Have to give Jessica Simpson a HUGE shout out! You go girl!!

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Jessica Simpson snubs Bush

By Steve Gorman
Concerned about politicizing her favorite charity, singer-actress Jessica Simpson on Wednesday turned down a invitation to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush, a snub that left Republicans dismayed.

The apparent final word that Simpson would be a no-show at a major Republican fund-raiser with Bush and congressional leaders on Thursday night came after a day of conflicting reports from her camp and organizers of the event.

The blond star of the film "The Dukes of Hazzard" still plans to visit Washington on Thursday to lobby members of Congress on behalf of Operation Smile, a non-profit venture offering free plastic surgery for disadvantaged children overseas with facial deformities.

People close to Simpson said she declined a request to appear that same evening at the gala fund-raiser of the National Republican Congressional Committee -- even after she was offered some private face time with Bush -- because Operation Smile is a non-partisan group.

"It just feels wrong," one Simpson insider told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that the actress keeps her political views private. "She would love to meet the president and talk about Operation Smile ... but she can't do it at a fund-raiser for the Republican Party.

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1. See, everybody makes a good decision now and then!

Her dad said she LOVES this president and the twins though. Nowadays, ya can't state your political views without losing CD buyers. Pity, I remember sitting around the lunch table back in the day laughing about politics, all of us with different views and none of us too pissed to speak after a rousing debate. It's not like that now so I'm politically neutral in certain situations. It's a shame, we miss hearing the 'why' of political choices and often have to rely instead on what strategists and the media tell us about the other side.

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2. ..her father seems

to be a savvy pr manager. If I had to guess I would say he may have threw in the bit about her LOVING the pResident and the twins to save face, and make her seem more palatable to any on the right who's feathers may be ruffled over her choice.

Good for her for standing by her convictions.