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 Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers  TIME interviews the Dem wives Sun Jul 25 2004 10:44:25 ET New York � "We are married to strong men who are willing to be married to strong women. They expect a certain degree of honesty. And they should get what they expect from the two of us,�" Elizabeth Edwards tells TIME National Political Correspondent Karen Tumulty in an interview alongside Teresa Heinz Kerry in Colorado last Friday (featured in TIME�s issue on newsstands Mon., July 26, "What Makes John Kerry Tick?"). "I think being an effective First Lady is first of all being the partner that your husband needs. If someone undertakes a job of the magnitude of President of the United States, they need a partner who they completely trust," said Edwards, days before the Democratic National Convention which begins Monday. Heinz Kerry reflected on various First Ladies: "Laura Bush is supportive, with a sense of humor seemingly. I don�t know her well, but she seems the right wife for her husband, and I�m glad that she was there on 9/11."On Abigail Adams, "The intelligence, the support, the capability, the management. Everything. The woman was unbelievable." On Eleanor Roosevelt, "She was a woman of her own making." And Hillary Clinton, "who is more modern in the sense of wanting to be the woman politician and very focused on doing her thing seriously." About Rosalynn Carter, Heinz Kerry says, "Obviously, she�s extremely bright. I keep thinking, What would Rosalynn have done had she been Elizabeth, you know, with a law degree and literature degree? She might not have been that different, but what would she have done had she had those things? I think she�s extremely capable, and she�s been a great partner to her husband." When asked how long it takes to reach a day when she doesn�t cry about the tragic death of her 16-year-old son in 1996, Elizabeth Edwards replied, "Never. You never know when something�s going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose." Heinz Kerry told Edwards that she lost her sister at about the same age. Edwards went on to say, "On the other hand, I take great strength from the gifts I got from my relationship with my son, as I know Teresa does both from her relationship with her sister and her relationship with her first husband." Teresa Heinz Kerry responds, "You never stop loving the people that died. Never ever ever ever ever. And the best way to remember them is by doing great things. You live their memory by creating the things they would be doing." First Kerry/Edwards Photo Op: Mrs. Kerry was photographed reaching for Jack Edwards� thumb to dislodge it from his mouth. "I had one thumb-sucker and two non-thumb-suckers, and I stupidly and naively forgot I was in front of a lot of cameras. And what I was trying to do was make sure he wasn�t in the picture with a thumb in his mouth," Heinz Kerry said. Challenges on the Campaign Trail: Heinz Kerry said, "The downsides are my inability to control my weight because I�m not exercising. For peace of mind, the mindset is, stay calm, stay humble, stay strong physically, and keep a great sense of humor." Edwards said, "The bad part for me is the juggling with the children. The No. 1 thing to me is making certain that they see us enough, that we get to do things with them, and that we see them enough for our sake." |
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