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.