Video: Crowded caucus at Carver
Photos: Election day around Waco
Audio: ChelseaHome > The Listening Post > Archives > 2008 > March > 04 > Entry
Voices at South Terrace: ‘Think of the children … of their future’
By staff writer Tommy Witherspoon
As of 5:30 p.m., 91 people had cast their vote at the South Terrace Neighborhood Center, Precinct 20.
Alicia Robles, 28, an HEB employee and first-time voter said she considers herself a Democrat and voted for Hillary Clinton. ” She is going to help us,” Robles said when asked why she voted for Clinton. “As a low-income person, I know she will help us with health-care. That is important to us who don’t make as much money.”
If she had a chance to speak to the next president, Robles said she would encourage him or her to “think of the children…of their future.”
Sharon Schilling, 57, a house-wife, said she voted for Barack Obama, even though she considers herself a Republican. Schilling said issues important to her include the state of the economy, health care and “finishing the war.”
“I like him, and we need a change, and I don’t like Hillary (Clinton),” Schilling said when asked why she didn’t vote within her party. “And I don’t like McCain. We’ve had enough of the Clintons.”
If she could say one thing to the next president, Schilling said she would tell him or her to be honest.
“Stop lying,” Schilling said. “Do what you say you are going to do and work with people instead of politicians.”
Another Obama voter, Mary Hicks, 60, retired, said she voted in her party for the person she thought was “young” and “fresh.”
“I think he’s young and fresh and has some good ideas for healthcare and helping the students,” Hicks said.
Hicks’ main issues include health care, the war and immigration.
Permalink | |
