Michelle Obama, Was It Unintentional?

Michelle_ObamaThe comment from Sen. Barack Obama’s wife sounds to be unintentional, but it has triggered up oppositions to launch their attack on superbly surging Obama campaign.

Stumping for her husband Michelle Obama let out a comment that invited a lot of fire from oppositions.

Addressing a Milwaukee audience on Monday, Michelle Obama said, “For 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.”

Reacting to Lady Obama’s comment on Tuesday in Brookfield, Cindy McCain, wife of GOP candidate John McCain, said to the crowd, “I’m proud of my country. I don’t know about you — if you heard those words earlier — I’m very proud of my country.”

Mr. McCain said, “I don’t think we have any comment on that, do we? Do you have any comment?” To which Mrs. McCain said, “I just wanted to make the statement that I have, and always will be, proud of my country.”

Mickey Kaus, at the liberal online magazine Slate, wrote, "She sure seems to have a non-trivial chip on her shoulder."

The comment also had a strong reaction from conservatives. National Review's Jim Geraghty called the remark "strikingly ungracious." John Podhoretz at Commentary said, it reflects a view that America is "only occasionally good."

Defending Mrs. Obama, Obama campaign spokesman, Bill Burton said in a statement that Mrs. Obama’s words were taken out of context. He stated, “Of course Michelle is proud of her country, which is why she and Barack talk constantly about how their story wouldn’t be possible in any other nation on Earth,” he said. “What she meant is that she’s really proud at this moment because for the first time in a long time, thousands of Americans who’ve never participated in politics before are coming out in record numbers to build a grass-roots movement for change.”

Defended his wife on Texas radio, Barack Obama said, "What she meant was, this is the first time that she's been proud of the politics of America," he said. "She has seen large numbers of people get involved in the process, and she's encouraged."