"1984" YouTube mystery solved
The man behind the hugely popular
anti-Hillary Clinton video revealed his identity last night-- and it
cost him his job. Phil de Vellis
writes on The Huffington Post that he did it, and he's "proud of it." But de Vellis, formerly of
Blue State Digital, an Internet consulting firm that does work for Barack Obama's campaign, didn't come forward without some online detective work. It was liberal bloggers who
uncovered de Vellis' identity.
John Edwards' Web savvy wife
After John and Elizabeth Edwards' press conference today announcing Elizabeth's cancer has returned, new words from the candidate's wife appeared online. In the comments section of John Edwards' campaign blog, Elizabeth Edwards offers her thanks to her "extended family" of staff, donors and supporters for their response to the news. Elizabeth Edwards is popular with liberals online, and often blogs on her husband's site.
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