"We Can’t Make John Black"
We’re too busy trying to make him sincere!

Elizabeth Edwards recently caught some flack for saying, "The Web can be liberating. It's about bypassing the sieve of the mainstream media," says Elizabeth Edwards, wife and confidant of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards. "The idea that you have people standing between you and the voter is diminished, and the capacity to speak directly empowers candidates to trust their own voices." With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hogging media coverage, campaigns can push their messages without paying for ads. "In some ways, it's the way we have to go," Edwards says. "We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fund-raising dollars. Now it's nice to get on the news, but not the be all and end all."

Elizabeth has been called a racist and sexist when she is simply correct. Clinton and Obama as the first serious woman/black to seek nomination are newsworthy. That is a challenge for the rest of the Democrats vying for air. The only race/gender issue that matters is that if Hillary was a man she would be just another senator and if Obama was white he would not be running for president.

The ProConPundit happens to like Elizabeth Edwards a lot. She is to be admired for using her limited time pursuing the dream of a lifetime for she and John. If she were running she might just put Hillary and Johnny to shame. Elizabeth has her work cut out for her. She says she can’t make John black. Perhaps. It might be easier to make Edwards black than it would to make him sincere--or electable.