3am Girl Prefers Obama Answering the Phone

From a story ran tonight on KING 5 TV here in Seattle...

The VIDEO HERE as it first aired.

Script below:

AD: "It's 3 am and your children are safe and asleep. But there's a phone in the white house and it's ringing..."

IT'S THE POLITICAL AD THAT HELPED TURN THE TIDE FOR SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN.

AD: "Who do you want answering the phone?"

THURSDAY NIGHT -- THE KNOWLES FAMILY OF BUCKLEY WASHINGTON WERE WATCHING THE JON STEWART SHOW...AND SAW THE AD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Brady Knowles: "I looked and saw a girl that looked like my sister and we rewound it and sure enough it was my sister."

Casey Knowles: "It's actually really funny...."

THE FIRST GIRL IN THE AD IS  YOUNG CASEY KNOWLES --
STOCK FOOTAGE FROM 8 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WORKED AS A TV EXTRA --
FOOTAGE OWNED NOW BY GETTY IMAGES AND USED BY THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
THEY COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A MORE UNWILLING STAR.

Casey Knowles: "It's really sort of ironic that my image would be used to advocate for Hillary when I myself do not."

SHE MAY ONLY BE 17 BUT CASEY HAS SOME VERY STRONG POLITICAL OPINIONS...
SHE TURNS 18 -- LEGAL VOTING AGE --  IN APRIL -- PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Casey Knowles: "It's perfect timing because I have a candidate that I really identify with..."

Casey Knowles: "I've been campaigning for barack obama for a few months now. I was actually a precinct captain at the caucuses a few months ago...I attended his rally a few months ago and I'm a very very avid supporter."

THE KNOWLES FAMILY ADMIT THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER HOW THE FOOTAGE IS USED.
AND WHILE THEY SEE THE HUMOR OF IT ALL -- THEY ARE MILDLY ANNOYED.

Casey Knowles: "I think it would be really wonderful if me and Barack Obama could get together and make a nice counter ad (laughs)."

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UPDATE: So glad people are enjoying this story!
Just saw it run on CNN. Awesome.

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•  This is too perfect

  One comment - this is too perfect, for words.

  It's a small universe, and it surely does have a sense of humor.

  by highprincipleswork on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:45:02 PM PDT

  •  Here is the link to the story:

    http://www.king5.com/...

    by humphrey on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:54:04 PM PDT

    •  Tips for the diarist...

      and his/her great catch here.

      by noddem on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:21:07 PM PDT

      •  thanks!

        just changed it. i'm new here.

        by Momentum on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:30:27 PM PDT

        •  You totally rock!!

          Man, I took a break from politics for a couple of days and came back to this post.  It has made my night.  This is just funny.  They should totally use this.  

          by swampus on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:34:12 PM PDT

        •  Alrighty then...

          I guess this works.  Welcome aboard!
          Disregard my statement above ;^)

          Peace

          by noddem on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:48:26 PM PDT

        •  Thanks so much for catching this

          and passing it on to us--it's too funny!

          by EJP in Maine on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 03:10:19 AM PDT

          •  This could make a powerful TV ad for Obama

            Have Casey talk to Obama about attending his rally, becoming a precinct captain at the caucuses, and why at 18 she's an avid supporter.

            It would play particularly well in college towns.

            by Alan Arizona on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 05:01:31 AM PDT

            •  It was for Reagan

              Reagan found the guy who'd starred in a Carter ad, and got him to be in a 'four years later' ad that talked about his regrets for supporting Carter.  

              Brutal.
              .

              by Grand Moff Texan on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 07:48:48 AM PDT

            •  Yes yes yes! (n/t)

              by Ivey476 on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:39:39 AM PDT

        •  youtube link

          here is the youtube link if you wanna add it to the diary! http://uk.youtube.com/...

          by foreign obesver on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:31:53 AM PDT

    •  They should do the counter ad...

      Man, this whole thing is dripping with irony and humor with a pinch of poetic justice thrown in as a bonus.  Wow.  Yeah, they should use this.  

      by swampus on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:29:30 PM PDT

      •  I sent a link to this diary

        to the Obama campaign website. Actually returned one of their info emails to me. Not sure if anyone will read it. Others might want to do the same or some similar method of contacting them.

        by kuulray on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 05:07:48 AM PDT

      •  The girls could say something like...

        I'm the little girl that is asleep when the phone rings in the White House. I trust no one better than Barrack Obama to know how to handle that crisis that's happening in the world. (?)

        by jalenth on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 11:48:22 AM PDT

    •  Ooooooooh------I so agree with Casey----

      I think it would be 'wonderful for she and Obama to get together to make a nice little counter ad'.

      by dotster on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 05:30:07 AM PDT

    •  Just saw it covered on CNN Ballot Bowl!

      I'm loving it!

      by humphrey on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 01:57:08 PM PDT

  •  Ompocrisy

    David Brooks of the New York Times said today

    a candidate should never betray the core theory of his campaign, or head down a road that leads to that betrayal. Barack Obama doesn’t have an impressive record of experience or a unique policy profile. New politics is all he’s got. He loses that, and he loses everything. Every day that he looks conventional is a bad day for him.

    Besides, the real softness of the campaign is not that Obama is a wimp. It’s that he has never explained how this new politics would actually produce bread-and-butter benefits to people in places like Youngstown and Altoona.

    by Cascadia on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:11:54 AM PDT

    •  Irony is having Peter Daou do a diary today

      HRC's internet guru comes to DKos asking a question, seeking an answer. Well, here's the link.

      http://www.dailykos.com/...

      Hundreds of answers, and poor peter could only ask one question over and over several times

      http://www.dailykos.com/...

      by MadMs on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 01:00:06 AM PDT

      •  They're trying to reach out to the netroots

        Too bad they don't understand posting a diary doesn't undo everything else.

        by EJP in Maine on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 03:15:01 AM PDT

    •  When was Brooks right about something?

      I can't remember.  
      .

      by Grand Moff Texan on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 07:50:50 AM PDT

    •  David Brooks supports McCain

      by Moonwood on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:55:04 AM PDT

  •  Young People Don't Count!

    Along with square states, small states, caucuses, pledged non-automatic contingent delegates, votes of non-Democrats, votes of African American Democrats, non-"battleground" states, certain "red" states, certain "blue" states, and party rules.

    Warning: What does and does not count is subject to change.  If a state, demographic, or rule should result in increased delegates for Hillary Clinton, any promise, statement, declaration, representation, utterance, or assertion of its failure to count will be considered null and void. Nothing in this disclaimer should be read as indicating that delegates count, unless or until Hillary Clinton has more of them. Entire offer may be void in Denver.

    by GreenSooner on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 02:53:27 AM PDT

    •  you forgot

      wine drinkers
      latte drinkers
      Prius drivers
      people who have a trust fund
      birkenstock shoe wearers
      "impressionable elitists"

      and............

      by davefromqueens on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 04:30:08 AM PDT

      •  Further Disclaimer

        No list of persons, places, or things that "don't count" should be read as exclusive.  Any invidious connotations of the campaign's designations for persons, places, or things that "don't count" are purely coincidental. It should go without saying that Hillary Clinton is proud to compete for the votes of elitists, surrender monkeys, Republicans, the politically naive, people from states she's chosen not to visit, and Negroes.

        by GreenSooner on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 05:38:56 AM PDT

  •  Just like the Oberweise fake families ads

    I have never heard of anyone in an ad popping up like this.  Oh, wait, except for the "Harry and Louise couple" who did the health insurance ads who turn out to like progressive candidates.

    by arthura on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 07:00:59 AM PDT

    •  I thought that too

      I had my car serviced yesterday and the mechanic had the local news at noon on the TV and they covered the story.

      I love my mechanic, after the local news was over he switched it to MSNBC.  It's so nice to go somewhere in public where they don't have Fox on contstantly.

      by ChiGirl88 on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 07:38:53 AM PDT

    •  Memo to all future campaign ad creators:

      Just because YOU don't know who the people are in your stock footage doesn't mean than no one will.

      This just happens over and over, and they never seem to get the message.

      by Ducktape on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 04:44:26 PM PDT

  •  I love it!

    Casey Knowles: "I think it would be really wonderful if me and barack obama could get together and make a nice counter ad (laughs)."

    What a great idea!

    by NYCal on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 08:07:18 AM PDT

  •  We need to get this on YouTube

    ASAP. It's the perfect time and the perfect story.

    by dynamicstand on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 10:59:07 AM PDT

  •  Oh, the Hilarity . . . n/t

    by Deward Hastings on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:41:51 PM PDT

  •  I can't help but to laugh!

    by ScottyUrb on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 01:35:33 PM PDT

  •  The girl was interviewed on CNN

    She's an Obama precinct captain!  And says she would love to make a new commercial with him.

    by Land of Enchantment on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 02:21:06 PM PDT

•  Please rec this diary.

  He should take her up on her offer.

  by neonineten on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:46:12 PM PDT

  •  yeah

    I would hate for her get attention if she didn't want it, but I bet the media would love to have her speak for Obama...its a GREAT story!!!!

    rec this up!

    by pooh74 on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:47:29 PM PDT

    •  This would make a nice story for KO

      Hillary is already starting to receive diminishing returns from her all or nothing smear job that she did to Obama right before Texas and Ohio voted.
      NAFTA has blown up in her face and then she ends up actually losing the delegate fight from Texas...and now this, I LOVE IT!

      by Jeff Y on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:27:37 PM PDT

      •  Morning Joe

        I already emailed the story to Morning Joe on MSNBC and American Morning on CNN. I have a Satan filter on my computer so I can't access the link to Fox and Friends.

        by joejoejoe on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:53:28 PM PDT

        •  That's OK

          Fox isn't a real news channel anyway ;)

          by Jeff Y on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:06:50 AM PDT

      •  That was my first thought -- KO.

        Have her on as a guest, play the first part of the ad, then switch back to Casey now at 17, have her answer the phone, and say "Obama, thanks for asking."

        by Mother Mags on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:59:19 AM PDT

  •  Done.

    This is as perfect as it gets.

    by turnover on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:51:42 PM PDT

    •  Woohoo!

      by neonineten on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:51 PM PDT

  •  Isn't this the most perfect definition EVER...

    ...of irony?

    by Jsn on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:10:02 PM PDT

    •  Yes, the perfect definition.

      Someone should send a link to Alanis Morissette.

      by swampus on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:41:12 PM PDT

      •  Are you telling me...

        that a traffic jam when you're already late isn't ironic?

        Peace

        by noddem on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:51:22 PM PDT

        •   ;-)

          by swampus on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:55:06 PM PDT

        •  or

          rain on your wedding day?

          by badlands on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:03:30 AM PDT

          •  Well, What About Ten Thousand Spoons

            When all you need is a knife?

            by karateexplosions on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:08:12 PM PDT

      •  She writes a song that asks "Isn't it

        ironic?" for situations which aren't ironic, but, as one guy put it "just a bunch of bummers". However, the act of taking it upon yourself to explain to people what ironic means by use of a song which incorrectly defines the very term you are trying to explain is ironic in my book.  

        by FudgeFighter on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:11:47 AM PDT

        •  touché %%%

          by TrollKing on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 11:08:14 AM PDT

  •  Most definitely.

    by FudgeFighter on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:23:49 PM PDT

  •  Even as a YouTube only ad,

    which would be a drop in the budget, if you will, this ad can be brilliant. swampus said it well above: "Dripping with irony and humor with a pinch of poetic justice thrown in as a bonus."

    by harveythechainsaw on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:45:48 PM PDT

    •  Actually, I think this may end up getting played

      so much in the media as it is that another ad on top of it may be an overkill. In that case, they could at least appear together.

      by FudgeFighter on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 12:14:54 AM PDT

•  If this is true

  links?  It is hysterical.  I am reccing this because I think bringing the human face to that girl is great!  

  so ironic!

  by pooh74 on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:46:17 PM PDT

•  Precinct captain!!1!

  This is so perfect.  Cut the ad and run it in Philly.

  by nieman on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:48:57 PM PDT

•  what a great laugh before bed

  made my night!

  by nevadadem on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:49:26 PM PDT

•  OBAMA PEOPLE. PLEASE HAVE BARACK USE THIS IN HIS

  STUMP SPEECHES. IT WOULD BE A KILLER QUOTE!

  "The First Children In The Video Wants ME To Answer The Phone At 3 AM"

  THATS A KILLER ZINGER!

  by DFutureIsNow on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:49:29 PM PDT

  •  shhh with the caps.

    peeps are sleeping.

    by tecampbell on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:38:48 PM PDT

    •  Not any more they're not :-) (n/t)

      by Omir the Storyteller on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 03:55:09 AM PDT

•  This is outstanding.

  Just outstanding.

  by turnover on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:50:23 PM PDT

  •  Rats! You beat me to it! <eom>

    by emkath on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:07:53 PM PDT

•  Washington State is Obama country, baby

  by AntonBursch on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:52:46 PM PDT

  •  Yep, we're insignificant, all right...

    Buckley is about fifteen miles south of here.  It's enjoyable to think that, as I was serving as Obama's precinct captain at my caucus, a few miles away, "3 A.M. Girl" was doing the same.

    Now, if only the Clintonistas had tried launching that ad during the campaign up here, this story would have been extra-funny!

    by regnaDkciN on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 02:57:23 AM PDT

  •  Even more so after the PI article

    about how McCain scuttled the Boeing tanker deal.

    It's hard to imagine anyone from Marysville to Chehalis who would vote for McCain after that article.

    by Omir the Storyteller on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 03:56:19 AM PDT

  •  Uh, not completely it isn't. . . .

    n/m

    by waztec on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 10:58:12 AM PDT

    •  Well, it kinda is. Obama won every county.

      by DemocraticLuntz on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 11:03:47 AM PDT

•  Link here

  Maybe add this to the diary?

  by wader on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:54:31 PM PDT

  •  Its there at the top already.

    Click Video.

    by Momentum on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:59:31 PM PDT

    •  Thanks, though I

      linked to the associated article :)

      by wader on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:02:00 PM PDT

      •  Ah!

        Cool. My first journal here, i'll catch on.

        by Momentum on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:04:39 PM PDT

        •  A Link to the Story is Helpful

          When I'm at work & get a chance to get online, I can only see text & no video.

          When I'm at home (like now) I can view the video.

          With a link to the story, you have both options.

          Excellent diary & thanks for giving me a BIG smile when I read this story! :)

          by Fawkes on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:18:41 PM PDT

        •  and this is a really terrific response ad

          the first 3AM response was impressive in its speed and accuracy in framing Obama as the got it right guy, which is what you want in a 3 AM decisionmaker (not Mad McSame shooting off bullets in the night) but this is really lovely. And the direction Obama should take. It is disturbing when he tries negative campaigning via hordes of surrogates here to bash Hillary.

          This is the way to go positive. Lateral thinking. Move beyond fear and smear.

          by dotcommodity on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:36:36 PM PDT

    •  I meant to say to you, Momentum...

      Rats!  You beat me to it!

      I thought this was a neat little story, and that maybe we all could learn a little something from Casey - she will vote for the democrat, no matter what!

      by emkath on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:10:26 PM PDT

    •  Great catch Momentum!

      Use this as a tip jar?

      Peace

      by noddem on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:19:46 PM PDT

    •  thanks

      what a h00t
      
      
      ````
      peace
      
      

      by peace voter on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 11:19:55 PM PDT

•  I hope Obama does make a counter video

  with her in it. This is too good!

  by Zoltan on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:55:50 PM PDT

  •  I'd like a counter ad to say Obama wants to meet

    ...with all the world's leaders, and those lines of communication will help him to resolve a crisis.

    John McCain and Hillary Clinton are reluctant meet with the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Cuba, etc., and so they would have a disadvantage in resolving a crisis.

    by Eric J in MN on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 04:25:48 AM PDT

•  Awesome! Someone should get this to

  CNN or something.   Holy shit that is funny!

  by Niwind on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:56:06 PM PDT

  •  Keith could run it on Countdown! LOL

    by humphrey on Fri Mar 07, 2008 at 10:58:12 PM PDT

    •  It's just so funny and somewhat poignant