The rapidly diminishing credibility of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign took another nose dive yesterday, when the creator of the “1984” parody ad was exposed by none other than Arianna Huffington [1]. ABC News did itself no credit by reporting Huffington’s story without giving her any credit [2]
Dispite visions of another mythical vast right wing conspiracy, or even worse another alleged dirty trick by Karl Rove, Huffington pegged the author to be one Phil de Vellis [3], late of Blue State Digital [4]. De Vellis say his point was:
The specific point of the ad was that Obama represents a new kind of politics, and that Senator Clinton’s “conversation” is disingenuous
De Vellis claims to have resigned from BSD, John at Power Line, reports that de Vellis was fired [3].
Given the open nature of the Internet, YouTube in specific, and the totally disingenuous nature Mrs. Clinton’s cynical campaign, she should expect yet more citizen political ads.
Addendum: (Bit)
What I want to know, is who canned him, and why , and where are all the congressional investigations about this obviously political move? Heck, they have congressional show trials for everything else that stands in the way of Democrats maintaining power, why not this?
Also, I would be interested in knowing if he’s willing to spend that many hours putting together an attack and of this nature, how can he say, as he does in his Huffpo bit, that Hillary Clinton is a “great public servant”?
(Choke, wheeze) I live in New York, Phil, and I’m here to tell you she’s no public servant at all.
Addendum II: (Bit)
But I do wonder about YOU, Bucko… I mean, making a lot of noise for Obama, and going under the handle of “ParkRidge 47?” I mean, wasn’t Mrs Bubba Clinton born in Park Ridge in 1947? You GOTTA wonder if there’s something we’re not being told here. My sense is there’s a little slight of hand from the Clinton camp going on. Like I said… the first time this ad got used… in it’s original form, from Apple Computer, it didn’t sway too many people. A pre-emptive strike, perhaps?
Addendum III: (David L) How legitimate is Phil de Vellis’ confession? Patrick Ruffini is both a republican and internet expert. That is Ruffini has both technical knowledge and no partisan axe to grind. Ruffini doubts [5] that de Vellis could editted the video:
Did Phil de Vellis just cop to a “crime” he didn’t commit, or had only a minor part in committing, to advance his career (it’s working) or cover for the real perps?
Buckeye State Blog, a lefty Ohio outfit, is doubtful that de Vellis is the auteur [6] of “Vote Different.” They have clashed in the past so there clearly is no love lost between the two:
As Dudge would say: developing.