Phillip de Vellis

I guess we don't yet have enough information to judge - there are a number of factors that could sway my opinion one way or another. For instance, did de Vellis use company equipment to create the video?  Did he post the video to YouTube from the office via their Internet connection and IP?  Was he at all influenced by the team of people working directly on the Barack Obama campaign? If Phillip de Vellis really created this video from home, on his own personal computer and without using Blue State Digital's equipment, IP, or content... well, seems like he might have a case ... Read Full Story

Phil de Vellis was the Internet communications director for Sherrod Brown’s 2006 Senate campaign. Most recently, he was working at Blue State Digital, an online media and technology firm that works on behalf of democratic politicians and campaigns to raise awareness and increase grassroots support. Due to the "1984 Hillary" video, he has left Blue State. Phil de Vellis claims that he created the 1984 Hillary video from home and posted it to youTube as a personal contribution 9not affiliated with his employer, Blue State). The Barack Obama campaign issued a statement stating that they had nothing to do with the video's creation or ... Read Full Story

Here is a statement released by his employer, Blue State Digitial: "This afternoon, an employee at our firm, Phillip de Vellis, received a call from Arianna Huffington of "The Huffington Post" regarding the "1984" video currently circulating online. Initially, de Vellis refused to respond to her requests. He has since acknowledged to Blue State Digital that he was the creator of the video. Pursuant to company policy regarding outside political work or commentary on behalf of our clients or otherwise, Mr. de Vellis has been terminated from Blue State Digital effective immediately. Blue State Digital is under contract with the Obama Campaign for technology ... Read Full Story

Phillip de Vellis writes on The Huffington Post : "Hi. I'm Phil. I did it. And I'm proud of it. 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. There are thousands of other people who could have made this ad, and I guarantee that more ads like it--by people of all political persuasions--will follow." Read Full Story

Breaking news - Phillip de Vellis admitted to having created the 1984 Hillary video and has since resigned from Blue State Digital. The video has created a huge stir on the Internet and among bloggers. It's had over 1,000,000 views on YouTube. The video is an attack ad against Sen. Hillary Clinton and supports Barack Obama. Read Full Story

"The Obama campaign or its employees had no knowledge and had nothing to do with the creation of the ad. We were notified this evening by a vendor of ours, Blue State Digital, that an employee of the company had been involved in the making of this ad. Blue State Digital has separated ties with this individual and we have been assured he did no work on our campaign's account." Read Full Story

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New YouTube Video by Hillary Clinton "1984" Video Creator, ParkRidge47 . Titled: The Bank YouTube Description: "This video supports a petition campaign by Avaaz.org urging the ouster of Wolfowitz over the revelation of a promotion and pay raise he secretly gave his girlfriend who worked for the bank." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UlhLLiQo2Y Alex Read Full Story

Hillary Responds to "1984" Video http://www.techpresident.com/node/168 Alex Read Full Story