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'''''Hillary 1984''''' is the title of the [[viral video]] that combines the footage of the [[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential campaign]] web announcement by [[Hillary Clinton]] with the [[1984 Super Bowl commercial]] by [[Apple Inc.]] for the launch of [[Macintosh]]. The video shows the same blond female athlete from the 1984 Super Bowl commercial updated with an [[iPod]]. The [[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]] image that she throws the sledgehammer at is replaced with Hillary Clinton announcing that she is running for president.<ref name=sf>{{cite news |first=Carla |last=Marinucci |authorlink=Carla Marinucci |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/MNGHNONEPS1.DTL&amp;feed=rss.news |title=Political video smackdown |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=2007-03-18 |accessdate=2007-03-19}}</ref> It ends with the original text replaced with, "On Jan. 14, the [[U.S. Democratic Party|Democratic]] 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 for [[Barack Obama]]'s presidential campaign website.<ref name=sf/> Barack Obama's presidential spokesman Bill Burton has said "Hillary 1984" was not created by the Obama campaign.<ref name=sf/>

Phillip de Vellis later admitted to creating the video and resigned from his position at [[Blue 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.<ref>{{cite news |first=Phil |last=de Vellis |title=I Made the 'Vote Different' Ad |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-de-vellis-aka-parkridge/i-made-the-vote-differen_b_43989.html |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=2007-03-24 |accessdate=2008-10-13}}</ref>  Political commentators including [[Carla Marinucci]] and [[Arianna 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.<ref name=sf /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/who-created-hillary-1984-_b_43978.html?guccounter=1|title=Who Created "Hillary 1984"? Mystery Solved! |last=Huffington |first=Arianna|date=21 March 2007  |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref>

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==External links==
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*{{Youtube|6h3G-lMZxjo|Hillary 1984 (Vote Different)}}
*{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326094114/http://www.hillary1984.com/|date=March 26, 2007|title=Hillary 1984}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070322224616/http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/2.aspx "I'm In" - Hillary discusses her plans to form an exploratory committee]
*[http://www.barackobama.com/ Obama '08]

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