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.'"

Comments

In his own words

[techstar25]

You should also check out his letter where he says he resigned from his job. It reads:

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.

Re:Clarification

[morgan_greywolf]

CNN is reporting that he was terminated (read: fired). Not just on their website, but on Robin & Company this morning (blatant plug: Robin Meade is just soooo hot!). According to CNN, the company released a statement to that effect.

So who's telling the truth? I think maybe de Vellis has more to gain by lying, don't you?

Re:Was good

[PopeRatzo]

it was a pretty decent job...showed imagination.

No, the original Apple commercial showed imagination. This guy just showed plagiarism.