Over the last week Mrs. Obama has twice stated that she was never proud of America until her husband's recent surge in the polls. Her husband has said these comments were taken out of context, but in what context could her comments possibly be justified?

Though we would never question anybody's patriotism, the comments do seem to fit into a broader pattern of anti-patriotic views. Lest the gesture be misinterpreted, Obama made a big show of his decision to stop wearing the American flag lapel pin this past fall in protest of the Iraq war.

We have 160,000 troops in Iraq and more than 20,000 in Afghanistan. The guy who wants to be their next commander in chief refuses to wear the flag they fight under, and his wife has never felt their victories to be a source of pride.