Fox News - Rapper Attends White House Event Despite Criticism Reuters

By Paul Bond

Wed May 11, 2011 11:51pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Despite one of the best attempts of right-wing pundits plus contradicting previously reports, questionable rapper Common gone through along with his White House appearance with Michelle Obama's poetry event Wednesday.

Earlier reports suggested which this individual wasn't there, nevertheless a White House online video media realises that he showed up later compared to expected.

The Daily Caller previously described that he was not inside attendance for the mid-day session, nevertheless if your first girl welcomed the poets which ended up invited, she neglected to say Common, and reporters did certainly not find your ex for the event. But he / she unsurprisingly confirmed upward for that nighttime session and in some cases tweeted with regards to his presence there.

It was shown a week before that Common was one of several romantics of which Obama possessed invited to help her finery session, as well as the Drudge Report among others immediately spotted the particular rapper's background regarding violent lyrics, obviously moved with police officers. He's furthermore rapped his / her advice to help "Burn a new Bush," a benchmark that will President George W. Bush.

Among these crucial from the request had been Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and also Sean Hannity. Beck ridiculed the White House request Wednesday a . m . about his radio stations show, pertaining to example, by saying, sarcastically, "The chief executive and also the first lady, obviously certainly usually are not anti-cop."

Limbaugh about Wednesday named Common an "artiste" in addition to indicated that exclusively uneducated rubes would dare criticize his lyrics. He appeared to be in addition appearing sarcastic.

Hannity, about his Fox News TV show Tuesday night, went via a litany of Common's alleged offenses. When a new guest accused Hannity of advocating censoring poets, he or she responded: "I will not prefer to censor them. Should he become within the White House? Big difference."

Sarah Palin also considered in by simply tweeting, "OH LOVELY, WHITE HOUSE." Common told her by means of tweeting, "SO APPARENTLY SARAH PALIN AND FOX NEWS DOESN'T LIKE ME."

Some criminal arrest unions plus support groups have also objected to that invitation.