her words makes me ashamed.

Has anyone had a more cushy upbringing than these two?

You are apparently completely unfamiliar with their upbringing, and are just talking out of your ass. No surprise there.

This is so scary - I read Tom's comment and realize that this Obama thing is feeding a real need within a large part of American society, the trouble is that it has nothing to do with politics. It's all about emotional need - feelings of 'hope' and 'change'. Maybe he's going to fulfill his promise by recruiting thousands of analysts to minister to the poor saps who are so clearly in need of emotional support. Michelle Obama speaks the truth - she is 'really proud of America' for the first time in her adult life because she and her husband are about to pull off the biggest heist in American history and it's been sanctioned by the emotionally bereft American people. It is unbelievable, and would be funny if it was a movie. Who said you can't fool all the people?

As used in her phrasing when she spoke, I took the "really" similar to an "actually".

It's too bad that nothing in the last 25 years has made her really proud of her country. Nope, only that some people are hungry for change makes her really proud. No accomplishments, no sacrifices, just that she believes more people are hungry for change and moving in her direction and unifying around some of her common issues.

LOL, the only direction and issues they have is large intrusive government dictating to you what you can and can not do. They will push many more people in my direction than they force into theirs.

Yes, we need both of them talking a whole lot more in the weeks and months ahead.

"Note the applause after her statement -- not shocked silence or gasps. Applause."

They audience applauded because they weren't playing the stupid game of pretending to not understand what she was saying.

Gee, I know how we can straighten Ms. Obama-ding-dong out: Let's create a list of all things America can be "really" proud about since 1982 when her adult life started.

I'll start the list (in no particular order):

-How we ALL came together after 9/11
-The liberation of Kuwait
-The liberation of Iraq
-The liberation of Afghanistan
-Defeating the Soviet Union, peacefully
-Ending partial birth abortion
-Getting Libya to end its WMD program
-The massive aid delivered to the 2004 Tsunami victims
-The untold billions sent to the African AIDS crisis
-The courage of our men during the "Black Hawk Down' incident in Somalia
-The capturing of Saddam Hussein
-The killing Abu Musad al Zarqawi
-The unending and unwavering generosity of millions of Americans who quietly volunteer their time and money to those in need
-Despite all of its many flaws and shortcomings, the tremendous strides made by researchers through our medical system

That's just the start. Now, you add to it.

Maybe if it gets big enough we can ship it off to Ms. Obama and have her read it during her next revival speech.

NO, she said she was now she was REALLY proud of her country.

Oh well, hell's bells, that makes all the difference in the world! Why, whatever were the rest of sane folks thinking!? Our bad! All is forgiven, Ms. Obama!

/sarcasm tag off

Btw let me point out the glaring stupidity of the conclusions Cassy and the rest of the rightosphere are making now that they've re-focused their ragegasms to the Obama campaign.

I'm really proud of my son for winning the science fair, therefore before now I have been ashamed of him and hated him. I didn't wish he would apply himself more and do better in school, I hated him.

Such is the mindset of the fevered egos on the right (or, they just always need to find a new outlet for their backed up rage).

Peter, for the most part, that is an impressive list (more for some than others) but you can not deny if an African American is elected as our next President that will transcend your list of important events in this country's history.

What is wrong with Michelle being proud of her husband and the way he has gathered support from all groups of Americans? I think most blacks feel the same way, and as far as the Obamas were raised in a privilege environment, that just shows a lack of common knowledge on the subject.

i am 21 years old and i have nothing to be proud of about the us. i love my country and always will, that does not mean i have to like it or be proud of it. with the injustices african american face on a daily basis, no one has the right to say i should proudly hold the flag. No matter how cushy your lifestyle, i lived in the suburbs in a two family home, it does not mean you are any less subjected to the racism and ignorance all african americans face at some point in their lives. I speak from personal experience. So in my 21 years, i hope i can really be proud of my country. But its lame comments like the ones i read that cause me to believe it'll be a long wait...

So she was proud now she is really proud.....So whats the big deal?

I'm really proud of my son for winning the science fair, therefore before now I have been ashamed of him and hated him. I didn't wish he would apply himself more and do better in school, I hated him.

But was it the *first* time you were proud of him? It wouldn't mean that you hated him, just that you didn't think he had done anything worth taking pride in before then.

The key here is it's the *first* that has conservatives flabbergasted. By her sentence construction she's saying she wasn't proud of America before now.

"you can not deny if an African American is elected as our next President that will transcend your list of important events in this country's history."

Indeed I can, and I do!

Perhaps Senator Obama would make a good President. Perhaps, once in office, he will decide to set aside the vague banter he has used to gain approval, and turn his mind to the weighty responsibilities, all of them specific in their needs and concerns, of leading this great nation. But even if Mr. Obama should win the office, and prove to be a great leader, we should in no way - indeed, never - diminish the nation or its ideals by praising the election of someone merely because of their race. That, by definition, is racism, sir, and is nothing of which to be proud.

Vote for the candidate you support, not because of or in spite of their race or gender. That is the American ideal.

It sounds like you have edited out the "really". Why? It is rare that I am *really* proud of America too. We have a prison in Cuba where God know what happens and we have become an international bully. There is little to be proud of.

Barney,

Yes, if either Obama or Clinton were elected to be our next President, it would be tremendous and very proud moment to have either a black man or a woman as President.

At least until they financially gut the country should their proposed medical coverage programs be implemented. Then they just become lousy leaders, regardless of race or gender.

i am 21 years old and i have nothing to be proud of about the us.

I was exactly like you at that age. Then along the way, I grew up.

But was it the *first* time you were proud of him? It wouldn't mean that you hated him, just that you didn't think he had done anything worth taking pride in before then.

Either way, does it mean I hated him before I was proud of him? That's what Cassy (and many others) says:

God forbid Barack Obama never launched a political career, because obviously had he not she would've spent her entire life hating America!

The key here is it's the *first* that has conservatives flabbergasted. By her sentence construction she's saying she wasn't proud of America before now.

Conservatives aren't flabbergasted, they've just found a new outrage focus, for today. Tomorrow there will be something new to be outraged about. It has little to do with Michelle Obama and what she said and more to do with the psychosis of righty bloggers.

For years I've listened to conservatives lament the direction our country has taken over the past few decades, saying in different words how they are not proud of where the US is and where it is headed. How is that different?

Has anyone had a more cushy upbringing than these two?

You are apparently completely unfamiliar with their upbringing, and are just talking out of your ass. No surprise there.

Posted by mantis
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This is what I am referring to:

B. Obama-Columbia University,
Harvard Law School

M. Obama-A.B. in sociology (Princeton University) cum laude
JD (Harvard Law School)

Not exactly getting dogs and firehoses turned on them or doing time for drinking out of the wrong fountain. The point is lots have come before them to pave the way for their successes. For Mrs. Obama to say that NOTHING good has happened since 1964 is truly astonishing.

B. Obama-Columbia University,
Harvard Law School

M. Obama-A.B. in sociology (Princeton University) cum laude
JD (Harvard Law School)

They are smart and got into good schools (with academic scholarships) and that means they had a "cushy" upbringing? Please.

Not exactly getting dogs and firehoses turned on them or doing time for drinking out of the wrong fountain.

I see, so unless you had dogs or firehoses turned on you, you had a "cushy" upbringing? Gee, I guess most people have had a cushy upbringing.

The point is lots have come before them to pave the way for their successes.

That was your point? Then why didn't you say that instead of "Has anyone had a more cushy upbringing than these two?"?

For Mrs. Obama to say that NOTHING good has happened since 1964 is truly astonishing.

That's not what she said, dipshit.

Such is the mindset of the fevered egos on the right (or, they just always need to find a new outlet for their backed up rage).

Sorry but we're using the liberal's standard formulated over the last seven years to judge liberals by. If you didn't decry that standard when it was applied to Republicans then you have no standing to decry it when its applied to liberals. Here are a few precepts in the liberal standard:

1) Stand in front of a banner and that's the message regardless of the opposite statements made in the speech.

2) State something that turns out to be wrong in the future and it's a lie, not a mistake.

3) Make statements that can have more than one meaning and the most negative meaning is assumed.

4) Don't get unanimous opinions from policy experts and you're cherry picking.

Using precept 3 I find that the word "really" can also mean "actually" as in telling the truth. Thus, when she said "And let me tell you something -- for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country." It means that the other times when she expressed pride in her country it was a lie. So there we have it, the only Democratic candidate for first lady still in the race is a liar.

I am not surprised that she is proud to be an American only just now. After all, her husband's full name is Barrack Hussein Obama. We are just about to vote a Hussein into the White House. Bravo to all those leading him on.

Most of us have Mantis, most of us have. That's the point! Most of us do not disrespect a 44 year old history of this nation like she did. If she (and you) are that unhappy, please, please leave our shores immediately.

Tell me Mantis, if you had said to your son, "For the first time in your life I am really proud of you," do you think he would be happy to hear that? How do you think he would take it once the words sank in?

No. It's not what you really meant, but it's the words you chose to use and they've already bitten him. You could be excused because they weren't part of a speech you wrote and rehearsed to make sure that your meaning was clear. He'd likely forgive your choice of words because he knows you love him anyway.

Maybe Mrs. Obama's meaning was clear, maybe not. I'd give her the benefit of the doubt myself even though it was a poor choice of words.

Most of us have Mantis, most of us have.

Ah, I see. So when you said this,

Has anyone had a more cushy upbringing than these two?

You really meant "has anyone had a more cushy upbringing than pretty much everyone?" Kinda loses some zing, doncha think?

Despite your wishes, however, I doubt Mrs. Obama or I will be leaving the US anytime soon. So sorry.

Mantis talks of conservative rage, yet I see no rage greater than Mantis' on this page. Mantis spews rage. I am a liberal and have voted for many, many years in that direction, never differently. Yet I find M. Obama's comment extremely offensive and egocentric.

No dipshit. When she phrased this as "my country" she put her perspective on the world stage. Would she and/or her husband been given the same opportunities in another country like South Africa, Brazil, Iran, Cuba....??? That's what I mean. big picture stuff Sam, but your pea brain is so full of hate (like every other Liberal) everything needs to be spelled out to you like a 6th grader.

I'll add that I would like nothing more than a black president to be elected. I think it would go a long way, not eliminate, but go a long way in quelling some of our race issues. Unfortunately-this guy ain't it.

David is right.
It was a very clear comment!
Barrack Hussein Obama the new President of USA? I hope no!
Hillary, is your turn!!NOW!!!!!! You can do it!!!!!!

Tell me Mantis, if you had said to your son, "For the first time in your life I am really proud of you," do you think he would be happy to hear that?

No, I don't think he would, and I of course wouldn't say that. My point was that it wouldn't mean I hated him, or was ashamed of him, prior to that.

You may think that Michelle Obama has plenty of reasons to be "really proud of [her] country" during her adult life, and that her "frustration and disappointment" with how things have gone here are misplaced, but that doesn't mean she said or implied that she has hated her country, or has been ashamed of her country. That's a bullshit inference specifically concocted to perpetuate the ragegasm.

If you try to look at it from the perspective of a black woman from the south side of Chicago who was a child during the civil rights movement, you might see that there is a lot in the past couple of decades to feel "frustration and disappointment" about. You may disagree on the causes, or the right way to deal with the challenges that blacks, especially in the inner city, face, but the idea that they're not there or that someone hates the US because she is not "really proud" of how things have gone in recent history, is rather stupid.

It 's a good thing Obama and Hillary both want to withdraw troops from Iraq as neither has any moral authority to put anyone in harms way. Like Bill, Hillary's policy is to treat any attack on U.S. soil as a law enforcement problem rather than a military problem. Obama just hopes it won't happen. That's just as well because they both plan to gut the military budget to pay off their campaign bribes.

Amazing. The people listening to her speech applauded her. That means they heard the entire speech, not just the excerpts that were printed in this blog. But, since the excerpt was printed with the blog, let's look at it again. What is Mrs. Obama "really proud" of? The fact that people are coming together, and are finally becoming UNITED in pursuit of the "basic common issues". When did she say she was "ashamed" of our country? I didn't read that in the excerpt. "Frustrated" and "Disapointed" are not translated into "ashamed" either as far as I'm concerned.

Would she and/or her husband been given the same opportunities in another country like South Africa, Brazil, Iran, Cuba....???

Ah, I see. So since we're better than those countries and more opportunit