October 27, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- President Barack Obama is planning a big rally this weekend in Hyde Park to fire up Democrats before Election Day.
Obama is expected to get some help from Chicago's own hip-hop artist Common.
Campaign officials say Common will perform at the 'Moving America Forward' rally Saturday at the Midway Plaisance Park, located at 1130 Midway Plaisance North, near the University of Chicago campus.
The evening event is free. Gates to the rally open at 4:30 p.m.
With friends like this who needs enemy’s? One thing most of his friends is that they have hid behind different names at one time or another.
Barry Soetoro, Barack Hussein Obama II who ever he is where ever he is from pretending to be our President Continues to associate with undesirables such as Rev. J. Write, Bill Ares and members of Black Liberation Army (BLA). Not to mention his connection with the New Black Panther Party.
We all know where Michelle Obama stands. Now her true color is showing even brighter. We are so happy now that for the first time she is proud of the country that has given her a chance to accomplish all of the great things in her life.
White House controversy
Common was invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to appear at a poetry reading on May 11, 2011 at the White House.[21] This caused furor with the New Jersey State Police and their union,[22] who disagreed with his lyrical content. The president of the New Jersey State Troopers Fraternal Association voiced concern to the White House. They cite the song "A Song For Assata" about a member of the Black Liberation Army and step-aunt of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur named Assata Shakur, previously known as Joanne Chesimard,[23] who was convicted in 1977 of the first degree murder of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster.

Common and his mother, Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines, at a September 13, 2011 signing for his memoir at the Barnes & Noble in Tribeca, Manhattan.
At another poetry reading, Common said, “flyers say ‘free Mumia’ on my freezer,” a reference to Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was controversially convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Common stated, "The one thing that shouldn't be questioned is my support for the police officers and troops that protect us every day".
Jay Carney, the White House Secretary, spoke for President Obama on the matter by saying the president does not support, but actually opposes, some of the kind of words and lyrics that have been written by Common and others.[24] Even though the president does not support the lyrics in question, he believed that some reports were distorting what Mr. Lynn stands for more broadly. Common gave a single line response to the entire controversy: "I guess Sarah Palin and Fox News doesn't like me."[24]
Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show questioned Fox News' coverage of the controversy, saying that they "took the time to ignore Common's entire body of work, save for one poem he wrote in 2007 that they appear to misunderstand." Stewart also pointed out that in 2002, George W. Bush honored Johnny Cash, whose songs contain violent lyrics. Stewart further pointed out that Fox News itself offered positive coverage of Common's career in 2010, and that Sean Hannity, who criticized Common's White House invitation, is a friend of musician Ted Nugent, who in clips played on The Daily Show, used violent rhetoric in comments he made about President Obama and Hillary Clinton.[25] Common later discussed the matter with Stewart during a September 14, 2011 appearance on the program.[26]