1984 Hillary Big Sister Video Creator Unmasked

The greatest mystery of the week has been solved. After massive media attention, it was only a matter of time before ParkRidge 47--the anonymous creator of the now famous video--would be unmasked.

His creation has been hailed as the first shot in the bow, of an election battle that will be fought and won on the internet.

Philip de Vellis, a strategist with Blue State Digital, the firm that designed Obama's offical campaign site, admitted he is the creator of the 1984 Hillary Big Sister video.

De Vellis has resigned from the firm to protect it from any fallout. Personally, I don't think he should have resigned. He created the video of his own accord, on his own free time, using his personal equipment--which he said is simply regular Apple equipment. It was a personal project. Why should he resign?

The Obama campaign released a statement Wednesday about this news "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."

However, I think his ad showed ingenuity, brilliance and strategic thinking. I say Barack Obama should hire this guy as part of his personal campaign staff. Make him Manager of Digital Campaigns. He got the skill, the talent, and the sharp strategic mind. He can wipe Hillary's arse on the floor of the information superhighway.

"This ad was not the first citizen ad, and it will not be the last,'' he wrote. "The game has changed.'' And indeed it has. De Vellis a.k.a. ParkRidge 47 started the beginning of a new style of 21st century campaign. Many videos will come after this. But he was the first who made it big. 1.5 million viewers and growing in Youtube. This will be the first truly 21st century campaign. Many battles will be waged and fought online. And it looks like Barack Obama, is on top. In Youtube, the pro-Obama video is lightyears ahead in viewership compared to the pro-Hillary video. And in Myspace, Obama simply leaves the others in the dust. He's got the most "friends."

Vote Obama 2008!