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DETROIT – DemocratJohn Kerry (search)has a new campaign worker helping him drum up support in Alabama after hiring a woman who was fired for displaying the presidential candidate’s bumper sticker on her car.
Kerry calledLynne Gobbell (search)on Tuesday after reading a newspaper story describing how she had been fired last Thursday from her job packing cellulose insulation at a Moulton, Ala., plant.
Gobbell said her former employer had told her she could either work for him or Kerry. She said Kerry told her, “Let him know that as of today, you’re working for John Kerry.”
“He was proud of me for standing up for what I believe in,” the newly employed, 41-year-old said of her quick phone call with the candidate.
Gobbell said Kerry didn’t offer too many details about her new position. She will be helping the campaign and may be traveling a little as it gets closer to the election.