That was the question asked of Senator McCain at a recent fundraiser. It seems like it was a joke about Michelle Obama’s earlier gaffe about it being the first time she was proud of her country(which she later expounded upon and clarified.) However, Senator McCain didn’t pick up the reference and gave a more sincere answer than might have been expected:
“I’ll admit to you that it’s tough, it’s tough in some respects,”
He continued to explain that part of why the questioner should be proud of America is all of the sacrifices that Americans have made over the years and:
“because of you and what you’ve been able to achieve and accomplish.”
I’m surprised that McCain didn’t take the easy way out on this question and simply mock Michelle’s gaffe to further use patriotism as a political point and I have to give him credit for that. I’m sure that he’ll use it again eventually and when he does I’ll call him on it, but on this specific point I’m actually impressed.
Inspired by this article on Politico.
Here’s the audio of the “I’ll admit to you that it’s tough, it’s tough in some respects,” portion of his statements.
