Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, is under fire for leaving the impression that she hasn’t been proud of her country until now.
Speaking in Milwaukee, Wis., on Monday, she said, "People in this country are ready for change and hungry for a different kind of politics and … for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."
Obama was born in 1964, meaning her adult life began in 1982. Critics quickly seized on the newfound national pride.
"I am proud of my country," John McCain’s wife, Cindy, said at a campaign stop in Brookfield, Wis., Tuesday. "I don’t know if you heard those words earlier … but I am very proud of my country."
During a follow up press conference, the Arizona senator was asked if they were responding to Michelle Obama and he deferred to his wife.
McCain responded: "I just wanted to make the statement that I have and always will be proud of my country."
Proud Americans and Conservative Outlets.
"Can it really be there has not been a moment during that time when she felt proud of her country?" reads an article in Commentary magazine. "Forget matters like the victory in the Cold War; how about only things that have made liberals proud — all the accomplishments of inclusion? How about the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991? Or Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s elevation to the Supreme Court?"
The article then says Michelle Obama’s comments suggest "the pseudo-messianic nature of the Obama candidacy is very much a part of the way the Obamas themselves are feeling."
Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol said the comment "was sort of revealing."
"She was an adult when we won the Cold War without firing a shot. She was an adult for the last 25 years of economic progress, social progress," he told Fox News. "I think the Democrats have to be careful … they’re running against the status quo … You have to be careful not to let that slide into a kind of indictment of America. Because I don’t think the American people think on the whole that the last 25 years of American history is a narrative of despair and nothing to be proud of."
Additional reporting by Fox News
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