Yesterday the Daily Caller reported on the double standard involved in inviting poets to the While House.
In 2003 Laura Bush planned a night of reading the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman. The event was cancelled when left-of-center poets protested and threatened to disrupt the event. All of the poets mentioned above are classic American poets that are normally included in high school English classes (or at least they used to be).
Fast forward to 2011. Michelle Obama is also doing poetry at the White House. She has invited Chicago poet and rapper, Lonnie Rashid Lunn, Jr., AKA "Common." The Daily Caller posted a sample of Mr. Lunn's poetry. It includes death threats, a call to burn President Bush, and other uplifting items. Some Americans, both on the right and the left, have protested this kind of trash poetry in the White House. So far, Mr. Lunn is still invited.
Let me get this straight--Emily Dickinson is controversial, but killing people and Presidents is not? It's time to find a presidential candidate who represents the values of America. I sincerely hope our current first family does not reflect the values of the majority of Americans.
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