Petition Removed from White House Website to Rescind PSY's Invitation to Perform at "Christmas in Washington"

Singer Psy

South Korean singer PSY, whose video “Gangnam Style” recently became the most viewed video ever on YouTube has apologized for spewing anti-U.S. hate during protests several years ago.  According to Mediaite he smashed a model U.S. tank while onstage in 2002 to oppose 37,000 U.S. troops that descended on the Korean Peninsula.  A few years later, PSY cursed Americans after a South Korean missionary was executed.   

Psy is currently scheduled to perform at the annual "Christmas in Washington" TV special.  President Obama and his family are expected to attend the concert but outraged Americans created a petition to rescind his invitation.  I wanted to see the wording of the petition created at the White House website but when I clicked the link I found the petition had been removed.  Instead of the petition, I read in part:

“The petition you are trying to access has been removed from the site under our Moderation Policy because it is in violation of our Terms of Participation.”

I guess the right to petition is limited to those petitions the White House approves of, otherwise the petition is removed?  The site states that “the right to petition your government is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Throughout our history, Americans have used petitions to organize around issues they care about from ending slavery, to guaranteeing women's right to vote, to the civil rights movement.”  

Granted this petition is certainly not in the same league as ending slavery, guaranteeing women’s right to vote or the civil rights movement, but I find it ironic that the current administration created this petition site, but seem only to want the Government petitioned for things they want to gain support for?  Sounds to me like it is more of a campaign tool for the Administration on the White House’s official site? 

Since I am a forgiving person, and since Psy apologized by releasing a statement, I doubt I would have even signed the petition, but still I cannot help but find it ironic that the Administration started this site to get the Government involved if enough people showed support through their signatures, but it is the White House who will decide which petitions will be allowed the opportunity to get the needed signatures.

If anyone is interested here is the wording of the banned petition:

We petition the Obama administration to:

Rescind invite to Gangnam Style rapper PSY to perform for Pres. Obama at Christmas party over troop killing song lyrics

We request President Obama rescind his invitation to the Gangnam Style rapper PSY to perform for him at the Christmas in Washington celebration this month because of the rapper's vicious anti-American song lyrics. 

In 2004, PSY reportedly performed a song entitled, Dear America, that contained the following lyrics (profanity edited): "Kill those f***ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives Kill those f***ing Yankees who ordered them to torture Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law, and fathers Kill them all slowly and painfully " As commander-in-chief, how can Pres. Obama honor someone who calls for killing our troops and their families?