OK, I just posted something not long ago about how intelligent (BLACK) people today can not open their mouth without someone trying to "break down" what they REALLY MEAN. Then there are the people who try and READ in-between lines where none exist. Sometimes a sentence is just what it is, a simple and direct statement of a PERSON, PLACE, THING or EVENT. Lets just look at a SIMPLE STATEMENT that Michelle Obama said recently:
"For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country," she told a Milwaukee crowd today, "because it feels like hope is making a comeback."
Now this is the SPIN the "ANALYST" got from the statement:
A lot of Republicans, and Democrats, and Independents will be surprised to learn that pre-Obama, there was no reason to be proud of America. Probably she didn't mean that. But what did she mean?
HEAR ME WHEN I SAY THIS PEOPLE
There was no distortion in Michelle Obama's words, she said what was EXACTLY on her mind. She stated that, "For the first time" she was PROUD of her country. And you know what ... MAYBE SHE WAS. No one can dictate how and when or even HOW MUCH pride a person can have living in the United States. She is a Black woman with a history that might be tragic or unforgiving, or fill with individual happy moments with no NATIONAL PRIDE? It can happen and for many People of Color and the poor, it is a reality. That w
as and is her experience to decide but like all things Media and Pundit, it has to be analyzed.
On the other hand John McCain's wife (in her SHADY BEHIND THE SCENES WAY) tried to make light of Michelle Obama's statement by saying, "I don't know about you, BUT I have always been PROUD to be an American".
Well Mrs. Cindy Hensley McCain, you may come from a place of Privilege. If you line up your family tree, I am quite sure the roots you lived sucked deep from the BLOOD of the Poor and even deeper from the practices of capitalism, segregation, discrimination and slavery. I guess you do have PRIDEFUL MOMENTS.
"For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country," she told a Milwaukee crowd today, "because it feels like hope is making a comeback."
Now this is the SPIN the "ANALYST" got from the statement:
A lot of Republicans, and Democrats, and Independents will be surprised to learn that pre-Obama, there was no reason to be proud of America. Probably she didn't mean that. But what did she mean?
HEAR ME WHEN I SAY THIS PEOPLE
There was no distortion in Michelle Obama's words, she said what was EXACTLY on her mind. She stated that, "For the first time" she was PROUD of her country. And you know what ... MAYBE SHE WAS. No one can dictate how and when or even HOW MUCH pride a person can have living in the United States. She is a Black woman with a history that might be tragic or unforgiving, or fill with individual happy moments with no NATIONAL PRIDE? It can happen and for many People of Color and the poor, it is a reality. That w
as and is her experience to decide but like all things Media and Pundit, it has to be analyzed.On the other hand John McCain's wife (in her SHADY BEHIND THE SCENES WAY) tried to make light of Michelle Obama's statement by saying, "I don't know about you, BUT I have always been PROUD to be an American".
Well Mrs. Cindy Hensley McCain, you may come from a place of Privilege. If you line up your family tree, I am quite sure the roots you lived sucked deep from the BLOOD of the Poor and even deeper from the practices of capitalism, segregation, discrimination and slavery. I guess you do have PRIDEFUL MOMENTS.
I respect what Stanley Crouch, a Moderate-Conservative Columnist of the Daily News said about the whole Michelle Obama issue. He stated, "Strong contenders too often bring out all of the worst qualities in their weaker opponents. One of the very worst qualities is hysteria and the desperation that will seek out a bucket of mud when confronted with a desert of sand. That is what we see happening with Barack Obama right now because he is drawing the kinds of criticisms that should not even be part of our politics. We must speak of him and his wife as a team since the opposition is so spooked that it will attack any target, which is why a tempest in a rusty teapot was brewed about Michelle Obama's supposed lack of patriotism." I couldn't agree more.
MICHELLE OBAMA said what was on her mind the way she wanted to say it and how she wanted to say it. Last I checked, this award winning and honored and respected certified lawyer, lecturer and spokesperson knows how to speak ENGLISH. THERE NEEDS TO BE NO BREAKING DOWN OF THE WORDS. SHE IS PROUD FOR THE FIRST TIME DAMN IT !!! Now move on and drop the NON-ISSUE. 
