Creator of Hillary 1984 Ad Identified

Carl Cameron on Fox has reported that Blue State Digital was the creator of the now infamous 1984 ad, and the founder is purportedly on the Obama campaign team. The creator has allegedly been fired.

Maybe this will put to rest the speculation by some braindead morons that the GOP was behind it.

From Wikipedia.

Blue State Digital is an Internet strategy and communications firm based in Washington, DC. The company was founded in early 2004 by four members of the Howard Dean Presidential Campaign: Clay Johnson, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Joe Rospars, and Ben Self. They are involved in providing custom Internet applications and communications strategies to primarily Democratic organizations, political candidates and non-profit organizations.

UPDATE: Now look who we find mentioned in this Hotline report:

The most recent hire was announced this weekend: former Dean Web strategist Joe Rospars will be Obama’s new media director on the campaign. He joins his former colleagues from the Dean Internet staff Gray Brooks and Jim Brayton, who has directed Obama’s internet operation since his 2004 Senate campaign.

OK, so a founder of the group who supposedly produced the ad now works for Obama. I'd say this has his fingerprints all over it.

Let the fun begin.

UPDATE II: Naturally, Allahpundit has more.

UPDATE III: The creator resigns.

I've resigned from my employer, Blue State Digital, an internet company that provides technology to several presidential campaigns, including Richardson's, Vilsack's, and -- full disclosure -- Obama's. The company had no idea that I'd created the ad, and neither did any of our clients. But I've decided to resign anyway so as not to harm them, even by implication.

Obviously a Rove plant. Still, some nagging questions.