Girl shown in Clinton ad, now 17, is big-time Obama supporter

[RiverStone]

By The Associated Press 3/9/08

BONNEY LAKE, Pierce County — Casey Knowles didn't much like a recent campaign commercial for Hillary Rodham Clinton — even though she's in it.

After all, the Bonney Lake 17-year-old is a big Barack Obama supporter.

"What I don't like about the ad is its fear-mongering," Knowles told "Good Morning America Weekend Edition" today. "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 stock footage of then-8-year-old 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 51 percent to 47 percent.

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."

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[stray cat]

1. Even the people in the commercials are a view from the past....

[cbayer]

2. This is soooooo yesterday. lol. nt.

[Rosemary2205]

3. kicked

for the laugh