Even as daughter Bristol makes plans to live with two African American young men, Sarah Palin cannot resist letting her racist flag fly on Twitter.

From the Twit's Twitter page:

The link leads to an article by the Daily Caller (a right wing rag that is always going after the President and First Lady over something), which calls Michelle Obama out for daring to have a poetry reading in the White house that includes African American poets.

The article which completely ignores the other poets and songwriters invited to the poetry reading (Which by the way includes such scary gangsta rap/poets as Elizabeth Alexander, Aimee Mann, Jill Scott, Kenneth Goldsmith, Alison Knowles, Bill Collins and Rita Dove.), focuses solely on the inclusion of Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., AKA “Common” as an indication of....what?

Apparently "Common," who is also an accomplished actor, rap artist, and four time Grammy winner, once wrote a piece of poetry which expressed the frustration that black men feel concerning their mistreatment at the hands of the police, and might possibly have contained a reference to "burning" President Bush, though that is not really clear to me when I listened to the poem. 

Here listen for yourself and tell me if this excludes this gentleman from having an audience with the First Lady at the White House.



Now my next question is how are the sentiments expressed by this gifted young man, expressed in verse rather than bullets, in any way worse, or more provocative, then the threats of violence expressed by the Second Amendment Task Force who advocate arming their members in order to stand up to the Federal Government (And who are numbered among Sarah Palin's most ardent supporters), and the violent imagery which has become Palin's trademark?

What is the real difference?  Other than the color of his skin of course?

Is it acceptable to talk about guns, and violence, and fighting back against oppression, when you are Caucasian, yet suddenly frightening and intolerable if it is expressed by somebody whose skin is of a darker hue?

You know I don't care how many African American men Bristol Palin chooses to live with, she will NEVER remove the stench of racism from her family.  And it is apparent to me that Sarah Palin has no intention of even attempting to change that perception.

Update: Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., AKA “Common” also has a Twitter account:

You should all go over and see the back and forth, Common and his friends are rally having some fun with this.

I think Sarah may have, once again, picked the wrong opponent.