http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=8164219&nav=5ka4Posted: April 14, 2008 03:16 PM
Last Updated: April 14, 2008 03:17 PM
By Josh Brogadir
Some local union members who are supporters of Senator Barack Obama defended the Democratic presidential hopeful's comments Monday in Luzerne County.
The supporters attempted to stem the fallout from Obama's comments about small town Pennsylvanians getting bitter and clinging to guns or religion as a way to explain their frustrations.
They said the real problem here is the disappearing manufacturing job and Obama's commitment to recreating it.
The backdrop was the former Techneglas plant in Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, a place where the last 600 plus jobs left nearly four years ago. The plant used to make glass for televisions.
The people, most of them Union members, support Barack Obama because they said he can bring back jobs and change the way business is done in Washington.
They also met the criticism of Obama's recent "bitter" remarks head-on.
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