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Well if Ms Obama can say ..." for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country". So I can say ..."for the first time in my adult life I am NOT proud of my country".
Funny (strange) that this thread has now appeared. Listening to the inaugural address, yesterday, my thoughts went to this statement by our beautiful new first lady, and I too, felt that for the first time in my adult life, I am proud to be an American. Please consider that the most "important" events, on a national scale, of my adult life have been 1) the assasination of President Kennedy;
2) the assasinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and of Bobby Kennedy; and finally 3) the innaguration of President Obama. . . . maybe we are finally on an "upswing"?
Well if Ms Obama can say ..." for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country". So I can say ..."for the first time in my adult life I am NOT proud of my country".
Well ... there are millions of people in America. Each has an opinion and free speech. Congratulations. You are one of them.
But, as another one of them, I am proud to have Mr. obama as our president. It's about time we have somebody articulate, at the very least.
Well, if you want to act as unpatriotic as you think Michelle Obama was, then knock yourself out. Just be prepared to be called out by Sean Hannity
His election was not the first time I felt proud of my country, but his election, and the inauguration helped me to remember why I was proud of it in the first place. I was listening to the speech and thinking "Yes....this is why I am an American...why I'm thankful to live here, and why it IS the greatest country in the world" Because Americans as a people adhere to certain ideals--optimism, Democracy, rule of law, equality and justice and liberty--that our strength lies in our people, not solely in our leaders. Obama touched on all of those things. I didn't even vote for Obama, but it was a great address and I wish them both well. I'm happy to call him my president.
January 20, 2009: The day hope replaced fear, love replaced hate, and pride replaced prejudice.
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