Pop for president.Interview Q: Do you and your father have nicknames for each other? CATE CATE - Computer Aided Test Engineering. : He calls me Catydid. He just started calling me that when I was a little girl, and he still calls me that. It never wore off. Q: Would you consider your self Daddy's little girl? What kind of relationship do you have with your father? CATE: I would definitely consider myself Daddy's little girl. We've we've Contraction of we have. we've have always been really close. Q: What was the most fun thing you did together while you were growing up? CATE: He taught me how to water-ski wa·ter-ski intr.v. wa·ter-skied, wa·ter-ski·ing, wa·ter-skis To ski on water while being towed by a motorboat. wa and we would go inner-tubing. Q: What is the funniest thing you've ever seen your dad do? CATE: I'd have to say dance. He's really not a good dancer. I've made so much fun of him; now he just does it to entertain me. It's very funny! Q: What is it about your father that you think makes him the right choice for President? CATE: I think he's very optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op . He really has a lot of hope for this country and for our future, which I think is important, especially for the youth. Q: How do you react when you hear or read harsh criticism of your father? CARE: Of course, it's hard to read that people disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" things that your parents are doing, but nothing that anybody writes could change my opinion of my dad. Q: Why are you campaigning for your dad? CATE: Because I believe in it, and I believe in what my dad's doing. I believe he would make an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. President. I want to see someone like him in office, someone who can make my future brighter. Story Catherine "Cate" Edwards says she is definitely "Daddy's little girl." Her father, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, calls her "Catydid," a nickname (1) An alternate name used to identify yourself in a chat room. (2) A shortcut for identifying a recipient in an e-mail address book. he has used for as long as she can remember. "He taught me how to water-ski, and we would go inner-tubing," Cate recalls about her childhood with her father, Senator John Edwards  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. (D, N.C.). Cate is now a 21-year-old senior at Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities in New Jersey. When she's not in class, she's campaigning for her father, one of several individuals hoping to win the Democratic Party's nomination for President. Cate thinks her father would be a great President. "He really has a lot of hope for this country and for our future, which I think is important, especially for the youth," Cate says. The hardest part about being this close to history, she adds, is hearing harsh criticism of her father. "It's hard to read that people disagree with things that your parents are doing," she says, "but nothing that anyone writes could change my opinion of my dad." To Cate, John Edwards is a fun and entertaining father who is not afraid to cut up or cut a rug. "He's really not a good dancer," she says. "I've made so much fun of him; now he just does it to entertain me. It's very funny!" Cate supports her father 100 percent in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. "I believe he would make an amazing President," Cate says. "I want to see someone like him in office, someone who can make my future brighter." |
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