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From Rick Moran at the American Thinker:

I’m not exactly sure how much traction this story is going to get. It’s all over the internet and cable news nets which could mean Mrs. Obama’s statement that:

“[F]or the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction…”

…is a 24 hour phenomenon or this is a needle that can puncture Obama’s balloon and bring him back down from his lofty perch as Messiah and Agent of Change.

After all, there are plenty of Democrats who agree with that statement. Most Democrats were not proud of the fact that we won the cold war or liberated Kuwait or even that two ambitious African Americans like she and her husband were able to attend ivy league schools, get jobs that gave them each a 6 figure income, and allowed them to pursue their life’s ambitions.

The fact that Democrats haven’t been in power when these things were going on has a lot to do with it. But beyond that, liberals wear their shame of America like a badge of honor. It is an identifying mark - a passport into the club of smart, hip, savvy leftists whose whining denials that they hate this country are usually disproved in some spectacular way - as in Mrs. Obama’s statement above.

This story has been getting coverage, but it took a while to catch on, because many elites think themselves elevated to look down on their own country.  I can’t say that I understand this attitude coming from inside politics. Not to say that it hasn’t emanated from their for years.  I’m just saying that when a pot-smoking twenty-something hippie says that the country is “evil” one understands his position.  However when those leading and directing our nation think our country sucks shouldn’t we all say “hey wait a minute…”