John Edwards to Katie Couric: "So, Katie, when your husband was diagnosed with Colon Cancer, why did

[Pachamama]

you not give up your career at NBC with the Today Show to be caring for him? Didn't you both make that decision together & you continued to get up each morning to go to your job? (That's what I kept hoping John Edwards would say to her!)

Katie Couric is such a bitch...I just was watching the interview on 60 Minutes and I could barely stand watching her....what a hypocritical bitch...she looked so self-righteous as she grilled the Edwardes about their decision and even when they gave their answer, she would have a disgusted look on her face that looked critical of them.

FUCouric! I look forward to her continuing fizzling of her career as a nightly news anchor...couldn't happen to a bigger bitch....

:grr:

[Dinger]

1. That Would Have Been The Perfect Question

She was insane. You're right. Fuck her and her last-place show.

[Pachamama]

57. Actually, a better question/response: "Katie, like you, I discussed this decision with my partner,

and we agreed that this is what we would do. Your husband and you decided when he had cancer that you would continue working and he supported you. My partner and I have done the same."

[peace13]

2. Yes, they were much to kind to her

How did she get the interview anyway? I don't mean to be cruel but she is so out of her league 100% of the time. Peace, Kim

[NotGivingUp]

3. that is just totally disgusting. just shows what a pig she is. n/t

[Colobo]

4. Some people like to get outraged

for the sake of getting outraged. The questions, in my view, were fair, and Edwards rose to the occassion and answered them beautifully.

[ripken08]

6. I agree

with your interpretation of the interview.

[Clarkie1]

36. agreed. nt

[Dinger]

5. Is There An E-Mail Link,So This Question Can Be Sent To KKKatie En Masse?

:evilgrin:

[Marlie]

11. Here's the contact

[e-mail]

Give her hell, I already did. She's a cold hearted bitch and I felt so sorry for Elizabeth.

[Dinger]

17. I Just Sent Them This:

with the subject line: "The Question I Wish Edwards Would Have Asked Katie: "

John (To Katie): So Katie, when your husband was diagnosed with colon cancer, why did you not give up your career at NBC with the Today Show to be caring for him? Didn't you both make that decision together & you continued to getup each morning to go to your job?

In my opinion, this would have been the perfect question!

[L A Woman]

7. Well....didn't that question cross your mind at all???

Why HE is expecting HER to sacrifice for HIM...when SHE is the one with stage 4 cancer? Granted, it's rare for a man to sacrifice anything for a woman, but you'd think he'd at least consider it.

I remember when Chris Spielman, an NFL player back in the 90s, gave up a lucrative contract to care for his wife, who also had breast cancer. I remember thinking, "Now THAT is a man!" Sadly, John Edwards is just another ambulance chaser.

Isn't it Katie Couric's job to ask the questions many of us are wondering about?

[VelmaD]

8. Bravo!

:applause:

[Colobo]

10. Although I disagree with your view of Edwards

Many Americans share it, and they are probably wondering the same things. Couric address those points, and the Edwardses took care of business.

[Dr.Phool]

14. Spielman also had a severe neck injury that may have helped his decision.

Just sayin'.

[kestrel91316]

19. She doesn't need to be "cared for". She's hardly on her deathbed.

She is going to be taking oral chemo drugs, I suspect. And going in to the Dr for frequent rechecks.

Yeah, that needs a spouse to stay home for..............

If she heads south and starts having serious quality of life issues, then we might see him withdraw. But not until then, nor should he.

She's not a friggin' invalid, folks.

[iamjoy]

20. Oh, You've Got To Be Kidding

you're comparing the career of an athlete, basically an entertainer, to wanting to serve this country as President?

Did you actually listen to the interview? John and Elizabeth talked about how they were doing this because of their love for this country and their belief that John could make it better.

Elizabeth is not sacrificing for John. If she's sacrificing at all it's for America. But she doesn't see it as sacrifice. she sees it as living. What would you have her do, sit home in her living room watching soap operas and waiting to die?

I don't think you liked John Edwards before this and you're not cutting him any slack now.

[katsy]

21. Why do you say He is expecting her to sacrifice for him?

I didn't get that at all.

Maybe they should have slinked away into a little hidey-hole? I view this as a test of character, one that millions of families face at one time or another.

John Edwards wasn't my first choice as a candidate... but he's notched up a couple of steps now.

I'd expect a presidential candidate to be able to handle personal crisis while retaining the ability to perform their duties with the same resolve as anyone else. Do you think everyone gives up their job because cancer has invaded the bodies of their loved ones? Do you automatically interpret that as strength?

[mudesi]

23. I assume they talked it over

I assume both John Edwards and his wife talked it over and that they reached a mutual decision in the matter. Why people feel the need to pry in an obviously private situation between a husband and wife is beyond my comprehension.

[badgerpup]

42. They've been married thirty years...

...and they seem to have formed quite an enviable partnership, not to mention a team.
I truly believe that if Elizabeth felt that she was unable for the campaign, or worse, would be getting in the way, her husband would drop it in a heartbeat.
This is going to sound cold, but there's always 2012...but there may not be Elizabeth.
He knows his priorities.

[edwardsfeingold08]

24. Are you concerned about Elizabeth Edwards

or are you just trying to rip John Edwards? What makes you think she is sacrificing for John?

Maybe the mark of a man is listening to his wife and doing what she wishes. Maybe when faced with death, Elizabeth doesn't want to sit at home focusing on her disease. Maybe she wants to be in the White House as much as her husband does.

[karlrschneider]

26. "It's rare for a man to sacrifice anything for a woman"??????

:wtf:

[VelmaD]

27. oh pleeeeze

It's a societal expectation that women will sacrifice themselves, their goals, their free time...to take care of the people around them. Women who do not meet this expectation are given a truckload of grief...from family, from friends, from total strangers. Men, on the other hand, are not pressured into thinking of themselves last all the time. Men are allowed to think of themselves and do what they want without being labeled "selfish".

[karlrschneider]

29. I have absolutely no idea what the hell you said in that post.

Could you try again...in English?
Maybe I missed your 'point' because I seem to recall a lot of times when men have died protecting their families. Maybe I just imagined that.

[VelmaD]

33. we're talking about two different expectations

While men are expected to throw themselves in front of a bullet on the slim chance their family is ever attacked by a gun-toting maniac...which sucks...women are expected to sacrifice in a different way on an every day basis. Do a little googling or just hit some of the more well-known feminist blogs...it's not difficult to find discussion of how women, especially working mothers, are driven into the ground because they are expected to take care of everything and everyone. Women have less leisure time on average than men do...especially married women or women with kids. Women are expected to do all the little things that keep a household running. Women are expected to take care of children and aging parents and sick relatives.

[Goblinmonger]

39. There is so much wrong with your post.

But I'm going after "ambulance chaser." Please tell me how that is the case? Why do you resort to the right-wing anti-trial lawyer mantra of "ambulance chaser"? Yes, so it is up front, my wife is an attorney that does personal injury work. Guess what? Every fucking one of her clients was injured and is in need of help and those responsible won't pay up. They need a lawyer to help them, but you would just dismiss that. She does workers' compensation work when employers won't take care of their fuckups that cause workers problems.

Every goddamn person thinks that THEIR problem is important but the other guy is just out to get a "free ride" off of someone. Well, I have news for you, when some asshole at Home Depot drops a crate on you, you are paralyzed, they won't pay you jack shit because they know they have lawyers on salary that can make your life hell, and you go to a lawyer, those right-wingers ain't going to say "Well, L A Woman ain't cheating the system." they will lump you will all the rest just like you did.

And Edwards did GREAT work to stick it to corporations that were fucking people pretty hard. Class actions are the only way to take on the big corporations.

[libnnc]

45. She's not sacrificing for HIM

She's sacrificing for US. You and me and every other American--women, children AND men.

She made that clear...to anyone who would listen. She's said that she has two choices, to cower in the corner waiting to die, or to get on with living day to day. I don't see why that's so hard to understand, especially since she's so eloquently stated it several times since this diagnosis.

[philosophie_en_rose]

58. Actually, many of us admire Elizabeth Edwards for continuing to fight.

If you bothered to pay attention, you would see that Elizabeth Edwards isn't some mousy wife martyring herself for an "ambulance chaser." Instead, she is a brave woman that is living life to the fullest extent she can.

Clearly, you missed the point about Katie Couric. Couric is a hypocrite whose husband died of colon cancer, while she was on the Today show. Her husband chose to support her, while she continued to work. Yet, she could not stand to be respectful to Elizabeth Edwards.

Elizabeth Edwards is not at death's door. She potentially has a lot of time ahead of her. Why shouldn't she do what she wants? Why should John Edwards drop out, because of officious, presumptious douchebags?

[earth mom]

63. So...Where did you get that rethug meme? Limbaugh, O'Lielly or Freeperville?

:puke:

[Dr.Phool]

9. That smarmy look on her face during the entire interview said it all.

I quit watching CBS news about 2 weeks after she took over. Her, and her right wing free speech segments.

[Cha]

31. It was kinda "swarmy"

wasn't it? It was like she had on too much makeup and it dried up her lips and created a ghoulish cast.

[Mass]

12. Why did the Edwards accept an interview with Kathie Couric?

Everybody knows she is a bad reporter, and everybody knows what type of questions were going to come, except if the choice of the reporter was made in order to get some level of sympathy.

I did not watch it because of the interviewer, so I do not know the specifics, but anybody who is shocked should wonder why they accepted an interview with her.

[Colobo]

15. He knew that what she was going to ask

was on the minds of many Americans. If anything, it was the smart thing to do.

[NJCher]

62. exactly

He knew that what she was going to ask was on the minds of many Americans.

Glad you said it--somebody had to.

And Americans have a right to ask that question. John and Elizabeth Edwards are forging new ground here.

Also, I would like to address what various people have said about Elizabeth's "sacrifice." I daresay she might not see it that way at all. Maybe this is a woman who lives for the challenge of operating her husband's campaign. Maybe having such a mission is inspiring and compelling? Ever think of that?

One thing is for certain, and that is that she believes he is the right person for America. She said very clearly that depriving us of him as presient is not what she wants her legacy to be.



Cher

[DesertRat]

30. Katie has lost her husband and then her sister to cancer

Maybe that's why they gave her the interview. :shrug:

[VelmaD]

13. BTW, I don't care that you're female...

this post is one of the most ridiculous and gratuitous uses of "bitch" I've seen on DU in a long time. You can do better than name calling.

[Marlie]

16. Of course she needed to ask those questions...

However, once or even twice would have been enough. She seemed to take pleasure in attempting
to shame the Edwards for wanting to go on with their lives which she certainly managed to do when
her husband was dying. She didn't give up her career to be with her two young daughters after
he was gone. I really felt so sorry for Elizabeth. She made sure she directed most of the
questions to John rather than Elizabeth and came across as very cold hearted and insensitive.
She came across as a total bitch.

[VelmaD]

18. I don't give a shit...

what she did or how you or the OP perceived the interview...name calling is uncalled for. And use of gender slurs even more so. What would you have said if it had been a male interviewer? Whatever you would have said about them is what you should say about Katie. Period. Calling her a name based on her gender is too easy...it's intellectually lazy.

[Pachamama]

48. Umm....If she had a penis, I would have called him a prick???

I'm Intellectually lazy??? Whose doing the name calling here?

If you didn't like the original post, then why did bother to answer my thread and post?

There was no gender bias here.....besides, I'm a proud righteous babe and bitch and if I decide to use that word, there is no gender bias there. And you never got the fact that the question that I wanted Edwards to have asked Katie was because that the point is that as a spouse, in the same position that John Edwards is in with a spouse who had cancer, they as a couple made a joint decision. It didn't matter that he John Edwards is a man with a wife with cancer or that Katie was a woman with a husband with cancer, the point is that regardless of gender, couples make decsions together to support eachother and that decision is theirs to make and not to be judged. And Katie Couric should know that better than anyone. Regardless of her gender, as a spouse and partner.

She is a bitch.

[VelmaD]

49. I at least commented on your behavior...

rather than your gender. Being a woman does not make you immune from criticism on this issue. Calling a woman a bitch is wrong no matter who does it.

And the reason I didn't get to the point of your post with you is because I thought it was more important to address the way you made your point...and the way you detracted from it with your use of gender slurs rather than any sort of reasoned commentary. If you'll notice I have responded with some of my actual thoughts on the issue to other people on this thread.

BTW, you might want to work on expanding your vocabulary of insults. What you've got now is something a second-grader could outdo. Bitch and prick require no mental heavy lifting. I would hope people on this site could do a little better than that.

On edit: on that happy note I'm off to bed...feel free to have the last word if you like

[Pachamama]

53. Well, golly gosh, since your such an intellectual giant and I'm just such a 2nd grader, can you

please, pretty please share some insults that I could use that would make me sound smarter?

:bounce:

Oder, vielleicht soll ich auf eine andere Sprache die Fragen stellen? Dann wuerde ich vielleicht nicht wie eine Kind in der zweite Klasse sein?

:eyes:

I'm so humbled to meet someone on DU that just shows what intellectual giants there are out there....

[Alexander]

54. If the word was "prick", would you have been offended?

I doubt it.

[earth mom]

65. Hardly. Just calling that creature exactly what she is.

A bitch. :puke:

[iamjoy]

22. It Was Bad Interviewing

but, I wouldn't call her the b word.

It seemed like her questions were canned and she wasn't really listening to the answers. Like, she asked what went through their minds when they looked at the bone scan (duh!) and after they responded with "fear" Couric's next question was "so were you terrified you were going to lose your wife?"

It's such an obvious question that my husband and I paused the TiVo and made a few tastless jokes about responses to the question we'd never hear. We were like, "No, he's looking forward to it so he can enjoy the endless buffet of hot young women without having to worry about adultery." and "He's cool, her life insurance is paid up."

I mean, what do you think the answer to that is going to be?

[Old and In the Way]

25. It was about 10 minutes too long......it seemed to drag out longer than needed.

I didn't pay real close attention, it was on the tube, but I was working on something else. It seemed to me that Couric kept going on and on....but Mrs. Edwards was very impressive. I don't know how I'd deal with something like that....they both are very classy people.

[DesertRat]

28. I didn't think Katie was out of line at all

I think that it's her job to ask questions that many are curious about. She allowed them the opportunity to explain their decision.

[Darkhawk32]

32. Was she wearing those granny glasses and looking over them while he answered? n/t

[democrat2thecore]

34. Video up On CBS Site

I posted this in the other thread concerning this subject, but I just saw where CBS now has the full video online at http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=60Sunday If you didn't see my post there, thought I should share the link here as well. Not a bad interview. I think they both did great and Katie was fine, imo.

[madrchsod]

35. no wonder her ratings are in the toilet

all those millions are really paying off for cbs....brillant idea hiring her was`t it

[Clarkie1]

37. I thought the interview was fair.

It's a very difficult situation, and with a difficult situation comes difficult decisions. Having to answer these difficult quesions publically is part of the courageous decision they have made. I wish the Edwards family all the best.

[Benhurst]

38. I'm glad they were kind to Couric. I'm sure she's struggling trying

to adjust to her recent botched face-lift.

[NYCGirl]

40. Edwards probably didn't ask her that because comparing the two careers would

not have made much sense. Working a few hours a day in a studio and then going home to your spouse in the afternoon vs. travelling around the country, living in buses, airplanes and hotel rooms away from your spouse and family for weeks at a time are two very different circumstances.

[fooj]

41. I thought the EXACT same thing.

Her daughters were about the same age.

[glitch]

43. Didn't watch it - was her attitude respectful or combative?

A lot of people are cutting her some slack saying she is asking questions they want answered, for some reason.
But how you ask is as important as what you ask. Was she courteous (you can ask an obnoxious question respectfully). I am guessing her manner was as obnoxious as her questions, just from my experience seeing her other performances. But there is that slim chance that her own personal history tempered her attitude with compassion and she asked her questions with respect - did she?

[democrat2thecore]

44. In my opinion

To me, she threw them some tough questions, which is fine, and they handled them extremely well. I really don't see the big problem with Katie and this interview. I just watched it again at the CBS website.

[glitch]

46. So you are saying she was respectful? And welcome to DU! nt

[democrat2thecore]

51. Yes, I honestly do. In fact (more inside)

I thought it pained her to ask the tough questions. She seemed very respectful to me. I have also noticed a lot of others here think so too. There are a few loudly complaining, but I really don't see why. They stole the show anyway with their honest and from-the-gut responses.

edit: Thanks for the welcome! I love this place! Sanity prevails.
------------

[glitch]

59. That's good to know. :) thanks! nt

[Colobo]

52. She wasn't Chris Wallace

She was respectful.

[Gregorian]

47. Journalist or model?

Since I have no idea who Katie Couric is, other than name recognition (since I do not watch the fake news since the early 1980's), I did a Google image search. One quick glance at the results give the impression that this person is nothing more than a model.

I wouldn't pay any attention to these kinds of people. And I'm not speaking to anyone here. I'm speaking to those who are in the business of politics. Why doesn't everyone stay away from these people? I do not understand. Dems stay away from all corporate media outlets. Damn the consequences. At some point, only repubs will have their faces on tv. It won't do them any good.

I expect mature responses to this kind of idea. But I don't think we're dealing with rational behavior. We need to boycott corporate media. Where do we begin?

[question everything]

50. I am not defending Couric

even resented the fact that I was forced to watch anything with her on the screen..

however I think that most of her questions were raised by pugs, on their blogs, or being whispered by them... thus it is good for the Edwards to know what is being circulated around.

[Tigress DEM]

55. Self delete. Bad Tigress. Bad.

[Ron Green]

56. "Some people might say..."

Anytime you hear that from a news reader or pundit, you know you're not listening to a journalist. Couric spoke that phrase many times in this "interview." She's bought and paid for.

[democrat2thecore]

60. Ron, I disagree

That phrase, "Some people might say," is also used by journalists that know they are expected to ask these questions, but don't particularly want to. Katie Couric is not a great journalist, but I just didn't see the venom that you saw. Not to be argumentative at all, only being honest with how I saw it.

[gatorboy]

61. which journalists use that term?

Real ones I mean.

It's the ultimate cop out term. If a pundit doesn't have real facts to back up their questions, they fall back on, "Some People Say"

Or they use this term when they know exactly who they're referring to (In this case it was Limbaugh who asked).

[earth mom]

64. Couric is a full on B*TCH!!!

I had to grit my teeth watching her and wished I could have slapped that nasty smirk of her face! But as I said to my husband (who also agreed with me); Karma's also a bitch and someday Katie WILL get hers! :grr:

That said, I LOVED both John and Elizabeth Edwards! My gawd, they both have such grace and class at such a difficult time! I have a couple of sticking points with a couple of things Edwards supports, but otherwise, I think he would make a very fine President or a Vice President if Gore runs.... :applause:

[Pachamama]

66. You mean, your a girl too and you use the gender based reference of "bitch"?

:spank:

Be careful...if you note from the posts early in this thread, the bitch-police might bitch-slap you!

:hi:

PS: I completely share in your description of your experienc watching Couric in her interview of the Edwards'. I too love John and Elizabeth and thought that their grace and class shined and like you, I want a President Gore, to whom VP Edwards would be outstanding, but if Al doesn't throw his hat in the ring, President Edwards would be a fine candidate indeed.

[earth mom]

67. I'll just b*tch slap em back!

:evilgrin:

p.s. Glad to know we're on the same page. :hi: