Time mag: Elizabeth Edwards hints at Kerrys' 'lifestyle problem' in Q&A

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1538640,00.html

Hmmm ... interesting comments about the lifestyle of the Edwards vs. the lifestyle of the Kerrys. Hmmm.

Time: Some people say that if your husband had been at the top of the ticket in 2004, he could have beaten George W. Bush.

E. Edwards: It would be hard for me to say that I didn't think that was true. John was exactly the counterpoint we needed because the President had portrayed himself as somebody in touch with the guy on the corner. What you needed to show the falsity of that was to have somebody who really was in touch with the guy on the corner, who really understood the lives of people who work in factories, people who struggle, people who live middle-class lives built around their children, Saturday or Sunday soccer, and Friday-night football.

Time: Was John Kerry's privileged background a problem?

Edwards: I'd be telling you things that weren't true if I said that he didn't have an impediment. He did. He was certainly able to be painted as someone who didn't understand what people did with their free time or what their concerns were when they sat around the table. But I don't think that if you looked at his policies you would have found that to be a fair conclusion.

Time: You write about the Kerrys' plush lifestyle. How would you describe yours?

Edwards: It's a different kind of luxury, I think. I know the people whose artwork is on my walls--they're not the old masters. I shop at Target. We eat at Wendy's. Even though we have a lot and I feel very blessed, we are basically the same people we were when we first started out and made, between us, $28,000 a year.