At the end of the day, Elizabeth Edwards answered lots of questions from the audience. She was very direct.
(Added August 4) Here's an example of something she said that's a little more substantive than telling me who her favorite children's illustrators are. I got really nervous when someone asked:
I'm really curious, given your outspoken views about gay marriage, how your faith impacts your politics.
Elizabeth: ... I have a somewhat odd version of God. I don't have an intervening God. I don't think I can pray to him–or her–to cure me of cancer, though I appreciate other people's prayers ... I believe we're given a set of guidelines, and that we're obligated to live our lives with a view to those guidelines. I don't believe we should live our lives that way because we have some promise of eternal life, but because that's what's right.
Here's a video of Elizabeth Edward's whole talk.
Later there was a party at the Children's Museum. There she was, standing by the entry.
Me (in her ear): Thank you for restoring my faith in politics.
Elizabeth (beaming): What do you do?
Me: I'm an illustrator.
Elizabeth: What kind of illustrations do you do?
Me: Mostly children's things.
Elizabeth: I love children's books. Two of my favorite children's book illustrators are David Shannon and William Joyce.
