WAIT, WHAT? Obama: Thank God I’m a country boy.

President Obama invoked his Kansas roots Tuesday in a statement praising America’s rural areas and suggesting that coal and farm towns are fast shifting to the digital economy under his leadership.

“I’ve spent most of my life living in big cities. But the truth is, a lot of what’s shaped me came from my grandparents who grew up on the prairie in Kansas,” he said in a statement issued by the Agriculture Department.

“They taught me the kind of values that don’t always make headlines, let alone the daily back-and-forth in Washington. Honesty and responsibility. Hard work and toughness against adversity. Keeping your word, and giving back to your community. And treating folks with respect, even if you disagree with them,” he added.

The statement appears to be part of the administration’s legacy project to promote the president’s successes that aren’t obvious.

Successes that aren’t obvious.