The Boston Globe asks the right question:
So what did Michelle Obama think of the United States before her husband decided he wanted to run the place?
“For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country,” she told a Milwaukee crowd today, “because it feels like hope is making a comeback.”
Let me see, two Ivy League educations, freedom to raise your family, a rise in the U.S. Senate and a run for the White House and only now are you proud of this country? I bet Michelle is one of those sisters that has more pride in her African heritage than the fact that she is an American.
Look at what this country has done for her, the advantages that she has had as an American citizen, that she has obviously taken for granted... Until now?
What a gaffe! What a blunder. What a perfect mirror to the soul of an ingrate.
Michelle Obama, do your husband a favor and shut the hell up!
James T.
What a gaffe! What a blunder.
You better check your sources and get the quote corrected.
Posted by: capper | February 20, 2008 at 07:54 AM
Yes, James missed the 'really' emphasis...Watch the video...they muted when she said "really"...“For the first time in my adult life, I am REALLY proud of my country,”...
...wait, I don't think the correction made her look any better...
Posted by: tru504187211 | February 20, 2008 at 08:24 AM
It appears that Fatima (Michelle) Obama has moved from being a "Black professional" to a "Professional Black".
Posted by: James Pawlak | February 20, 2008 at 10:57 AM
It's already been refuted, tru, all over. But let's not facts get in the way.
Real class, Pawlak, real class.
Posted by: capper | February 20, 2008 at 09:57 PM
I was at the Pabst when she said it. The quote is accurate; I'm voted for Obama and I love Michelle, but she DID say it...
Posted by: shoe | February 20, 2008 at 10:48 PM