Hillary 1984 is the title of theviral video that combines the footage of the2008 presidential campaign web announcement byHillary Clinton with the1984 Super Bowl commercial byApple Inc. for the launch ofMacintosh. The video shows the same blond female athlete from the 1984 Super Bowl commercial updated with aniPod. TheBig Brother image that she throws the sledgehammer at is replaced with Hillary Clinton announcing that she is running for president.[1] It ends with the original text replaced with, "On Jan. 14, theDemocratic primary will begin. And you'll see why 2008 won't be like 1984." The Apple symbol is a morphed into an "O", which is followed by a logo forBarack Obama's presidential campaign website.[1] Barack Obama's presidential spokesman Bill Burton has said "Hillary 1984" was not created by the Obama campaign.[1]
Phillip de Vellis later admitted to creating the video and resigned from his position atBlue State Digital, who had also been unaware that he had made it. De Vellis stated that he made the video in one afternoon at home using a Mac and some software.[2] Political commentators includingCarla Marinucci andArianna Huffington, as well as de Vellis himself, suggested that the video demonstrated the way technology had created new opportunities for individuals to make an impact on politics.[1][3]
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