you don t think he s controversial? victims of abuse would disagree with that. martha: the connection between those two we could argue about for hours on another day. however, when you put this man s lyrics against the great american poet and the opportunity that i think is being squandered i would like to the president and mrs. obama to say, can t we do better by our kids in terms of exposing them to something that is rich and wonderful culture. kid rock just performed at president bush s tribute concert. martha: it is a poetry evening for students. where do you draw the line? [ talking over each other ] martha: for me it is a special venue. the white house, when you are president it is your opportunity to elevate, to bring to the [ talking over each other ]
i think he s controversial. you don t think he s controversial? victims of abuse would disagree with that. martha: the connection between those two we could argue about for hours on another day. however, when you put this man s lyrics against the great american poet and the opportunity that i think is being squandered i would like to the president and mrs. obama to say, can t we do better by our kids in terms of exposing them to something that is rich and wonderful culture. kid rock just performed at president bush s tribute concert. martha: it is a poetry evening for students. where do you draw the line? [ talking over each other ] martha: for me it is a special venue. the white house, when you are president it is your opportunity to elevate, to bring to the
pick out those lyrics about this particular artist when he s known as a socially conscious hip-hop artist or rapper who has done a lot of good things. martha: there you go. that s the controversy. former governor sarah palin with what jay carney said. she sent out this sar fast tick tweet: lovely white house. governor palin joins us now. you saw what we showed from what happened tonight at the white house. the poetry evening. what is your reaction to all this now? it is just too easy. the white house judgment on inviting someone who would glorify cop killing during police memorial week of all times the judgment is so lacking of class and decency and all that is good about