Proud or Ashamed?

This essay by Wretchard reminds me that at the end of the day many of us think the United States a good place and that we're comfortable with, if not proud of, being called Americans. And I also truly think that at the end of the day our President considers the United States to have been and be flawed, if not generally a wrong and bad place that is in need of major correction. And at times I get the impression that he's ashamed of his American heritage.