Michelle Obama: America is ‘Just Downright Mean’ By Noel Sheppard | March 5, 2008 - 10:29 ET As NewsBusters previously reported, the wife of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't very proud of her country. Two weeks after making her disdain for the nation clear during a campaign speech for her husband in Wisconsin, Michelle further debased America by saying that we're a country that is "just downright mean." Given how media made excuses for her comments in Wisconsin, it will be quite interesting to see just how much of her interview in the March 10th edition of The...