The National's Music Used in Romney Add
It’s no surprise that Ohio via Brooklyn are avid Obama supporters. They’ve opened for the Pres at campaign stops, sold shirts, and even lent their song “Fake Empire” to a 2008 Obama campaign add. Watch it below:
Now, in 2012, a group called Ohio University Students for Romney have created an unofficial campaign ad that uses the very same song. While the video has since been removed, National frontman Matt Berninger had this to say in a comment on YouTube:
“Our music was used without our permission in this ad. The song you’re using was written about the same backward, con game policies Romney is proposing. We encourage all students to educate themselves about the differences between the inclusive, pro-social, compassionate, forward-thinking policies of President Obama and the self-serving politics of the neo-conservative movement and Mitt Romney. Every single person involved in the creation of the music you’re using is voting for President Obama.”
The National “Mr. November”
