You tell them Cindy good for you !!!

I'm with Michelle all the way!!! I was NOT proud to be an American UNDER BUSH! I was ashamed of my country's leadership, Iraq, our rights being ripped away along with the Constitution. The moment I realized that Obama just might be the next President, I different. Proud. Proud of what we will show the world when we elect OBAMA. A Texan for Obama ALL THE WAY!

Obama talks alot about national health care but the rich have right offs the middle class mostly white will pay taxes to have the health care plan an the blacks an latinos will be the ones to benefit from this, no thanks. There are too many uneducated white Americans that are voting for Obama.

Bush was bad as President but McCain has moreexpreience than Obam Hillary an Busch combined

I think that Michelle made an innocent comment. I think she is just very proud of her husband. Cindy McCain should just keep her mouth SHUT the same way she has been, or somebody will start talking about her past.

Michelle shouldn't be proud of the fact she got into Princeton and Harvard through Affirmative Action, not by her grades. Stepping over qualified people is nothing to be proud of.

This just shows how cocky the OBAMAs are getting.

Why is it everyone is all for freedom of speech as long as it is speech that they like. I am 40 years old this year, and I have to say, there has not been a lot to be proud of from the office of the President for the last 22 years. Scandals and lies, promises of prosperity followed by realities of debt and despair. It is no one President's fault, but here we are. She believes in her husband and has great reason to do so. She should stand by what she said.

a liberal, i am embarrassed of those radicals who will not pledge allegiance, face the flag, wear lapel pins or feel pride for their country. the obama's can kiss my you know what. this will be only the second time in my 57 years that i vote republican. go cindy!

You can judge a politician by judging his wife.

I am sure Michelle Obama did not mean to say what everyone is making what all the news broadcast are trying make it sound like she was not patriotic,well to to even let your family be put through the scrutiny and lies I'd say you have to be very patriotic.And as for Cindy McCain she can finally step out from behind her husband to say something he will need her to help get their party behind him because he still has memebers of his party that are not totally behind him yet.He has done some flip flopping of his own.

Michelle Obama has spent all her adult life working for those who have never seen the American Dream. She's a good woman, an intelligent lawyer, and she'll make a wonderful First Lady!

After saw CNN news,Michelle Obama the day before. On Monday, she told a Wisconsin audience that
For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country, because it feels like hope is making a comeback.... not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."

I am shocked, Isn't it should be proud of your country no matter what?
this woman is hungry for power, I have really doubt that she is love this country, I can not imagine if Obama elected, what will happen next!!! I am not American but live in America, I think I love America more than her, I am not American yet, but I can not stand for this statement, I just hardly understand American voter why vote for this Obama family who even do not love their country unconditionally???

I for one am a proud American. I find it very sad that because a person invests so much hate for our president they cannot see the greatness this country has. I see greatness everyday in the people I meet in my town daily. I believe that this country is "We the people" not the president or any branch of government. I am "we the people" and find the remark very offensive.

magicspell: I wish you the very best. I know how hard it is to get in this country legally. Keep going forward and eventually it will happen. Good luck.

This is the second time I've heard Michelle Obama make a disparaging comment that sounds divisive. First, she says she'll have to think about whether she'll vote for the other democratic candidate if her husband loses in the primaries and then she says is only now proud of her country because of her husband's lead in the democratic primary. It comes off bad and she's obviously too intelligent to say these comments were a slip of the tongue. I will vote for whichever democrat wins the primaries, but the Obama camp is really starting to make feel like I will have to hold my nose before I vote if that candidate is Obama.

Why so many people still think Michelle Obama made an innocent comment???
If Obama elected she is first lady, her word will represent America.

If you are Amerian, You can point out the problems in this country, people together make this country strong, But no matter what kind of president or what kind of situation, you should always love your country.

OH, by the way I agree with you RON, You can judge a politician by judging his wife.

American voters wake up be smart, do not be a follower of media.

Powell and Obama are real good friends do not be surprised if powell is Obama's running mate.

I did not know McCains wife could even talk.

YET ANOTHER meaningless non-story.

Michelle misspoke. Big deal. We ALL know what she MEANT to convey, and we ALL know that she is NOT "unpatriotic."

Be sure to carefully examine the (hyper-partisan) motives of anyone who tries to spin this non-story otherwise.

Michelle and Cindy have the right to say whatever they feel. If one has been proud of their country forever, good for her and if the other has just become proud, good for her. In all honesty I haven't been 100% proud of this country in the past seven to ten years myself. Get a life all of you out there who has nothing better to do with your time than try to make someone look as small as you must be feeling.

Go Michelle! Cindy should really keep her mouth shut. Michelle is an Ivy League educated and accomplished woman. Who Cindy McCain? I am especially proud to be an American right now.

Ihave always been proudof my country regardless of whoever our leader is.Icanot believe what Michelle Obama said she is getting a little too sure of her self Ophelia

Cindy Lou Hensley grew up in affluent circumstances in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter and only child of James and Marguerite Hensley, who founded Hensley & Company in 1955. She attended Madison Meadows Elementary and was a rodeo queen in 1968. She went to Central High School in Phoenix. She graduated from the latter in 1972, having been a cheerleader there.

Hensley received her undergraduate degree in education and a masters in special education from the University of Southern California.She was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. There she participated in a movement therapy pilot program that laid the way for a standard treatment for severely disabled children; she published the work Movement Therapy: A Possible Approach in 1978. Declining a role in the family business, she then began a special education teaching career working with disabled children at Agua Fria High School in Avondale, Arizona.

Not to mention:
She founded and ran the American Voluntary Medical Team from 1988 to 1995, which organized trips for medical personnel to provide emergency care to disaster-struck or war-torn third-world areas.

So no, she wasn't a law student, but I would say that the use of her free time and wealth has been for a much better cause than some...

Why hasn't Cindy said anything until now? Who is she to question the patriotism of another American? Shame on her.

Once spoken,no can take back,but the comment was a shocker,as an old timer,I can't think of a Bess,Mamie or Jacqueline, making such a comment,the American in Iraq and Afganistan must wonder what thought process would produce such a comment.

This is ridiculous!

We will look at anything to try and get an edge in politics? What about talking about policy?

To tell the truth.. I am not particularly "proud" of my country when we are more concerned with minor mis-statements than we are with the issues.

ShaTry this ... Get up in front of a group of people and try NOT to stick your foot in your mouth. Judging by a lot of comments in this blog .. I think a lot of you would have trouble with that.

I am a Libertarian and with the democrats on the chopping block, I'd rather vote for the green party than a non experienced give away artist.
My vote goes to John McCain, this election is far too important for the safety of Americans and the free world to let some liberal freedom robbing democrat lead the way to the poor terrorist run country we would then give to our children.
McCain 2008.

Furthermore, Michelle founded and ran a community service organization here in Chicago. If she wasn't proud of her country, she wouldn't have devoted time and effort into bettering impoverished neighborhoods in Chicago. Last time I checked, Chicago was in the United States of America.

I remember being proud of my country as a child, but by the time we finally got out of Vietnam shame had set in. Like Michelle Obama, I have never once - no, not once - felt proud of my country since then, and I have grieved the fact that my children were brought into a decaying society. What is there to be proud of? Look at where we find ourselves - we are a country that attacks a sovereign nation without provocation. We intrude in the politics of other countries and are known as the world's bully. Our debt burden is greater than any country in the history of the world, and with more and more jobs being shipped out, we are going to have to pay that debt by delivering pizza to one another, as a famous comic once said. Need I go on? Oh, yeah, there are those of you who will say we are the most generous people in the world - never mind the fact that many countries give a greater percentage of their gross than we do. Our health care costs more than anyone else's and our infant mortality is higher than some. And I'm just getting started. Our young women walk down the street dressed like only hookers would dress in the '60's. We need to examine our values individually and societally and commit to building a new America, and we can do it. Obama offers the inspiration we need, and I'm slowly overcoming my own cynicism as I listen to him speak.

Michelle Obama should have kept her big mouth shut. It is a disgrace for a person her age and who has used the freedoms of this country to stand up and say that the only time she has ever been proud of this country is when her husband is running for President.
God Help Us if he were to somehow win.
He he gets the Democratic Nomination most democrats will be voting for Mcain. Which is even worse than Bush.

Throughout the inglorious reign of George W. Bush, I have remained exceptionally proud of my country -- of its citizens, its soldiers, its first-responders, and its remarkable, sustained goodwill and compassion toward all humankind -- but I have been UTTERLY APPALLED, DISMAYED and OUTRAGED at the corruption, malfeasance, incompetence and illegality of my BushCheneyRove federal government.

Cindy should've kept her mouth shut! Who is she to question the patriotism of another American?

Yeah, I too am very proud of a country that invaded a sovereign nation over a lie. Yeah, and oh so proud of a country that let a city like New Orleans sit and fester while people died and the culture that once was there has been changed forever. Cindy McCain, of course she can be proud of her country, when you have all the advantages at her age. I bet she never had to worry about what drinking fountain to use or being able to sit inside a restaurant back in the 50s and 60s or riding in the back of a bus or wondering when the next cross was going to be burned on her grandparent's lawn. I bet she could always walk right through the front door of a hotel. I bet she never got called the n-word for no damn reason right ?

"I've been proud of my country !!" Yes great words, depending on your honesty and your personal experience in this country.

Michelle is Ungrateful for the opportunities America gave her. The Obamas should move to a country that they are proud of. Good Riddance!!!!!

People are saying that Michelle does not love her country. Can anyone tell me where she said she did not LOVE America. You can not be proud of something and still love it. If your child gets caught stealing...you are not proud he/she done that but you still love them. Let's not try to spin this into something that she did not mean.

I love this country, but I've not been proud to exchange my increasingly worthless dollars for euros and other currencies. Thanks to Bush's war that has saddled us with massive budget deficits, we've flooded the world with our dollars. Are you proud of that Cindy McCain?

Even When Carter was President and we were in despare as a nation, I was still proud of my country. I wonder, shouldn't Michelle be proud that we won the cold war....we are sending billions to Africa for AIDS relief....we defeated communism and the Berlin wall came down freeing millions. I think the only reason she feels pride is that she sees a real chance for power.

Cindy was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She can't relate to the average American who doesn't live a priviledged life. How dare she question Michelle's patriotism?

Michelle Obama's comments were incredibly stupid, but I think they reflect the attitude of the average IVY LEAGUE graduate. She and her fellow elites enjoy all of the advantages that our free, capitalist society provides, yet they have nothing but contempt for the country that has given them these blessings.

Her husband Barry is unbearably arrogant, and most dangerously, is unconsciously incompetent - he is honestly too stupid to realize how much he doesn't know. Beyond that, anyone who believes he can "heal the country's soul" is not to be trusted.

Some of these posts are missing the statement...first time she is proud in her wholde 40 PLUS years not in the last 8 years under Bush. That kind of scares me. I am 40 plus, and there have been countless times I was a proud American. She shouldn't be in OUR WHITE HOUSE IF that is her true beliefs.

I hope Michelle Obama meant otherwise, but seeing how she has not yet corrected the interpretation, it would appear the interpretation is correct.

If she prefers another country she should go there along with others. We have our faults, but what a terrible comment to make.

I have lived outside the country and European government is far inferior. This is the greatest nation on Earth and nothing less.

Just an inoccent mistake my fanny! Fifty years ago, she and her husband would have been dropped by their party that afternoon, black or white. This isn't about race. It's about America hating liberals getting away with murder. But take heart America. We didn't have to listen to that peach of a person Mrs. Heinz after the last elections were over. Same thing with this America hating peice of work.

I think we can all say that at times we have been dissapointed in our country. Doesn't mean we don't love and respect our country WE just have the courage and the intelligence unlike some people (many whom seem to be on this post) to recognize that there are many areas in which this country needs to improve and should work hard to do so.

I have always been proud to be America even though having felt G Bush tobe a real looser. If this is the best Ms Obama can do we surley do not her as a first lady!!!!!

It pains me to hear Ms. McCain interject herself into the debate in such a personal way. Please pass the Percocet.

Words, just words - this is the first time in my adult life that I am proud of my country - words, just words? Inspirational isn't it!

good for you cindy that little spoiiled wife of obama and her 1.6 million dollar house she is A DISGRACE TO ALL YOU HAVE FOUGHT SO HARD AND WORKED SO HARD FOR A BETTER LIFE IN AMERICA AND ALL YOU FOOLS THAT TRY TO ARGUE HER CAES SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID SHE NEEDS TO GO LIVE IN KENYA THEY WILL STRIGHTEN HER UNGRATEFUL SELF OUT

Michelle gave away her true feelings. She's been ashamed to be an American. Thank God that previous generations of Americans had more integrity than that. I am proud to be an American. I am ASHAMED of HER.

Every once in awhile liberals give a fredian slip (i.e. Kerry & the "dumb military) saying what we all know they truly feel inside. Thanks Michelle for the glimpse into your ungrateful spirit. America has been good to you, too bad you wouldn't be good for America...as first lady.

Ciao and good riddance

While she loves her country, Barack Obama supporters have to admit that Michelle Obama mouth got ahead of her brain.

Michelle Obama's "For the first time in my adult lifetime I am really proud of my country", not only alienate some Democrats but "fire up and ready to go" those reluctant conservatives to vote for war hero John McCain.

The Cindy McCain incident is an example of how the Republicans will use Michelle Obama statement to motivate their conservative base with 30 seconds commercials whether is fair or not.

I can't believe I'm saying this but this woman Michelle is actually making Hillary look good.

Michelle unintentionally misspoke -- you know, just like Junior Bush has every hour on the hour for the last 7.5 years.

Cindy *intentionally* inserted herself quite awkwardly and unconvincingly into the middle of this pathetic non-story to score cheap political points.

But at the end of the day, it truly matters not; those who'll buy into this claptrap are either hardcore Clintoneers, or they planned to vote for George W. McCain anyway.

She can't claim it was a slip of the tongue because she said it in two different speeches, AND in one of the speeches she left out the word "really" in front of "proud."

Michelle's true colors coming out. I'm sure her husband feels the same way. I don't want him to be a senator, much less the President.

Hey Michelle, I'll help you pack your bags out of the country. MILLIONS of people around the world would be PROUD to live here, which is why they flock here daily. They'll gladly switch places with you. And don't let the door hit you on the way out as you find that other country better than the U.S.

Sorry, but her choice of words were offensive. Regardless of who has been President, the pride of being American has never been a question. Maybe she should look inward, the problem may be there.

This could be the fastest deconstruction of a political candidate in modern history. Bribing super delegates, plagiarism, insulting the country - all in the last three days. Yes you can!

Michelle shouldn't have said that, but it will pass, I think. In the general election, the Republicans will try to use it, and if it goes anywhere, Obama will make an appeal to McCain to keep wives out of it - keep the attacks on him. Obama comes out looking like the guy defending his wife. So the issue becomes a wash.

Yes, as a Princeton & Harvard grad being a senator's wife with a beautiful home, I'd be very ashamed to be an American too. *snort*

As soon as I heard Mrs. Obama's glib remark, I thought, "that's why you don't want newbie Dems in office." Because they'll make remarks like this, that the nutjob right can sooooo easily attack. If Obama gets in, it's going to be 4 long years of him stepping into freshman traps like this. How could she say something this dumb, even if she believes this "is the first time she's proud of her country?" Is she really so hopelessly naive about what can and can't be expressed in the post-Bush era? Go home Mrs. Obama, take the hint that loudmouth harpie Teresa Heinz-Kerry didn't, and shut the hell up. Stupid, STUPID remark!

Thank you Michelle for ending your husband's presidential career. Say hello to President John McCain!! : )

I'm listening to John's speech. Yawn. 100 years in Iraq. We should be proud of that. Let's see if we can afford that with our worthless dollar.

*Please* fellow Obama supporters, resist the Clintonian/Republican urge to "go low" on Cindy McCain's issues. Respect her privacy.

Don't sink to their level. It doesn't reflect well upon us, or, by extension, our candidate.

Even though our opponents are attempting speciously to create an "issue" over Michelle Obama where no "issue' actually exists, we must not permit ourselves to be dragged into the muck with them.

So Michelle wasn't proud during the Clinton years? LOL!!

Go figure, the Democrats are favoring a guy who doesn't respect the flag and his wife who apparently doesn't like her country. What perfect role models for today's Democratic Party!

Can we question their patriotism now? Except how can you question something that doesn't exist?

Americans don't want a geriatric president who has violent panic seizures like McCain. Even his close friends have said they don't want his finger on the Nuclear Button. He's already showing signs of Alzheimers like Reagan. McCain is just a senile version of Bush Jr...and Americans won't go down THAT road.

The bigger problem is that Michelle Obama made the similar statement again and again On Feb 3rd, at the big rally which several famous famale campaigned for Obama, Michelle said " in my memory, our life has never been really good, no matter with Republican presidents or Democratic presidents". What she tried to say is no presidents were good, only her husband will be the best. Do we believe her? I believe she's funny and shallow by saying this.

Michelle put down her country and the libs are defending and praising her. ALL Cindy said was she was proud of her country and they're raking her over the coals.

Welcome to modern day liberals and their sick *cough* "logic." LOLOLOL

Put some butter on Obama, cuz he's toast. Thanks Michelle! (and the GOP never had to spend a dime!)

Michelle Obama can speak in complete sentences. McCain's Stepford Wife could not.

Ohhhh, so Cindy McCain is taking the holier than thou route? Maybe she shouldn't have dated a married man....oh yeah, and maybe she shouldn't have stolen drugs from charity to support her habit....maybe then she could throw a few stones. Shut up Cindy, you're an idiot.

Listen to these Republicans crowing here. Seven years of corruption, incompetence, failure, and daily scandal under Bush Jr and the GOP...not a SINGLE accomplishment...and they STILL think they're right. What delusional freaks.

Hey Jill, I think you'd better hold the "butter," because Obama just swept Wisconsin....

The GOP can save millions in advertising dollars. Just let Michelle keep talking!!

Mark, he's toast in the general election. TOAST! But nice try.

The Democrats can save millions in advertising dollars. Just let Jill keep posting!!

I love my country. I love the U.S.A. I love Cindy McCain. She's so elegant and sophiticated.

Mouth Piece Michelle... For some reason, this broad is reminding people of the obnoxious Theresa Heinz Kerry.. Remember First Lady wannabe, John Kerry's Blabbing Wife, whose vocal public appearances were all but shut down by the Kerry campaign. Before it's over, I predict the same fate for Mrs Obamanation..She is even more Radical..

The only thing old Barbara Bush ever said that all Americans agreed with: "George is an idiot."

Michelle is a ticking time bomb - get her off the stage and shut her the hell up if we want to win. This is a PR disaster.

Oh yeahhhh, the McCains are a fine example of right wing morality.
McCain was still married and living with his wife in 1979 while, according to The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, he was "aggressively courting a 25-year-old woman who was as beautiful as she was rich." McCain divorced his wife, who had raised their three children while he was imprisoned in Vietnam, then launched his political career with his new wife's family money.

Well, yeah, Jill, on this point I have to agree with you. Too many Democrats regrettably turned a blind eye to Clintonian subterfuge too often not to admit it now.

Ah well...better late than never.

Now, when can we expect YOU to begin admitting the truth of our many claims and grievances against GW Bush and his former rubber-stamp GOP congress? : )

Let me get this straight - Cindy (not running for president) is bad because she was addicted to drugs, but Obama (who is actually running for POTUS) is okay even though he was a big drug user.

Got it. LOLOLOL

Jeanette, Jeanette, Jeanette, calm down. Geeze, all Cindy said was she was proud to be an American. She nor her husband said a thing about Michelle.

Go check your blood pressure, you're losing it.

I'm tired of liberals not being proud to be Americans. If you're not proud of this country, don't run for President.

I've never posted before, but I feel I have to say something. I think what Obama said sounded wrong, but I don't think she meant it that way....what's the saying..."think before you speak," well, she didn't and now it's been turned into a big deal. And about McCain, I think that there isn't one person in this entire country that has been squeaky clean in their life. If there is, they must be a robot and not human. But then again, a robot would be created by a human, so once again, we're back to no one being perfect.

The things that I've noticed with this country of ours, which I'm proud of, especially for our soldiers who fight for our freedom, no matter what the cost or how they feel...they do their job and I stand behind them! The problem is that we, as a people, think that we have to be liberal or conversative, not in between. I haven't seen one candidate yet who has stood for the middle class. It's always been either for the poor or the rich, and the middle class always having to pay for everyone else. Why is that? Then you wonder why there are so many people in this country that don't want to work and provide for their kids....why should they when they can get so much for free?? And the worst thing is that children are having to pay for it...their future in our hands...Democratic or Republican...think about the people who are paying the taxes the most in this country and give the middle class a break for once. Wishful thinking on my part....I'll just be prepared in paying even MORE taxes to cover those who don't put in, or for those who have so much money, that we cover for them, too, because they pay people to find loopholes for them.