When he was still running for president, John Edwards invited voters to judge him in part on his personal life.
Edwards make his comments in an interview with Katie Couric that was broadcast on 60 Minutes in March 2007. Edwards appeared on the news magazine after his wife, Elizabeth Edwards announced her cancer had returned. Couric asked the couple whether they worried that people would assume they were trying to win sympathy votes. Edwards responded.
Here's what I would say about that.
First of all, there's not a single person in America that should vote for me because Elizabeth has cancer. Not a one. If you're considering doing it, don't do it. Do not vote for us because you feel some sympathy or compassion for us. That would be an enormous mistake. The vote for the presidency is far too important for any of those things to influence it.
But, I think every single candidate for president, Republican and Democratic have lives, personal lives, that indicate something about what kind of human being they are. And I think it is a fair evaluation for America to engage in to look at what kind of human beings each of us are, and what kind of president we'd make.
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The definition of "fair play" is.....
"Fair play" is like beauty……it is in the eye of the beholder.
And the News and Observer…… being the bastion of information in the Carolinas…….being a beacon of light on a stormy sea…………being the bulwark of freedom of speech in the Southeastern United States……being the great hope of Carolinians……………well, they had a responsibility to report on our favorite son, our former Senator, our former Vice Presidential candidate, our former Presidential candidate.
And the News and Observer stepped up to the plate. They reported the story through the hail of arrows of panged indifference, or something. The News and Observer showed why they are the pride of the southeast.
The N & O:
“They may never win another race but they will always be my nag,
They may never print another newspaper but they will always be my rag.”
It is news. Pretty big news coming just before the convention. The story will probably stop dead in it’s tracks when we can all agree on what the definition of “fair play” is…….....