Uncommonly common…

The White House  has invited  a Chicago rapper who uses the stage name Common,  and is defending the invitation vigorously because,  hey,  it’s art!   Never mind that the rapper is a follower of Rev.  Jeremiah Wright  — remember him?

Like most rappers,  he “sings” and writes “poetry”   degrading women,  and praising a cop-killing Black Panther member.   The latter has drawn fire from the union representing New Jersey police.

Personally,  I think Common’s artistic endeavors fall far short of what the White House standard should be,  but I’m not at all surprised that His Oneness and Our Lady of Perpetual Dissatisfaction selected him.   He is crude,  rude,  and as my mother used to say,  dirt common.   He certainly seems a perfect match for the Chicago common current occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.