People have been wondering about who made the anti-Clinton / pro-Obama video today, there’s no need to worry anymore, the creator of the video has been identified. Name: Philip de Vellis. Profession: “strategist with Blue State Digital”, a “digital consulting firm with ties to Sen. Barack Obama”.
He wrote an article for the Huffington Post explaining why he made the video and that he considers this to be the next step in the democratization process of campaigns, politics, more influence by ‘John Doe’, etc.
In the comment section there are few people critical of what De Vellis did, but most respond very positively – they seem to consider him some kind of hero.
Which is, speaking as a true Dutchman here, overdoing it a bit. “You’re a great American”, “power to the people”, etc.
Anyway, lets make it a bit more general: YouTube, blogs, etc. are very easily usable by ‘John Doe’. Everyone can get a YouTube account, start a blog, and start sharing. Whether politicians like it or not, the game (yes, not just the rules) has changed…
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