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Voices at Peace Lutheran: ‘Just do a good job for the country’
Trib assistant city editor Jeff Osborne talked with four voters this morning at Peace Lutheran Church, 9301 Panther Way, which is Precinct 51.
David and Marcia Whitten said they both voted for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. “The eradication of the GOP from office,” David said is the most important issue to him.
His wife didn’t have one particular issue, though she said health care is important to her, and she thought that Clinton has the most experience both for domestic and international issues.
For David, getting national health care established is important, he said, and he believes Clinton is best able to do that. He also wants to see the evacuation of U.S troops from Iraq during the next presidency.
Both said they plan to attend tonight’s caucus.
Another voter, Otis (who declined to give his last name), said he voted for Clinton. He doesn’t have a particular issue, but said it runs the whole gamut. “Just do a good job for the country,” is what he would tell the next president.
The fourth voter interviewed, Laci Charlton, said she cast her vote for GOP candidate John McCain, who was in Waco for a townhall meeting last night.
The biggest issues for Charlton, she said, are health care and the economy. She said she’s drawn to McCain because of his military background, but believes he will do the right thing in regard to health care and the economy.
She added that there were things about the other candidates she didn’t like, which made them less appealing.
Charlton asks the next president to “listen to the people. We have a country built on what people believe in. Each president has to listen instead of following their own agenda.”
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