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Maker of Anti-Clinton Video Outed, Loses Job
Raul654 writes "Philip de Vellis, the author of the anti-Hilary Clinton viral video was outed yesterday on the Huffington Post. The company he worked for, Blue State Digital — a Democratic Internet strategy company that does work for Barack Obama — has now fired him as a result. Said Vellis: 'I made the "Vote Different" ad because I wanted to express my feelings about the Democratic primary, and because I wanted to show that an individual citizen can affect the process.'"
From a reply to the Huffington Post article by the creator:
I've resigned from my employer, Blue State Digital, an internet company that provides technology to several presidential campaigns, including Richardson's, Vilsack's, and -- full disclosure -- Obama's. The company had no idea that I'd created the ad, and neither did any of our clients. But I've decided to resign anyway so as not to harm them, even by implication.
I see nothing in that article that says he was fired. I see user comments to that effect, but those aren't cited, either.
I heard on the radio this morning that he quit when he realized he was going to be unmasked. That's quite a bit different than being fired.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
This is a very old, and very nasty strategy:
...
1. Get somebody to make an offensive attack ad
2. Get it noticed by the press
3. Enjoy seeing your attack ad on the air FOR FREE for a dozen news cycles or more.
4. Offset the blame, since you never "approved" the ad.
5. Profit!
From his blog:
The campaigns had no idea who made it--not the Obama campaign, not the Clinton campaign, nor any other campaign. I made the ad on a Sunday afternoon in my apartment using my personal equipment (a Mac and some software), uploaded it to YouTube, and sent links around to blogs.
Just in case people don't "get it", the problem with Communism is that it assumes that there must be a ruling elite to watch over and guide the proletarians. That's not to say that other systems don't have the same defect, Communism is just always that way. (at least according to Lenin)
Remember Socialism is not the same as Communism, despite what some Republicans try to tell everyone.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Yes, he says he resigned.
His employer says says he was fired.
Does it really matter? He was shown the door, one way or another.
"99 dead duelists of Dios on the wall. 99 dead duelists of Dios! Take one's ring, pass it around..."
Marx's original plan was that communism was a transitional government on the road to real anarchy and self governance. But it was criticized by true anarchists from day one. Anarchists such as Proudhon said that communism would invariably lead to a concentration of power, just the same as capitalism.
In any case, I think the post you were responding to was not raising a critique on that level. I think it was more along the lines of "They wants to take mah propurtai!"
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Your free only from government prosecution. Having a job is not an inalienable right and the employer has a right to fire him because he could hurt the business if Obama drops his contract with the company.
It sucks but thats how it goes. Yes you can run around office screaming the star spangled banner like a maniac and have security escourt you out and its your right to do so and lose your job of course. It only means the government can not prosecute you for doing so.
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He violated the policy and quit.
Fixed that for you.
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I don't have TV reception at home, but I happened to be traveling in the US most of Tuesday, where that video was alllll over the the major news networks (at least the ones that were playing in the various airports).
It was a little more widespread than Slashdot.
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No, Ann Coulter said that if you say faggot, in today's culture, you have to go to rehab.
It's amazing how the press loves to distort everything she says, like the job they did on her in re: to the 9/11 widows... distorting it very badly.
He was fired because his employment contract theoretically doesn't allow him to work for or against company clients off the clock.
Whether or not you believe he was really off the clock is another issue altogether.
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