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Maker of Anti-Clinton Video Outed, Loses Job

Posted by kdawson on from the on-his-own-time dept.

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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  1. Vast, left-wing conspiracy by winkydink · · Score: 0, Troll

    As Hilary laughs it off saying it was better than her off key rendition of the Star Spangled Banner I imagine her muttering under her breath, "yeah, and the really funny part is that asshole is out of a job and if I have anything to do with it, will never work again."

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    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  2. Re:Was good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think they fired him because that is what Democrats do
    when put into a corner. Sacrifice someone below them.
    Take no responsibility.

    politics as usual, yawn.

    the poor guy should get a raise.

  3. Hillary 1, Humor 0 by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 0, Troll
    Of course they had to be fired. Hillary certainly didn't want anything as base as "humor" to puncture the condescending hot air of her "listening tour." Which is what the mock-1984 ad did. Which is why it was a more effective ad than anything the official Obama campaign has put out thus far.

    However, by the standards of 21st century political warfare, it was a creampuff. It was funny and didn't take itself too seriously, and was aimed to deflate Hillary, not directly attack her. Compare that to former Edwards campaign staffer Amanda Marcotte calling Catholics "godbags" and talking about how God filled the virgin Mary with "his hot, white, sticky Holy Spirit" and it seems like the tiniest of molehills.

    About the only person who really has casue to complain about the whole kerfluffle is Steve Jobs...

    Crow T. Trollbot

  4. Apple Legal by teneighty · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why isn't Apple's legal department all over this? Much as we love to hate copyright laws on slashdot, I think this is a shining example of the kind of copyright abuse that really should be prosecuted.

    That aside, I don't really understand this ad's message. It's a hell of a stretch to compare Hillary Clinton to Big Brother (the current administration, on the other hand...)

  5. damn bush administration by b17bmbr · · Score: 0, Troll

    oh wait, he didn't have anything to do with this?

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    My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
  6. A perversion of a great advertisement by Flailmonkey · · Score: 0, Troll
    I don't see how this is anything but a perversion of the excellent "1984".

    A change to the voice over, and switching some faces? The parallel attempted to be drawn between Hilary Clinton and the authoritarian figure of the original advert is weak, gaining strength only from trying to force you to "see" a connection.

    The following implication that Barack Obama is somehow fighting for free thought, as the sledgehammer-throwing-runner symbolizes in the original, is fairly ridiculous, and just reinforces my overall impression:

    A weak showing, and a weaker story