Elizabeth Edwards on C-SPAN live now.

[dogtag]

Live call in session follows her speech.

edited to add: editors talk about endorsements while they wait for Mrs. Edwards.

[chimpymustgo]

1. Kick for must-see tv!

nt

[Cha]

2. Thanks for heads up..I wanted to

watch this from when I saw about on the bottom of the screen at Kerry's rally in Pueblo, yesterday.

[chimpymustgo]

3. She's on now.

Smooth as silk. yet down to earth.

[Robert Oak]

4. She should run for office, really exceptional skills and brain

[dogtag]

6. Let's see Laura do a Town Hall meeting! Ha!

[sonicx]

9. that would be hilarious

"mrs bush, how will the president recover the million jobs he lost?"

"...hunt down the terrists"

[spooky3]

36. tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts

[DianeG5385]

5. It looks like her eye is bugging her.

Contacts?

[chimpymustgo]

7. Mascara (which she rarely wears)?

Eyes seem to be okay now. Maybe she had to adjust to the lights.

[jmowreader]

147. If mascara's the problem, she better adapt quick!

She's going to be spending a lot of time on television these next sixteen to twenty-four years--imagine a progression from John Kerry to John Edwards to Elizabeth Edwards.

[dogtag]

Elizabeth has an unfortunate haircut. Don't think it's

a top priority for her. I think it's hair getting into her eye.

[Robert Oak]

14. both her and Teresa have terrible haircuts n/t

[hexola]

96. What is with her right eye?

Like her eye socket is all swollen...maybe bad lighting.

[Lilli]

8. Hows she doing? I cant watch...

[chimpymustgo]

10. Fabulously. She's so warm and relaxed and knowledgeable.

Taking questions - explaining how Kerry will fix No Child Left Behind.

[sonicx]

11. excellent, she just talked about NCLB and Kerry's post-vietman activism.

[dogtag]

12. Lilli, she just announced that the Town Hall participants can

ask her any question on any subject. Does that give you an idea of how she's doing? She's da bomb, baby.

[Lilli]

16. Awesome...I've never heard her speak....I feel gyped :)

[jean]

13. Listen now online and still surf DU - here's the c-span url for those

who don't know it:

www.c-span.org

Elizabeth is on C-span 1 right now!

[dogtag]

17. Thanks for the link.

I have a USB TV on my puter screen. Best thing I ever did was to buy that little gizmo. Now I can type, surf and watch at the same time! With your link I can watch two C-SPAN channels. Heaven.

[Lilli]

21. Thanks!

[seabeyond]

15. amazed how we always go to womans looks.

hm...........

[dogtag]

18. This time it's not fair to bring up 'looks'....we were commenting

on the fact that her eye was obviously bothering her.

[TheDonkey]

26. Not so fast!

;)

To be fair, when I discuss J Kerry and J Edwards on TV I mention their look, and I see it discussed as well. With TV communication looks matter, if someones orange, tired looking, hair is all over the place, slouching, snarling, scowling.

I think DU is concerned with looks somewhat just like all Americans (humans).

Elizabeth is doing very well keeping her cool, even though she always sounds a bit nervous to me. Very smart lady.

[sonicx]

30. i notice that she's a bit nervious too, but she's doing 100 times better

than i would. :)

[spooky3]

51. She talks quickly because she's trying to get so much info in

Exactly what Jon Stewart was begging for--let them tell us about their positions and give us the info, don't shout over them. She's got so much ground to cover, no thanks to the sound bite media and/or short attention span public.

[nostamj]

19. I look forward to her two terms as First Lady!

she's extraordinary!

[sonicx]

20. you mean 2nd lady right?

[nostamj]

23. no, I mean First Lady when Edwards is President!

in eight years.... ;-)

[dogtag]

32. Maybe SHE should be president!

[dogtag]

22. She's explaining junk lawsuits better than anyone

has done it. She speaks so logically and organizes her facts like a good lawyer without sounding lawyerly. It's a gift she shares with her husband.

[Riddler]

24. What a great explanation linking insurance profits to stock market,

and saying when stock market is down, they increase premiums to boost profits.

[dogtag]

25. Yep. She hit it out of the ballpark.

It's a shame that people don't have a clue how it all works. She also explained jury awards very well.

[Riddler]

27. Wow!!!! She's great!

I say we have debate between Pickles and Theresa, and another between Elizabeth and that venomous bitch Lynne. If that doesn't ice it for Kerry-Edwards, then the people are absolute morons.

[TheDonkey]

28. very good explanation

[Reciprocity]

29. Thanks it's great. n/t

[sonicx]

31. LOL, she did the 'fool me once" line with perfect ease

take that, ****!! :D

[Lilli]

33. Good grief. She's amazing.

Such clear explanations. :)

[dogtag]

35. Are we wondering if she's saying anything that the

repukes can twist around? They are so desperate now, they'll use any little snippet.

[Lilli]

40. The only thing I can see that they could use

is that shes TALKING at all. "Shes just a wife yadayadayada."

She seems to be right on target. I havent heard anything they can grab.

[Tanuki]

34. She rocks!

Great quote from her granny..."The intent to deceive is the same as a lie!" And she nails both Bush and Laura with that one! She is incredibly smart and delivers a knockout punch with casual grace and and without seeming the least bit mean-spirited.

[spooky3]

38. welcome to DU, Tanuki! And I agree, EE is wonderful.

[sonicx]

37. ack, who let the freeper in?

"why would liberals be bad for the country?"(paraphrase)

[dogtag]

39. She had a hat on with a 'cross out' Bush button.

[sonicx]

41. oh, ok. i didn't see that. odd question, tho.

[dogtag]

43. Think she was trying to be helpful by giving

EE a chance to debunk Librul since it's become Shrub main talking point.

[Gin]

45. she's articulate...intelligent....and her hair looks good to me....

She makes so much sense.

[spooky3]

46. She and John are clones--many of the same skills--please run for ofc,

Elizabeth. You are a treasure.

[TheDonkey]

42. No, I think she's just trying to embrace the liberal label

like why are we villainizing liberals, whats so bad about them?

answer: nothing.

She's doing a good job answering how labels don't work all the time. But getting really excited about blasting bush haha, she's going everywhere now.

[spooky3]

44. Explained that * has NOT protected them from attacks on chemical

plants because the chem. companies pushed back to preserve their profits rather than pay for security and * allowed it.

Very clear and convincing.

[chimpymustgo]

47. Now on Medicare. Kicking *'s sorry behind.

How Kerry will fund health care for seniors, for veterans.

This pResident has not kept the promise made to veterans.

Her breadth and depth of knowlege on these varied issues is a joy to listen to.

[dogtag]

49. This should be on primetime TV, dammit.

Can you imagine if the average voter could see this instead of just the small audience watching C-SPAN on a Sunday afternoon?

[spooky3]

52. you're so right

[TheDonkey]

48. just destoryed bush with Veteran Affairs facts

shocking stuff, needs to be talked about more often.

[dogtag]

50. She MUST have a real role in the new administration, she's

way too good to only do ribbon cutting ceremonies.

[chimpymustgo]

53. Unlike Pickles, Teresa and Elizabeth will be a real force for good.

I would love to see them work on public schools - especially right here in the District.

But you can be sure they'll be doing more than reading books and smoking cigarettes.

[Cha]

54. Elizabeth knows her stuff and she has

a compelling way to present her case. She is on FIRE!

I really liked how she answered the woman who asked about the repugs showing ads about "Kerry and the Liberals running the Country".

The repukes Demonize the word "liberal" cause they can't deomonize the policies!

Talk about what wives say..Elizabeth has called bush a liar today on many occasions!

[dogtag]

56. The repukes will no doubt diss her for not sticking to

womens issues! How horrible, Elizabeth can expound on any subject...all those man things! She's so not Stepford. How awful!

[Cha]

60. Elizabeth is Brillliant!

I had an inkling of this but no idea what in depth she knows!

That's why I wanted to see this so badly!

Call in questions now!

[spooky3]

77. nasty Rethug caller just said EE should be told to keep her

answer to 10-20 words maximum for "how are you going to pay for ..."

[Blue_Roses]

99. I heard that --what a snot

obvious republican who's intimidated by EE. :mad:

[MADem]

86. How can they?

Evil Lynne, the gay loathing mother of a gay child and author of a steamy lesbians-on-the-frontier novel, kept her job at the Dungeons of Evil, aka Heritage, and no one said SHE had to stick to women's issues!

[Robert Oak]

55. Jesus Christ, Elizabeth Edwards for Pres! (Future)

She is just nailing it, killing it...

look at this, she's so dead on, completely knowledgable...

this is no 'wife' ...this is a politician in her own right!

[blueblitzkrieg]

58. No kidding.

I'd love to see her go into politics. She's so damn smart and she gets it. And she knows how to articulate it so well. She'd get my vote! Go Liz.

[dogtag]

59. Stay tuned for the live call in.

They make take a short break before she starts, perhaps in a different location than the hall.

[Cha]

57. "Why Aren't kids allowed to vote?"

HOw Adorable!

Vote for your kids best interest!!

[sonicx]

61. lol, there was a lady that dissed lynn cheney.

[dogtag]

62. The crowd loves her.

[blueblitzkrieg]

63. LOL Anyone hear that?

A lady told Elizabeth, "You're wonderful, I doubt Lynne Cheney could do what you did."

Liz: "Oh I don't know, she's a very bright woman."

Lady: "I don't think so." HEE!

Another woman told Liz she would like to see her as president.

The people love her!

[Cha]

64. And the one who said she had more

respect for Elizabeth's husband now! LOL!

[dogtag]

65. I've been impressed with Elizabeth all along, but

she outdid herself today. We need to get the word out for people to see the re-run. I can never figure out the C-SPAN schedule, dammit.

[spooky3]

67. Mature gentleman said "first task of John-John is to put you in an

important position in this administration!" He was great!

[Cha]

70. She had a good answer..my

first job is being a mother!

[spooky3]

71. and I think he said "we need you too!"

[dogtag]

75. Call in coming up NOW.

In an adjoining office.

[Cha]

80. I turned it off...I need to process what Eliazbeth said

and be on DU without hearing bush supporters whine.

The first caller was from Texas I believe and she was very happy with Elizabet from what she heard cause she had been out canvassing all day!

The caller said you could tell that the wives of Kerry and Edwards were really interested in helping the people in our Country and not just in it for the politics and power.

[sonicx]

68. funny as hell

[dogtag]

66. Live Call In # 202-737-0002 (Kerry supporter)

[Cha]

69. The republican man said he was voting

for Kerry/Edwards~!

[dogtag]

74. A physician just told Eliabeth that she gave the

best explanation of stem cell research he's ever heard from a layman.

[Cha]

82. I heard that...the best explanation for

a lay audience! I know it was good for me!

[sonicx]

76. can you imagine a bush person taking random questions and calls?

they'd fold into cocoon.

[Malva Zebrina]

72. I cannot believe Elizabeth Edwards--she is a treasure

in the greatest of all degrees. She is fantastic. I never heard her before--this is pure gold. What a woman!

[spooky3]

79. it just feels good to listen to her, doesn't it?

[Cha]

87. Yes! I was getting very excited knowing

she and Edwards as Vice President and 2nd Lady and Kerry as President and Teresa as First Lady are going to be running our Country!

[spooky3]

73. Someone tell the Crossfire dopes--THIS is what Jon Stewart begged for.

To invite campaigners to come on and explain without being shouted over why their ticket should be supported. Give them tough questions and follow ups. Treat them with respect. And LISTEN.

[Homerr]

78. Kick for EE, she rocks!

[dogtag]

81. A caller just accused EE of reading from cue cards.

yeah, right. Didn't we all see those big cue cards?

[sonicx]

83. yes, evil liberal talking points. bush and co talk off the cuff.

:eyes:

[Cha]

84. See post # 80..this is what I'm talking

about!

They are so freakin' jealous they can't see straight!

[Lilli]

85. They were magic Cue Cards...Only Repubs can see em.

[Cha]

89. Like they "see" bush isn't

an idiot!

[spooky3]

88. I'm sure EE would trade her cue cards for *'s earpiece and "lump"

on his back.

[Digit]

90. I heard that, too...he obviously did not watch her!

[Lilli]

91. Re-broadcast 930 and 1230 tonite EST

[faithnotgreed]

139. thanks lilli - i missed it but it sounds tremendous

[blueblitzkrieg]

92. She's taking questions now!!! n/t

[blueblitzkrieg]

95. Awww,

Some lady called in and said her Kerry sign was stolen this morning and she was bummed but then she turned on the tv and saw Elizabeth speaking and it boosted her spirits. :D

[evilqueen]

93. freepers calling in with their lies

but I think the kerry supporters are outnumbering them.

Elizabeth Edwards was phenomenal... very smart, very aware of what's going on and what people are concerned about. Not afraid to talk to regular people, unlike the repukes whose "rallies" are carefully screened.

Oh, now the on-air call-in with EE is on.

[Digit]

94. Thank You for the head's up...DU is great for this!

She really expounded on so many topics. Quite the intelligent lady and so able to explain things in simple terms.
The people were totally into her and K/E's message.
It almost brought a tear to my eye.

[Gloria]

97. She is the secret star of this campaign...she would have done really well

down here in Southern NM....Teresa may have been a bit too "high brow" although the group thought she was great. But she gets slammed constantly in our "Sound-off" column by the general public. Eliz. Edwards has the military family background, too.

[dogtag]

98. What the hell polls was the host using? *ss 12 points up?

[sonicx]

100. NC polls i think he said. I've seen some that are pretty close.

[Blue_Roses]

101. She is such a wonderful asset and role model for women

As I listen to her, I am so mesmerized at her ability to not only do the hardest job in the world--mother--but also to educate herself and advocate for those in need. She needs a spot someone in the Kerry administration.

[sonicx]

102. she put the smackdown on a freeper

"why do you make up lies about our president bringing back a draft?" :eyes:

[Cha]

103. What was the smackdown?

I turned it off..but would like to hear if there are any good comments by Kerry supporters OR good smackdowns by Elizabeth..Please?

[Lilli]

105. She talked about the pentagon

studies that have been done re the possibility of a draft, and also about the backdoor draft. Said the President says its an all voulenteer army but the fact that people are being recalled, and not allowed to leave when their service is done makes it NOT all vols.

[dogtag]

108. DUer just spoke! EE praises DU. Yippee!

[951]

104. Heres what was really said....

>> Caller: Hi, I'm an
18-year-old student at columbia
college, chicago and relieved to
be on the air.
You never really hear any
teenagers call in.
I do support our president,
george bush.

My question for you,
mrs. Edwards is, how do you feel
about the democratic party going
into the film industry, like mtv
and make up lies about george
bush, like how he has
legislation out for the draft.
Because that's not true and that
really upsets me.

>> Thank you, caller.

>> I thank you for calling and
I'm really delighted to have an
18-year-old call.

I know that my daughter, who is
22, the heinz and the kerry
children, as well as the bush
girls, are out trying to
communicate with young people
about why this election is
important.

Now, i try to be as honest as i
know how to be.

I don't think the president has
proposed legislation to congress
for a draft, but the pentagon,
his pentagon has done a study
with respect to the degree to
which we're going to need a
draft.

The president talks all the time
about it, an all-volunteer army
but doesn't have an
all-volunteer army today.

He has stop loss orders and what
that means is when somebody's in
the military there's a period of
time, when they might be
eligible to get out, but the
army can say, I'm sorry, we need
you a little longer so instead
of getting out december 30th,
you're going to maybe get ou
next december 30th or two years
from now.

Those stop loss orders are
keeping people in the military,
involuntarily.

I was in sandusky, ohio and read
a newspaper story, i was so
surprised to read it, a man who
had been retired from the
military for eight years had
been called back to the military
and showed a picture of him
sitting at his son's high school
football game.

The man was 58 years old.
We don't have an all-volunteer
army right now and though you'd
like to think it's not true,
this department of defense,
george bush's department of
defense has been investigating
the possibility of a draft.

You are right, that he has not
made that proposal, but it is
wrong to assume that it is
impossible for him to do so and
also for him wrong to continue
so say he has an all-volunteer
army when that is clearly not
the case.

[spooky3]

106. woohoo! Caller just brought up DU!

[spooky3]

109. EE says she reads DU and gets great info here!

[blueblitzkrieg]

107. A caller from Nevada just mentioned Democratic Underground!!!

Fess up, who are you? lol

[evilqueen]

116. woohoo

Yeah, who was the caller?

EE reads this board!

[Lilli]

110. Someone just plugged DU and Elizabeth just said

she reads here as well :)

[Digit]

111. She reads DU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cerridwen]

112. Caller from Nevada - RIGHT HERE!!!!

How'd I do, I was freaking shaking.

[blueblitzkrieg]

113. You did awesome!

Thanks for telling Liz that you appreciate strong, smart women like her and Teresa.

[Cerridwen]

118. Thank you. I'm still shaky....what a woos....and here I'm so

flippin' tough!

ROTFLMAO

[dogtag]

124. How long were you on hold and what did the screener ask you?

[Cerridwen]

128. I think I was on hold about 20 minutes and they asked what I

wanted to tell Mrs. Edwards.

I just said she did a great job and I enjoy strong, powerful, articulate women.

I got through.

[Digit]

114. You go, girl!!!!!!!!!

I am so proud of you!!!!!!!
5 stars for you!!!!!!!!

[siliconefreak]

115. Beautiful!!

You sounded very composed and very articulate!

[spooky3]

117. You were GREAT!!!!!!!

[dogtag]

119. You were great. We're proud of you!

[evilqueen]

123. excellent!!

good job! Really enjoyed your call and her response.

[Duncan Grant]

125. That was great!

:yourock: And hello to Mrs. Edwards, too!

[kentuck]

129. You did excellent, nemdaille !

:)

[TrustingDog]

133. Congratulations!

I didn't hear it myself but secondhand from the boards -

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

can I buy you a beer, walk your dog, wash your car?

[Cerridwen]

134. Mow the lawn? LOL Thank you.

I'm so proud.

And I got DU out!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

136. You kicked ass! I was watching and waiting to hear if someone from DU

would call in; you came through (I didn't have the guts)! Awesome!

:yourock:

[Cha]

144. Ah Ha! We found you..you're famous already!

I didn't hear you but read the transcript and you were brilliant..Thank you so much for getting through on c-span and saying all those great things about strong women and not to worry about what the repugs say about them!!

:toast:

[vetwife]

145. Thanks so much for bringing up DU and thanks for calling Way to Go !

I especially liked the part about your talking of strong women. I nearly fell off the couch ! WAY TO GO !;-)
Way to go with beautifully articulated words !

[Cerridwen]

146. Why, thank you, ma'am. I sure didn't feel articulate - I saw on

post #700.

Ack!

Thank you.

:hi:

[surfermaw]

148. excellent

[leftofthedial]

120. I think she is the most impressive candidate or spouse

in the whole campaign.

[PA Democrat]

121. Thanks for the play-by-play guys!

This is why I love DU. I will definitely catch the replay later!

:yourock:

[Digit]

122. Hey Eliizabeth, I went to Hammond, too

[dogtag]

126. Does EE speak Japanese? Anyone know?

[faithnotgreed]

137. from what i recall, she does. not often im sure, but she does speak it

[dogtag]

142. Awesome. Finally, we'll have some linguists! The rest of the

world will be impressed at last. It's about time.

[Cerridwen]

127. Thank you everyone. I'm so stoked I got through

And I got to mention DU. Yay, me.

I was questioning support message or tinfoil hat moment.

Thought cheerleading today.

[Digit]

130. Somebody give her 5 stars for an awesome DU boost!

Plus a very good comment on c-span to Elizabeth.

[faithnotgreed]

140. good call - i meant your decision was good but the call was too of course!

[seventhson]

141. Yes -YAY YOU!!!

Personally I think she might be the best potential president of the bunch.

Smart, sincere, articulate, committed, beautiful, honest, funny, a working Mom with REAL Mom problems and issues to deal with, NOT egotistical - and a lot more like the rest of us than anyone else in the game -

We MUST be proud of ourselves AND her for not only mentioning us on her blog (in the same breath with the name of Jon Stewart)but ackowledging us on CSPAN

DU makes a difference. A HUGE difference!

Thanks Nemdaille for being courageous and speaking out for US and THANK YOU Liz for acknowledging US!!!


Godspeed (or Goddesspeed) or both!!!

[dogtag]

131. vanessa Kerry and Chrissie Gephart up now.

[Cerridwen]

132. Yay! Now looky what's on C-Span.....

And I'm going into the 700 club soon. Erk!

[dogtag]

135. I just started a new thread on GD/Campaign 2004.

[Cerridwen]

138. On my way....n/t

[bushwakker]

143. she is damn impressive.