Ah, the delicious taste of irony. I love it so.
:laugh: Way to get your news snippets from Fox there, Ace. First off the quote you're reaching for - taken when Ms. Obama was in my fair city - is "for the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."
She's not saying "oh man, America has fucking sucked for the last 230 years!" She's saying that for the first time in the last 25 years, she's really proud of her country. Not just proud, but
really proud. I think that's a 100% valid statement, even if you are trying to drag it out of context. I've only been an adult for 13 years now, but I really can't think of a whole mess of times where I've stood up and said to myself, "Well run my undies up a pole and call me Betsey Ross, today I am proud as **** to be an American." I can't even think of more than two. That's not to say I don't love my country - I do, tremendously - but I am often left thinking that as a nation, we could have done more or done better. And I think that Ms. Obama feels the same way.