Girl In Clinton Ad Now 17, Supports Obama

Sleeping 8-Year-Old From Old Film Footage Calls The Ad "Fear-Mongering"

(AP)  Casey Knowles didn't much like a recent campaign commercial for Hillary Clinton - even though she's in it as a sleeping 8-year-old.

After all, she's about to turn 18 now and is a big supporter of Barack Obama.

"What I don't like about the ad is its fear-mongering," Knowles told ABC's "Good Morning America Weekend Edition" on Sunday. "I think it's a cheap hit to take. I really prefer Obama's message of looking forward to a bright future."

The well-known Clinton ad aired in Texas before last week's vote and implied a lack of experience on Obama's part. It showed an exterior of a Colonial-style home and old stock footage of Knowles sleeping in bed. A narrator describes a phone ringing in the White House: "It's 3 a.m. and your children are safely asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?"

Clinton won the Texas primary by a 51-47 percent margin.

Knowles said she didn't see the ad until Jon Stewart lampooned it Thursday on "The Daily Show." Her brother noticed it was her, and the family replayed the commercial on their digital recorder to be sure.

"They were parodying this ad, kind of poking fun at it," Knowles said. "My brother was like, 'Is that Casey?' And we just erupted. Sure enough, it's me."

The file footage was originally shot for a railroad company advertisement. The Clinton campaign bought it from Getty Images.

Knowles, a senior at Bonney Lake High School who turns 18 next month, has been campaigning for the Illinois senator. She attended his rally at Seattle's KeyArena on Feb. 8. Her mother, Pam, told The News Tribune of Tacoma that Casey cried and trembled after shaking the candidate's hand.

The next day, she was a Democratic precinct captain for the state's caucuses. If she plays her cards right, she could go to the national convention.

Not to mention that she could be in another ad. After her identity became known, Obama's campaign contacted her.

"I mentioned that we should make a counter ad, me and Obama, against Hillary," she said. "They thought that was really funny. They actually might take me up on it."

That said, Knowles said she plans to vote for whichever Democrat wins the nomination.

[nofearinlove]

The Little girl in the video above is sleeping in the assurance that God Loves her! She made the decision to invite Jesus into her life the day before. Now she knows there is no fear in Love!

[arr967]

When someone will get a hummer in the oval office there is no level too low. These are bottom feeders.

[andersenme]

MORE MONSTEROUS MACHINATIONS BY THE CLINTONS ...

IT GIVES LIE TO ALL THE CHARACTER ASSASSINATION THE CLINTONS AND THEIR TRAINED SEALS HAVE ENGAGED IN AGAINST BARACK OBAMA ...

IF HE WASN''T READY FOR THAT 3 A.M. PHONE CALL, WHY THEIR DESPERATION IN TRYING TO GET HIM TO ACCEPT POTENTIALLY BEING A HEART BEAT FROM THE PRESIDENCY???

OR ARE THEY JUST THAT UNPATRIOTIC?


Clintons push a Hillary/Obama ticket
Sun Mar 9, 2008
8:11pm EDT

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack Obama -- this time saying the first-term U.S. lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a strong running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket headed by the former first lady.

[nofearinlove]

The Little girl in the video above is sleeping in the assurance that God Loves her! She made the decision to invite Jesus into her life the day before. Now she knows there is no fear in Love!

[ringading3]

The Clintons are offering Osama a back seat in the race, and he thinks he deserves to sit up front? LOL

[rudy654-2009]

It is just a commercial, yeah political. I thought they were all actors. You all thought they were the real deal??? Good grief, it wouldn''t have surprised me if they had later been shown to be libertarians. Who cares?

[excoachken]

To NoFearinLove: The greatest "Terrorism" facing America today is from the Religious zealots who feel driven to try to force feed their indoctrination in places where it is not welcomed. This blog is not set up for you to push your intolerant American Taliban style on the public. Isn''t it enough that you exploit your "tax free" status without trying to limit the access of free speech by intruding with your propaganda here. Give us a break!

[rudy654-2009]

Posted by NoFearInLove at 10:10 PM

No, she was sleeping nice and warm, because she was about to celebrate her baz mitzvah. She didn''t care about all that other stuff.

[candide777]

That said, Knowles said she plans to vote for whichever Democrat wins the nomination.

Amen to that, sister! No more of the McSame!

[shanev137]

hahaha...this is funny and ironic and symbolic.

[mccoy230023]

This kind of commercial that tries to scare Americans reminds me of Bush when he was running for his 2nd term with all of his terror alerts. Now Fillery Clinton is trying the same tactic. It shows me that she is willing to say and do anything to get the nomination. I have no respect for Fillery for the simple fact that her husband cheated on her not once but twice that we know of, and she still with him. If they where to go on the Jerry Springer show she would be labeled as a fool for allowing herself to get played over and over by her own husband. Who is to say that same thing will not happen if she becomes the nominee.

[dusea-2009]

Just another example of how the press attacks Senator Clinton. The footage, which was bought, was made 10 years ago, and her campaign used it to send an intended message. It doesn''t matter who the girl supports now that she''s grown up, she didn''t even now or could have known how it was going to be used 10 years later. What matters is what you believe on the issues, and which candidate you agree with most.

But it could be just me venting after I learn that Mr. Obama, who is trying to be a civil rights leader, doesn''t really to care much for gay rights... Isn''t gay rights a civil right? How can you be for change if you oppress a group of people? You can''t say you are if you are not for it. If you''re not, say your not from the start.

[hoggenderby]

"God loves her. No fear in love." What hatred!! What terrorism by the American Taliban!!!! I am not religious, but it sounds like some missed their Lithium.

[libra127]

MONSTEROUS MACHINATIONS Posted by AndersenME at 09:37 PM : Mar 09, 2008

"Monsterous machinations" ? What a ridiculous claim! The Clinton campaign made a campaign TV ad which is very tame in comparison with typical political ads from the recent and not so recent past. Calm down and get some perspective, please.

[nearl4511]

I was reading some in the National Enquirer and the Sun some examples of the "unfair" way the press deals with CLinton.

Only thing is both magazines were attacking Obama with the typical fearmongering rumor mill. I can see where Rupert Murdoch and his like are targeting and it ISN''T Clinton.

The sorry fact of the matter for progressives like me, is that the corporate interests have the system rigged from the outset. Not enough negative press on Obams - - well they;ll just make some up. So much for a message of hope.

[whitepicks2]

If you allow the fear-mongering in this ad to change your mind between choosing Clinton or Obama, do neither. You belong with McCain.

[tibu987]

So Slick Willie is trying to cover all their bases and would accept an Obama/Clinton presidency.
No way Willie, the two are not in the same league.
Obama will select a more qualified VP than Hillary. Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Colin Powell, et al.
Hopefully, Slick Willie and Hillary will fade off in the sunset, for good.
I, for one, am tired of sleazy lawyers taking political office and the resultant corruption.
Let''s all try to change things with Obama.
I am.

[sharncedar]

The camera focuses on a man in his twenties. Barack Obama is standing at his door. "Come with me, we''re going to change Washington ... we''re going to change your life, you are going to get your power, to rebuild the economy, to make America strong again."

The man looks at Obama, then he looks the other way across the room. There is a big beer bottle there. Budweiser. It has a curvy shape, and it winks at him. He does a double take, you see Obama and his big ears looking hopeful, then the man slams the door.

Next shot, he is guzzling the Bud, and burps loudly. "Americans don''t want change, they jsut want beer" says the voice over.


How is that ad? Good?

[sharncedar]

The Obama ad fights back:

Several young men lounge on the sofa, playing video games. Knock on the door. "Is it that Obama dude again?" says grumpy. The door opens, its Obama, he''s got a sixpack.

Obama smiles at the camera and says, "I''m here to change America, and I''ve brought the beer."

[tibu987]

The press attacks Hillary because there is so much corruption available to report and attack.
If one looks at the Clintons backgrounds from Arkansas to the white House, there is not much room left for any good things to report.
Sleaze does not not belong in the white House. We deserve better than that.

[grazinggoat]

CBS News: ''Casey Knowles didn''t much like a recent campaign commercial for Hillary Clinton - even though she''s in it as a sleeping 8-year-old.

After all, she''s about to turn 18 now and is a big supporter of Barack Obama.

Clinton won the Texas primary by a 51-47 percent margin. ''

-Hahahaha! Too bad Casey had not aired what she just said rigth before the elections in Texas-Ohio... That would have been funny. Too bad, we have not had a win by Obama, afer all it was so close and such an anecdotic little scandal would have put some funny spice in this campaign to counter-balance the fearmongering approach by certain candidates, and by their puppetbots.

[alphaa10-2009]

In 1964, Lyndon Johnson faced Barry Goldwater, whom the Democrats wanted to marginalize as a right-wing nut for his comments regarding nuclear confrontation.

The Johnson people decided to air a political attack ad featuring a small girl, peacefully picking flowers in a meadow. A second later, the scene goes white in the flash of a hydrogen bomb.

The Johnson ad became the archetype of the "fear-mongering" political attack ad, and it roused such resentment among most viewers for its heavy-handed style the media chiseled its own memo in stone-- don''t make it so obvious you want to terrify people. Just as murders are preferably off-stage, the viewer is best left to process innuendo and suggested threat.

So, it''s 3AM, again-- and we must ask, do you know where your candidate stands on use of fear-mongering ads? Better find out-- one theory is fear-mongering shows a tendency to value theatrics (tricks) more highly than truth.

PS: As it turned out, Johnson soon had his own moment of truth in the USS Turner Joy incident, in which he claimed (falsely) an attack on an American warship off Vietnam. This was the basis on which Johnson called for American intervention in Vietnam.

Moral-- If we cannot trust the ad, perhaps we cannot trust the candidate.

[nearl4511]

Tibu....I''m with you.

I don''t think the CLintons are as sleazy as th current lot, but why would we want to turn back to the 24/7 coverage of the all the scandals with them? Some without merit; but with all those money ties, some DO have merit!

Besides, as far as I''m concerned Bill had his 8 years. Pci someone else.

[brianbwb-2009]

"Let''''s all try to change things with Obama.
I am." Posted by tibu987

Good sentiment, but I see among your names Colin Powell. Not only a republican, "Uncle Tom" lapdog, but also the person who voiced the lies about WMDs to the UN, complete with pictures.

Powell should be in the front row of those who are tried for lying under oath, treason, and murder.

[sjbj2322]

I too just read one of Obama''s speeches but it didn''t give me chills = it made me want to vomit. Here''s one for ya, Dear Casey! Read this and then tell me how morally superior your candidate is. There''s nothing he won''t say to get the support of whomever he''s addressing but to intentionally try to ingratiate oneself through out and out lies is detestable. Tragically, that audience like the one that you must have been in were so busy getting caught up in the words that it never occured to any of you to question whether what the man was saying in anyway coincided with the truth. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/saywhat.asp

[nearl4511]

Colin is a different sort. His shame is that he knew Cheney and Co. were BS''n, but still played the loyal soldier and performed as the "great OZ" before the UN.

His potilical future is nill because of this gaff.

[samthetvcat]

"They were parodying this ad, kind of poking fun at it," Knowles said. "My brother was like, ''Is that Casey?'' And we just erupted. Sure enough, it''s me."

ha ha ha ha - that must have been surreal! That''s not Casey from the ''The Gauntlet'' and ''Fresh Meat'' on mtv, is it? They showed her today on CNN and it looks just like her . . .

[grazinggoat]

I too just read one of Obama''''s speeches but it didn''''t give me chills = it made me want to vomit. Here''''s one for ya, Dear Casey! Read this and then tell me how morally superior your candidate is. There''''s nothing he won''''t say to get the support of whomever he''''s addressing but to intentionally try to ingratiate oneself through out and out lies is detestable. Tragically, that audience like the one that you must have been in were so busy getting caught up in the words that it never occured to any of you to question whether what the man was saying in anyway coincided with the truth. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/say
what.asp
Posted by sjbj2322 at 12:07 AM : Mar 10, 2008

-sjbj2322: is an acronym for S*ckJobBl*wJob@23:22pm.
You are pathetically lying since the first time you came on this blog. You''re another pityfulbot.

-Here''s another proof, from the same page you mentioned earlier and denying all what the pathetics have accused BO of being...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/

[paris1969]

she is not a very bright actress .. if she continues to flip off the people who use her "stock" photos she may find her royalties shrinking severely

[grazinggoat]

Obama is the only true candidate who cannot be attacked for mismanagement, misuse, misunderstanding, lying, bribery, whatsoever. All what pathetic can is trashtalk wrongly about his religious affiliation, name... They are defeated.

-BO is the hope for change president. He will give back the shine to the WhiteHouse! Render it clean as American People deserve it to be.

[cbs_oliver]

she is not a very bright actress .. if she continues to flip off the people who use her "stock" photos she may find her royalties shrinking severely

Posted by paris1969 at 12:40 AM : Mar 10, 2008

Possibly, but then she also won''t be used to advertise the benefits of waterboarding or indefinite detention without trial or pre-emptive war. I would imagine that''s a tradeoff she would be happy live with.

[grazinggoat]

she is not a very bright actress .. if she continues to flip off the people who use her "stock" photos she may find her royalties shrinking severely
Posted by paris1969 at 12:40 AM : Mar 10, 2008

-This is an idiot comment, needless.

[croft777]

Why do people get so worked up over Obama? Crying, fainting, chanting, screaming,totally freaking out. You have to be a nut in the first place to even considering doing that to any human being. It''s like bowing down and kissing their azz. Lowering yourself as like a slave to them. Worshiping a pagan idol. Chanting to the devil. Creapy......

I can say I''ve never done that, and never will in a million years. There is not one person in this whole dam*n ****ked up world that I would lower myself under. What is wrong with people? They act worse then the mentally insane. We need signs on these people that read: Hey I''m stupid, I worship Obama ding dong.

[croft777]

Why do people get so worked up over Obama? Crying, fainting, chanting, screaming,totally freaking out. You have to be a nut in the first place to even considering doing that to any human being. It''''s like bowing down and kissing their azz. Lowering yourself as like a slave to them. Worshiping a pagan idol. Chanting to the devil. Creepy......

I can say I''''ve never done that, and never will in a million years. There is not one person in this whole dam*n ****ked up world that I would lower myself under. What is wrong with people? They act worse then the mentally insane. We need signs on these people that read: Hey I''''m stupid, I worship Obama ding dong.

[goldesprit]

What a laugh-- what if I said that we certainly have not seen this "actress" much-- that now shes reduced to trying to get a little tiny bit of attention this way.

Really impressive story. I guess its Sunday. Yawn.

[whitepicks2]

Why do people get so worked up over Obama? Crying, fainting, chanting, screaming,totally freaking out. You have to be a nut in the first place to even considering doing that to any human being. It''''''''s like bowing down and kissing their azz. Lowering yourself as like a slave to them. Worshiping a pagan idol. Chanting to the devil. Creepy......

I can say I''''''''ve never done that, and never will in a million years. There is not one person in this whole dam*n ****ked up world that I would lower myself under. What is wrong with people? They act worse then the mentally insane. We need signs on these people that read: Hey I''''''''m stupid, I worship Obama ding dong. - Croft

You''re the one getting worked up here. Could you cool it down a little, slappy. You''re harshing the buzz.

[popstom1]

Obama first be came a senator by knocking
all opponents off the ballot so there was no one to
run aginst him ok now he writes letters for his
money man Tony Rezko to the city of chicago and the state of Illinois for a 14 million doller houseing
deal then theres the inturnship for an Obama contributors son that was requsted by guess who his
good friend Tony then the boneheaded mistake on his
house His church is real friendley a Mr. Farrakhan
and canada you know this stuff is not hard to find
what do you think the republican''s have found they
have looked a lot harder then me there is no more $hit too throw at Hillary Clinton

[grazinggoat]

Yehodot Ahronot of Jerusalem article considers:

Maybe Obama really does get it !
There is a moral obligation to seek every avenue for peace, including direct talks with enemies, like Barack Obama advocates

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516826,00.html

-On a second thought, Israel has signed agreemets with Hezbollah, no Israeli Incursions into SouthLebanon with No Hezbolah Katiusha shelling over Northern Israeli Towns and cities. Hamas couls be a confident peace partner. Hamas represents the baseroot people in Palestine. Abbas is just a politician. Hanieh is a leader.

-With Obama, finally someone in the White House who takes wise decisions, inspite of Special Insterests continuous pressure.

[popstom1]

grazinggoat look harder it is not hard to find if
you look.

[immigrant2]

Could this girl tell you what Obama could do for her?

[monyneen]

The actress and Obama sound real chummy . Could something be brewing ? Shaking and Trembling . Wow . I never did trust Obama.Keep your eyes and ears open .

[monyneen]

This actress wants another 15 minutes of fame . she should thank Hillary Clinton for reviving her dead end career. What a jerk she must be and Obama and his camp must be getting desperate . sicko''s

[monyneen]

CBS is still the as- of news so bias and sick . How low can you people go ?

[monyneen]

hahahaha. the obama people are getting desperate .Heads up .

[monyneen]

who gives a cra-? You people at CBS abd Obama are CLUCHING at straws . Creepy

[camboh82]

To all the pessimistic sours--this news is actually kind of funny. Lighten up!

[terri101]

All I can say is does she get royalties?

Common Sense tells me that if you look at this ad as a fear ad you mite want to go see you Shrink:)

Open ended question maybe but not fear!

[xzonz]

yes, this girl wants Obama to pick up the phone in the WH, because he has the right judgement

[antizion]

hahahaha. the obama people are getting desperate .Heads up .
Posted by Monyneen at 01:39 AM : Mar 10, 2008

-----------------------------

Apparently you can''t do math so you are obviously one of those people with a low IQ that support the Clinton Bush crime syndicate.

Obama is ahead, count the votes moron.

[heartlandjim]

Just the thought of the Hill answering America''s phone gives me nightmares!