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Voices in Speegleville: ‘If you want a job done right…’
From Erin Quinn, on the scene in Speegleville:
Gracie Gonzales and her mother, Jovita Martinez, 87, walked into the Speegleville Baptist Church during the lunch hour thinking: girl power.
“If you want the job done right, you’ve got to have a woman do it,” said Gonzales, a 49-year-old in customer support at a database processing firm.
Neither were able to see their pick, Sen. Hillary Clinton, when she spoke Friday at the Waco Convention Center because Gonzales couldn’t get off work.
Gonzales plans to attend a caucus tonight, and then go home to watch the returns come in on TV, she said.
“I think she’s better qualified than Obama,” she said. “She’s worked behind-the-scenes for a long time.”
She said Clinton’s plan for health reform is her primary issue of concern.
Pam Minter, a 68-year-old retired grandmother of 11, said she cast her vote for Gov. Mike Huckabee.
“He represents my values,” she said. “He’s my candidate.”
She said she regrets not going Thursday to hear Huckabee speak at the Waco Hilton, saying she didn’t know about it in time.
She said her No. 1 deciding issue in favor of Huckabee was abortion.
“And pretty much all the issues,” she said. “Immigration, economics, the war — they’re all so important.”
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