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Out of the Mouths of "Safe and Asleep" Babes!

"It's 3 a.m. ... who do you want answering the phone?"

Barack Obama, thank you!

Thus, at least, saith Casey Knowles, the young girl who features in the opening segment of Hillary Clinton's now-infamous "red phone" ad. The footage used in the ad is eight years old; Casey, a former child actor, is now 17 and an active Obama supporter. (She served as a precinct captain for Obama in the Washington State caucuses.)

Whoops!  The Clinton campaign made much political hay this week over the gaffes of various Obama campaign advisers. Now they have a gafflet (?) of their own.

And how does Casey (who will be old enough to vote in November) feel about finding herself used in a Clinton campaign ad? "I think it would be really wonderful if me and Barack Obama could get together and make a nice counter ad," she suggests.

Mmm-hmm.