I think it was a mix up from whoever typed it into the teleprompter.....
Obviously, in view of the rest of the passage, this sentence should have read
"We chose more freedom instead of more government" ( chose used as a past tense of choose)
NOT
"We chose more government instead of more freedom.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chose
chose1
vb
the past tense of choose
OR
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/choose
choose
verb
1. pick, take, prefer, select, elect, adopt, opt for, designate, single out, espouse, settle on, fix on, cherry-pick, settle upon, predestine I chose him to accompany me on my trip.
pick leave, refuse, decline, reject, dismiss, exclude, forgo, throw aside
2. wish, want, desire, see fit You can just take out the interest every year, if you choose.
Proverbs
"If you run after two hares you will catch neither"
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
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