United Liberty

Remember that video that played during the Democratic National Convention that exhalted government, claiming that it “is the only thing we all belong to?” Well, President Barack Obama’s campaign is trying to back away from it:

An Obama aide emailed BuzzFeed disavowing involvement in the video: “The video in question was produced and paid for by the host committee of the city of Charlotte. It’s neither an OFA nor a DNC video, despite what the Romney campaign is claiming. It’s time for them to find a new target for their faux outrage.”

The executive director of the host committee also said that the video was unaffiliated with both the campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Hasn’t the last four years proved to us that President Obama and his apologists in Congress will come up with a new government-run or funded solution for every perceived economic or social ill?

It may be true that the video is unaffiliated with the party, but does anyone really believe for a second that the video would have been played without approval from the Democratic National Committee and/or Obama’s campaign? And does anyone doubt that the video represents the feelings of most Democrats?

The folks at Revealing Politics went around Charlotte, where the Democratic National Convention was held, and asked convention-goers what they thought about being owned by the federal government: