Girl in Clinton ad: I'm an Obama fan!

Years ago, Casey Knowles appeared in some stock footage for Getty Images. This week, she was shocked to see herself in the same stock footage in Hillary Clinton's "red phone" ad. Why is she so surprised? "I've been campaigning for Barack Obama for a few months now," Knowles said, explaining she was even a precinct captain at one of the caucuses. "It's really sort of ironic that my image would be used to advocate for Hillary when I myself do not."

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What a waste of our time. K5 mentions that they tried to contact Hilary for comment, what would she have to say that would have any bearing on the elections. This is a pathetic news topic and I can't believe K5 or any other agency feels they need to "follow up". IT'S JUST AN OLD STOCK VIDEO CLIP!!!!

I think it's fascinating.

I'd much rather see this on the news than rapes, murders and crap like that.

Good for king for doing a story like this.

This is news? She was an actor in a film clip! Does this mean Democratic actors can only play roles that reflect their party? Stop the presses...did a democrat play FDR in every film made? Did a republican play Nixon? Come on, give us news stories with importance and not just waste my time trying to make a non-event important.

It show just how low the clintons will go to scare people of the u.s..And make the people of the u.s. fear the other countrys of the world.

What a story! It just goes to show the shallowness of political ads. Using fear mongering techniques,the Clinton campaign bought and used an 8 year old video to try to make their candidate seem presidential enough to answer a 3 A.M. crisis phone call. And the young innocent girl in the ad is now an Obama supporter! Do you think the voters of Texas and Ohio might feel duped? They should.

It really showed me that Clinton's campaign is going down...down...down.

I realize that this campaign is of doing with out realizing who is doing what. It tells me that she is(Clinton) just making us fear of others ...but shouldn't be rather friendly and trying even bringing the world to one table as much as possible as far as USA is the great nation...

I don't know why she should be 'shocked' and why this was news at all! She was a child actor, Getty images has a huge database of images - all bought and apid for (and if you choose to use them you will buy them as well). This young woman (or her family) were paid for the 'work' she did lying in bed looking as sweet as fresh piece of taffy. Why she should be shocked is beyond me. Ironic? certainly. News? I think not.

All this girl wanted was her 15 minutes of fame. At 17 how much dose she really understand?

This is a lame news story and a sorry attempt for someone who was a cute little girl that didn't turn out so good looking as a teen ager to become relevant in the entertainment industry. Why does NBC and King continue to pander to these attention seekers.

This is journalism at the level of the National Enquirer.

That was suppose to say she turned out NOT so good looking.

are you really attacking her appearance? How shallow can you get?? This young person, being so involved in politics, shows that maybe there is hope for our country after all! Good job Casey...If everyone (young and old) were more informed about politics our country would be in much better shape than it is today!!

Who cares! Your film clips/photos were sold as a package. You are just a commodity. Get over yourself.

She's just doing it for the publicity.

This is NOT news, and I think that most people are tired of hearing about this stupid story. Shame on you, K5, for polluting your new reports with such an irrelevant story!!

Does the irony escape everyone? This young lady seems offended that she was exploited by the Clinton campaign. Sweetie, the only people responsible for your exploitation are your own parents. Your parents used your image to promote their business. Please your dismay and astonishment that your image is being exploited by one campaign while you support another candidate is just so...shall I say it? Tragic...NOT!!! Even now in your naive mind you believe that the Obama campaign is not continuing the exploitation. As I watched you today on MSNBC I felt sadness for you that you couldn't even comprehend the depths of your exploitation. If I were you, I would direct my anger at the appropriate party...your parents.

Who cares. She or her family weren't griping when they took the money for the footage. How ridiculous that King even bothered with somthing like this. There must be some real news out there that they can report.

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