Article

2007-03-22 Home Front: Politix

Obama supporter owns up to anti-Hillary video

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by ryuge 2007-03-22 07:47|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Taking credit for it?
Not a smart move, Phil...

Posted by The Ghost of Vince Foster 2007-03-22 09:20|| 2007-03-22 09:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Brilliant, actually.

He created a truly viral video, which is the holy grail of corporate advertising. They are more than willing to spend millions even on the *hope* of getting such an ad.

Which means that there is now a bidding war for this guys services. Nothing succeeds like success.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-22 11:32|| 2007-03-22 11:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Philip appears to have a history of political web dirty tricks. From The Hotline Jan 2006:
As Russo and Buckeye Senate's Russell "Pounder" Hughlock -- a natural Hackett supporter and Brown skeptic -- publicized the incident, comments from anonymous users with names like Thisblogishorseshit and JewsforJesus started making antagonistic comments. Both suspected Brown's new Internet spokesperson and blogger Philip de Vellis. (Brown oversees the pro-Dem blog Grow Ohio.) De Vellis was a recent hire, and had been dispatched to put Brown's side of the story on the blogs. They couldn't prove de Vellis had done so. Their evidence was circumstantial at best -- with one big exception.

Hughlock compared the IP address on the comments to the IP address from e-mails he'd previously received from de Vellis -- and found an exact match. We contacted the Brown campaign ourselves about it, and while they were reticent to discuss accusations made by bloggers aligned with their opponent, they did take partial responsibility for the postings. De Vellis denied being the author, and pointed out the IP address listed on the comments serve the entire staff of about 30, but the campaign has acknowledged that the comments did indeed originate from their office. De Vellis said he was certain no one on Brown's Internet team had posted any of the messages, but said: "We haven't done an in-depth investigation." Rather, the Brown campaign quietly circulated a policy memo: Interns and staffers may no longer contribute to any blog save for Grow Ohio. This is a direction other campaigns will follow, lest they have to learn the same lesson.

Posted by Steve 2007-03-22 12:51|| 2007-03-22 12:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Google is a wonderful thing. From ZoomInfo People directory:

De Vellis, Philip - Dean for America

A Deaniac, now there's a surprise

Philip de Vellis: Coordinator, Southwest Voter Express.

When you have to get voters there overnight!

Posted by Steve 2007-03-22 13:01|| 2007-03-22 13:01|| Front Page Top

#5 OK, last one. He's got post-production experience. Listed in credits for a Watchfilms movie called "Lipstick" (A Planned Parenthood of Orange County written film", he's listed as "Titles by Phil De Vellis".

Posted by Steve 2007-03-22 13:15|| 2007-03-22 13:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Ok, this is the last one. MTV.com Choose or Lose Mar 2004:

But just as some Dean supporters might be loathe to vote for Kerry because they view him as a typical insider politician, there are also those who might depart from the political process altogether. Many of the young people who signed on for the Dean campaign were political virgins, having never worked on a campaign before or, in many cases, even voted in an election.

But for those, like Philip de Vellis, one of the volunteer coordinators on Dean's national campaign, there's hope for the newbies yet. "Once you get involved in something like this, it's kind of addictive, so a good number of people get involved and stay involved. And it's kind of boring once you go back to your regular thing. The closer you were to the action, the more you miss it."

Posted by Steve 2007-03-22 13:26|| 2007-03-22 13:26|| Front Page Top

23:48 USN, ret.
23:45 JosephMendiola
23:43 JosephMendiola
23:42 USN, ret.
23:41 Frank G
23:40 Frank G
23:38 Shipman
23:34 49 Pan
23:24 WTF
23:16 SteveS
23:03 3dc
23:00 Jackal
22:59 OldSpook
22:57 ed
22:56 OldSpook
22:53 trailing wife
22:53 Jackal
22:52 3dc
22:52 OldSpook
22:50 OldSpook
22:46 OldSpook
22:43 OldSpook
22:42 OldSpook
22:42 Zhang Fei