Photos: Barack and "The Bus" Meet with Steel Workers in Pennsylvania

[Hope And Change]

Barack and "The Bus" Meet with Steel Workers in Pennsylvania


By Caitlin Harvey - Mar 28th, 2008 at 5:22 pm EDT


After his event in Pittsburgh this morning, Barack met with Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back Jerome "The Bus" Bettis.






Barack and "The Bus" greeted supporters, then headed to the United States Steel Corporation Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock to meet with workers during their shift change. Here's a slideshow of pictures from their visit:













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[tishaLA]

1. The steelworkers snapping Obama's pic with cell phones

is great.

[dana_b]

2. I noticed that too!! They probably sent them to their families. n/t

[Binka]

7. Is That Franco Harris w/ Bettis and Obama in # 2?

Great picture! Gobama!

[tabasco]

9. None other!

Greatest Steeler ever and a heck of a great person too!

[WinkyDink]

10. yes. He deserved a mention! (Heh. I may be a Democrat, but I'm a Penn Stater, too!)

[psychmommy]

14. yes

that man is still sexy. damn.

[roguevalley]

23. so beautiful. such hopefulness. thank you.

[graywarrior]

3. Those are great photos

Thanks for posting.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Awesome pics!

[Johnny__Motown]

5. So Thats "The Bus" that everyone keeps getting thrown under.. now I get it

Kidding.... Anyone and everyone from Detroit knows JB

[Blue-Jay]

13. Gah! You just ruined my joke.

It probably wasn't going to be too funny anyhow...

It's all in the delivery.

[woolldog]

6. Why does Obama always wear a suit and tie?

Doesn't he have more casual clothes?

[Binka]

8. He Is On An Extended Job Interview!

It is classy and all good.

[woolldog]

12. I think it alienates him from working class voters.

I mean who meets a group of steel workers wearing a suit and tie? lol

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Not necessarily...

Sometimes I feel that people who try to "dress down" are being phony. Bush is the epitome of that. Every one of those men have suits and ties, so it shouldn't be a big deal for them to see another man in a suit and tie as long as Obama is perceived as being genuine and can relate and speak to their concerns. Once he does that, the clothes don't matter.

[woolldog]

21. Yeah some politicians look phony using that strategy:

There's a balance to strike.

[Schema Thing]

22. He should mix it up some, like Hillary.

Wear a dress now and then. Probably today would not have been good for the dress though, I'm guessing.

[myrna minx]

11. K&R! n/t

[ericgtr]

15. Holy Hillary base batman!

That is exactly what he needs to be doing.. You go Obama!

:kick:

[Arugula Latte]

17. What?! There are still steel plants left in Pennsylvania?!

Who knew...I thought they'd all gone overseas.

[1776Forever]

18. Thanks - I tried to find more pics on this & found it hard to do.

Hope you will post more as it goes along.

Thanks!:applause:

[RazBerryBeret]

19. Awesome Pics!

my dad is a retired steel worker.
I look forward to more coverage!
thanks.

[K Gardner]

20. Most excellent and positive post ! K&R