May 01, 2008
TX Super D For Obama
TX DNC Member John Patrick, a member of the United Steelworkers (USW) as well as a veep of the TX AFL/CIO, endorsed Barack Obama today.
"Senator Barack Obama has spent a lifetime standing up for American workers, and he will be a crucial voice for us in the White House," Patrick said in a statement released by Obama's campaign. "Senator Obama chose a career as an organizer on the streets of Chicago, fighting for working families who lost their jobs, specifically those families in neighborhoods devastated by steel plant closings. He has consistently opposed unfair trade deals that fail to offer protection to American workers - like NAFTA. Senator Obama has a real plan to put money back in the pockets of working families by restoring the manufacturing base in America."
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Senator Barack Obama has spent a lifetime standing up for American workers
A lifetime, eh? In the same way that living overseas from ages 6-10 makes him an expert in foreign policy?
fighting for working families who lost their jobs, specifically those families in neighborhoods devastated by steel plant closings.
There are steel plants in Chicago? I think former employees at a Maytag plant may have something to add.
He has consistently opposed unfair trade deals that fail to offer protection to American workers - like NAFTA.
See Austan Goolsbee. And Obama had no trouble signing on to the Peru Free Trade Act.
Senator Obama has a real plan to put money back in the pockets of working families by restoring the manufacturing base in America.
Did he happen to mention how that would happen?
corinne | 05.01.08 01:49 PM
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lobby delegates | 05.02.08 07:35 AM
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