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If you need a president to make you proud of the country then the country isn't worth being proud of anyway.
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Hmmm. Its a bit more complicated isn't it? If you are truly a swell people in a representational republic, worthy of a sense of pride, yet misrepresented at best, incompetently and dangerously around the globe for years, you have a duty to change it. That's where the pride of country comes in... a peoples' civic ability to peacefully alter their government to best represent their values and interests.
Its messy but its worth working on. See, on levels big and small, that's why most people get up in the morning and go to work. They somehow manage to balance the cynicism with a little hope.
As to amieecc good comments- I'm convinced of depth and ability beyond Obama's pretty face and rhetoric. But a lot of my friends are desperate for their best shot at universal healthcare and are solid for Clinton. I can understand that.