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Originally Posted by dellinger63
I understand and know some people would actually think the statement, “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.” is patriotic. I'm not one of them.
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people can be patriotic without being proud, can't they? i wasn't exactly bubbling over with pride when george bush was doing his thing. i'm proud of my country without being proud of some of my so-called leaders.
do this-think where michelle obama is coming from. all her life she's most likely had to deal with both racism and sexism (whereas i've only dealt with the latter). can you see where her witnessing a woman having a dammed good change at being prez(clinton), and her minority husband winning the same election could make her more proud than she has ever been? or a reason to feel true pride? she's finally seeing a country that says land of the free, everyone is equal, actually come through in a huge way.