Sarah Palin Gives First Lady and Common the ‘Middle Finger’

Tuesday, Sarah Palin took to Twitter to express her displeasure for Michelle Obama’s recent White House guest. Who, you may ask? The First Lady invited rapper/activist/actor Common to participate in her event celebrating poetry. Why does Palin give an eff? Back in 2007, Common penned a song called “Letter to the Law,” where he took shots at former President George W. Bush. In the song (Tucker Carlson found the transcription), Common rhymes, “Seeing a fiend being hung/With that happening, why they messing with Saddam?/Burn a Bush ’cause for peace he no push no button/Killing over oil and grease/no weapons of destruction/How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one.”

Apparently, this song is the reason why Palin was none too pleased that the First Lady would invite Common to the White House. Palin tweeted: “Oh lovely, White House…” then linked back to a story ran by ‘The Daily Caller’ that discussed Common’s non-American (my words, not theirs) lyrics. Common, who was aware of Palin’s comments tweeted to CNN’s Roland Martin, “So apparently Sarah Palin and Fox News doesn’t like me.” Source

There are 2 comments for this article
  1. tonya spry at 9:54 am

    If that’s the case, then all of the congress people who speak derogative against Pres. Obama are also non American. It seems it’s ok to speak against him or not properly address him, but they say its non American to do it against Bush. Double standard at best.

  2. Neith08 at 1:46 pm

    The joint they are referencing is a poem he did on Def Poetry Jam. He can say what he wants as an American. THe line about Bush is also a biblical reference (burning bush). But whatever. I don’t even care. Buck Fush and Screw Palin. She talks ish about my president all the time and she backs Tea Party idiots who do everything from insult his presidency to insult his Blackness as well as threaten violence. They think there misdeeds are going unnoticed and that the people they oppress don’t have the right to say something about it.

    Don’t get my started. You know how I feel about Common.

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