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.'"

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Primary Season

[Viper Daimao]

Primaries are always fun, if only because you get to watch each party attack itself for awhile before making their pick and pretending all that never happened.

All the "outrage" is a farce

[netbuzz]

Here's what I make of this whole flap -- not much: Clinton, Obama, the ad's maker (now out of a job), his employer and the press are all just playing their roles ... and the play is a farce. No one's really outraged by that video clip (especially Clinton). And no one really believes it's out of bounds. They're all just reading from the script. ... Of course, that's what high-stakes presidential politics is all about these days. More on this theme on my blog if anyone cares:

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1275 7

Re:Was good

[spun]

I think that was more a demonstration of the "Don't bite the hand that feeds you" principle.

Re:He's right.

[jafac]

- Obama went to a madrasa in Indonesia in his youth. He hid this fact before it was brought to light.

Obama did not hide this fact - because it was never a fact. He went to a private school; one that was NOT a madrasa in any sense of the word.

- Though he claimed to be a Christian now, how come no muslim want his head like they did with the Afghan guy who converted out of Islam?

Because he was never a muslim?

- He claimed to be an Israeli supporter but he said Palestinians are the most oppressed people on Earth (Darfur anyone?)

Support of Israel means turning a blind eye to human rights violations?

One can support Israel, and still care about innocent Palestinians caught in the middle in this conflict.

One can also support Palestinians without supporting the terrorist tactics of a radical minority.

Darfur is a tragedy. But the US is not supplying the Sudanese government with $3 Billion in military aid each year. Now tell me who is more oppressed.