ALTOONA, Pa. -- While Sen. Barack Obama said he didn't mean to offend anyone when he made comments about small-town voters last week, voters in the Alleghenies said they may be hardworking, but not "bitter."

At a fundraiser with donors in California last week, Obama described small-town voters, like those in Pennsylvania, as bitter. He said they're frustrated with their own economic situation and they cling to issues like guns, religion and immigration. On Saturday, he tried to clarify what he meant.

"There are a whole bunch of folks in Pennsylvania and right here in Indiana, who are bitter. They feel like they've been left behind," said Obama in a town hall meeting in Indiana.

However, the local people who were protesting outside his campaign office in Altoona on Sunday said if that's what Obama honestly thinks, then he is not their candidate.

"He is definitely out of touch with the voters in Pennsylvania to blaspheme them the way he did," said Hollidaysburg resident Ted Manna.

Stacey Drugg of Altoona said Obama's comments showed he did represent working people in Pennsylvania or working people period.

Manna said everyone has their own beliefs, but it shouldn't be up to a presidential candidate to tell them their beliefs are wrong.

"All the citizens of Pennsylvania should, rightfully so, be upset that he said we hide behind our religion and our guns," said Manna.

Joseph Antal of Ebensburg said, "With all that's been happening in our area, and in Johnstown with the flood, we rebound back from adversity."

The protest was organized by members of various unions in the region. A union member said there were at least five other similar protests across the state on Sunday.