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Michelle Obama, Feeling Proud and Getting Dissed for It

Over on Kausfiles, Mickey Kaus is giving Michelle Obama a hard time. Here's her full quote (or watch here):

"What we have learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback. And let me tell you something—for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I've seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues, and it's made me proud."

Mickey says that John Podhoretz may be right to say this suggests that the Obama campaign sees America as fundamentally flawed and occasionally good, rather than the other way around. That seems like a stretch to me, but, OK, I see the argument. What I don't get is Mickey's next speculation: "If Michelle Obama's default position is set to 'Aggrieved,' it also suggests something personal, no? Maybe, like many strong wives, she wonders why her husband is the one on the top of the family ticket. ... "

With all due respect, Whaa? Why default to the gender-driven, Lady Macbeth explanation for which there is no evidence? Seems utterly unhelpful to me. Mickey, am I missing something?