The media response to Mrs. Obama's comments (... her husband's campaign ... blah blah ... "the first time in her adult life that she has felt a sense of pride in her country") has mostly centered on her 'privileged background' -- which is silly. It's the spoiled, rich kids that are the pillars in the Hate-America-First crowd.

 

I don't know if she was raised on satin pillows. It's probably true. It doesn't matter to me, one way or the other.

 

I'm trying to hear what she is hinting at saying. If she is trying to say that there is nothing that makes her country great in her opinion, I would have to ask what it is that she expects. What is her husband trying to do? Why does he want to be President? He says he is for change, but that's about as much as I have been able to surmise. Does he want to feed the world? Is that something that the Mrs. could be proud of? Well, excuse me, doesn't American technology already do that? It was Americans who invented most of the major agricultural devices that made modern farming more productive than at any time in the history of the world to date. And Americans give away more food than any other country ever has. A change in that situation could only be with America doing less to help feed the world... so I don't think I want to change that.

 

Or maybe her husband is concerned about the health of the people? So who does more for the health of Americans -- the doctors who run the clinics and hospitals, or the lawyers that sue them? Which is more productive, a pharmaceutical research lab or a government regulator's office? In reality, politicians and civil servants don't do anything constructive. Many Americans care deeply about their elected leaders, not because of what they can do for us, but because of how much they can obstruct and destroy for us. This country has enjoyed a quality of life unprecedented in all of the history of the world, because of the strong Protestant work ethic and an innate distrust of all politicians. (Does anyone remember, "I'm from the Government, and I am here to help"?) Inasmuch as the government has infiltrated and regulated so many aspects of business, America is no longer the most productive country on earth. So if it is government intervention that makes Mrs. Obama proud, she should be happy with the course this country has set over the recent years, away from the individual freedoms that gave rise to the many technological marvels of our lives and towards more government regulation for all. But that doesn't seem to be working to make her proud, either.

 

Is she trying to say that she bases her pride and joy on the successes of her husband's political career? If so, she is headed over the falls in a major way. If she is to avoid a total shipwreck on the rocks at the bottom, she needs to center her life on clear principles -- not her husband's achievements nor the winds of political fortunes that change all too quickly. If she thinks that a political campaign, anyone's political campaign, matters to the dynamo of this country, she has an over-inflated sense of his worth. It is the working people, commuting, striving for excellence in ordinary lives, and coming home to read to their children, these are what makes America great.

 

Is she merely pandering to the Hate-America-First crowd for the primary season? If so, she is going to find out that millions of Americans don't like the Hate-America-First crowd -- and NO ONE likes pandering. Has she been so sheltered to think that the Far Left actually represents a serious percentage of the nation? Yes, they are vocal and, if you say the right things, you can get invited to some really swell parties. So perhaps that is what she meant; that she wants to be invited to some of the beautiful parties.