John Edwards: One on One Interview
November 27, 2007
Monday in Nashua, New Hampshire I sat down with presidential candidate John Edwards. We met in a tiny little room right next to where he was about to do a town hall meeting. The full piece for television will air the week of December 3..
I asked him about how his faith in God informs his politics and he specifically recalls the tough times, especially when he lost his 16 year old son Wade in a car accident. You can read the transcription below:
Brody: You've talked about your relationship with Jesus, and I'm wondering if you could expand a little bit on that and tell me how your faith really defines some of the stuff you do in your life - specifically as it relates to the campaign.
Edwards: Well, my faith is hugely important to every aspect of my life and it has been for a long time. I'm not going to lie to people. I was born and raised in the Southern Baptist church, baptized when I was young. I went to church on Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday night. It was the center of our lives. My father was the deacon in the Baptist church.
And then I went away to college, law school and to some extinct strayed from my faith.
And like a lot of people, my faith came roaring back when I needed it the most, when tragedies began to strike.
I lost my son 1996 -- and then of course more recently Elizabeth's development of cancer and recurrence of her cancer. The truth is I don't know how I could have ever gotten through these struggles plus the day-to-day stresses of being a candidate for president without my relationship with the Lord. It's hugely important in every part of my life
Brody: I'm assuming some of those conversations with God, when you were going through that tragedy with your son must have been pretty heart wrenching.
Edwards: They were heart wrenching and painful because it was hard for me to understand, it was hard for Elizabeth to understand. But finally I just had to put my faith in him which is what I did.
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