Girl In Clinton's '3am Phone Ad' Supports Obama

From the New Argument:

Casey Knowles, a High School Senior in Washington state, recently discovered she was one of the sleeping children in Clinton's controversial "Children" ad appearing prior to the Texas primaries.

Knowles, a supporter of Barack Obama was shocked that she had contributed to the national security message of a candidate that she passionately opposes.

When asked by The New Argument, this is what Knowles had to say about her appearance in Clinton's ad:

"While I love Hillary, I would much rather hear Barack Obama's voice at the other end of the phone at 3am.

Read more of the interview with Casey Knowles

Watch Clinton's 3am phone ad
Read about Obama's response to the ad
Was the 3am ad copied from a McCain supporter?
Watch a parody of the 3am ad or check out Larry David's take on it

Comments

[2liveNdie]

Let's see SNL spoof this one.

[ThisIsBob]

Why is Hillary up at 3:00 AM? Waiting for Bill to come home?

[StillAmused]

Didn't we already see this trifling, irrelevant set-piece in a diner somewhere, starring a waitress who did (or didn't) get a suitable tip?

Who cares what this teenaged face model thinks, especially since she gurgled -- in a TV news interview -- that she'd love to do a campaign spot with Obama?

Quick! Call her publicist!

[Oldtt]

How about the camera operator, or the lighting guy - are they Obama or Clinton supporters? Inquiring minds want to know.

[StrayTalk]

Another great decision by the Clinton campaign-- With all the money they have raised, they buy footage of a sleeping child that is what ,10 years old ( when Bill Clinton was President ) Who is she, a modern day Rip Van Winkle? . Guess the phone rang a bit more than 6 times!

[StillAmused]

Didn't we already see this trifling, irrelevant set-piece in a diner somewhere, starring a waitress who did (or didn't) get a suitable tip?

Who cares what this teenaged face model thinks, especially since she gurgled -- in a news interview -- that she'd love to do a campaign spot with Obama?

Quick! Call her publicist!

[Vurz]

Interesting. So Hillary used this person's photo without bothering to get permission? Isn't that illegal?

[StillAmused]

The little princess was paid when the footage was originally shot, and the producers PAID Getty Images for its use. That's why they call it "stock" library footage.

Wake up.

[forpeace]

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I watched the interview on TV, she is an Obama supporter and she is active in his campaign.

She even mentioned something about having a counter Ad with Obama, interesting girl, very intelligent indeed.

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[dax49]

so- it was a job, not a life calling

[Zyzzygowski]

This is a non issue. It was a stock clip. Certainly the Clinton campaign should have used actual supporters, or at least people who believed the message. For crying out loud, they were just actors.

Ask Sen Clinton about her bringing peace to Ireland and her role in it. That is the experience I would like her to be more specific about. Or, was it just tea and crumpets, and accepting a tea pot?

What has Sen Clinton said about the massacre at the Yeshiva in Israel? What has Sen Clinton said about Venezula, Colombia and Ecuador? And yes, what has Sen Obama and Sen McCain said about it? Pres Bush?

Dag nabit I am a voter and I want to know what the candidates think about real freakin' issues. Things that have real meaning.

[abot]

How ironic - This is awesome. HRC has egg on her face.

I guess you can say this diminishes the impact of this ad. Good. Now we don't have to see it anymore.

[ddlrid]

priceless!

[pollster08]

I'm certain that all the kids in that ad and possibly even the 'mother' are Obama Supporters. It would be hilarious if this were true for all of them....they should all get together to make a counterad against Clinton. That would be FABULOUS!

[NoRepresentation]

So I guess we know who she wants to answer the phone

OBAMA

[missmelodius]

So would I.

[TeleFrank]

she's a real person? i didn't realize it was a documentary.

[Silpat]

Two Obama girls? Wow, the Monster just can't catch a break, can she? LOL

[ScandalousCandice]

That's classic. But she is still a tool for being apart of it.

[MsLiz]

Time for Casey to film a new ad. Show her sleeping, same scene as before. Then show Casey grown up, waking up, drinking orange juice, answering a phone call, and it is a call from Barack Obama, thanking her for working on his campaign.
" Wake Up, America. Obama for President. "

Feel free to use this idea to support Obama.

[Centaur]

The Obama campaign has got to know about this..

[athy]

U N B E L I E V A B L E WHAT THE OBAMA CAMP HAS BEEN DOING¦.

How Barack Obama played the race card and blamed Hillary Clinton.


Post Date Wednesday, February 27, 2008

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html...

The New Republic
Race Man
by Sean Wilentz


Sorry sir- We are not buying it.
I urge all voters to please read these 2 articles.
See how Sen. Obama"s team is playing us all for morons¦
This is REPREHENSIBLE.
JOURNALISTS-PLEASE WRITE ABOUT THIS

BLOGGERS- PLEASE READ & FORWARD THESE ARTICLES
ITS UP TO US TO PROTECT INTEGRITY OF ELECTION PROCESS

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070219/hayes

The Nation magazine

"Obama"s Media Maven" by Chrisptoher Hayes. 2/19/08 issue


David Axelrod-Sen Obama"s campaign manager- has a stellar reputation for advising his black candidates on how to "shape" their message & attacks in such a way to win over the white sympathy votes and black anger votes¦

Everyone quickly assumed that ALL the negative ads out there against Sen. Obama have been instigated by the Clinton camp.

[peterpancreas]

she "passionately opposes" Hillary, but also "loves" her? Love hate relationship, huh? Or maybe just crappy journalism.

[Dragon5616]

Obama should definitely do a commercial with this intelligent, attractive young lady.

[SlithyTove]

Out of the mouths of babes...

[cabgx2]

I would have been pissed if someone woke me up at 3:00 AM for a political add.