White House Deletes Petition Amid Psy's Anti-American Rap Controversy

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An online petition asking U.S. President Barack Obama to rescind his Christmas in Washington invitation to "Gangnam Style" rapper Psy has been taken down from the White House's official petitions website "We the People."

The petition emerged Friday after reports saying Psy participated in an anti-American performance in Seoul in 2004 surfaced. The White House says the petition violated its Terms of Participation.

full: http://mashable.com/2012/12/07/psy-anti-american-rap-white-house-petition/

the terms: http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/how-why/terms-participation

You agree to only create petitions consistent with the limited purpose of the We the People platform, which is to allow individuals to petition the Administration to take action on a range of issues — to address a problem, support or oppose a proposal, or otherwise change or continue federal government policy or actions. To focus discussion, the platform is limited to a discrete set of topics, which may be adjusted over time.

You agree not to create petitions that fall outside this limited purpose—for example, petitions that advertise or call for the endorsement or purchase of commercial goods or services, petitions that expressly urge the support or opposition of candidates for elected office, petitions that do not address the current or potential actions or policies of the federal government, or petitions that address a topic not included in We the People at the time the petition was created.

So I wonder, the invitations to the Washington Christmas event do not fall under federal government policy/actions?

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1. "petitions that do not address the current or potential actions or policies of the federal govt...."

psy's rant bashes Bush policies, which are neither current nor, we hope, potential.

This is how Barack Obama says to the RW, "fuck your shit".

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2. The concert is over so the issue is moot

And the petitions are for actual issues. Not Fox News manufactured controversies.

The petition program is a discretionary activity the White House does. It is not obligated to even do it at all.