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SushiFan Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:07 AM
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Jessica Simpson snubs bush big time!
http://articles.news.aol.com/music/article.adp?id=20060315221609990018&ncid=NWS00010000000001

Jessica Simpson Snubs Bush
Singer-Actress Fears Visit Would Hurt Her Favorite Charity

By Steve Gorman, Reuters

LOS ANGELES (March 15) - Concerned about politicizing her favorite charity, singer-actress Jessica Simpson Wednesday turned down a invitation to meet with President 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 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 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 Wednesday
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Radio_Guy Donating Member (875 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:09 AM
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1. I guess she isn't that much of an airhead after all
You go girl!
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SushiFan Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:12 AM
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5. She has a lot more sense than Dems who coddle GWB's butt - eom
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 09:12 AM by SushiFan
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:10 AM
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2. This is getting a ton of press coverage.
:D
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SushiFan Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:11 AM
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3. Every little bit helps to get the bushies gone, don't it? eom
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kiraboo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:12 AM
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4. I never liked her, musically or otherwise.
but I've CHANGED MY MIND! Good for her for having good sense.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:13 AM
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6. not a fan either but I commend her for her conscience
good going, Ms. Simpson!
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SushiFan Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:13 AM
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7. Good for you kiraboo. Cool screen name btw - eom
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dancingme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 10:22 AM
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16. my thoughts exactly
always thought she was a talentless bimbo but I give her credit for not allowing herself to be used by the Freepers.
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:20 AM
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8. She's a Republican.
Edited on Thu Mar-16-06 09:21 AM by bowens43
Her refusal to appear at this fund raiser does not mean she doesn't support Bush or his policies. It simply means that she doesn't want to politicize her support for Operation Smile . She intends to meet with him, just not at a fund raiser.

Let's not lavish too much praise on this republican air-head.
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SushiFan Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:24 AM
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11. Hey, it's a very public diss of bush - take what you can get - nt
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:52 AM
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13. I agree, I like it, but she's still a neo-con enabler nt.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:21 AM
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9. Good for her...
Still hate the fact that she is a totally manufactured, talent-challenged, bimbo. But I'm happy to give credit where it is due.
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SushiFan Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:25 AM
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12. Cute avatar. You a greyhound owner? - nt
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 11:22 PM
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17. Thanks. 2 retired racers, the boy in the pic is 6 and I have a camera shy
black girl, (going white) 9 year old.
You?
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:21 AM
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10. Her 'handlers' see the writing on the wall; toast, anyone? nt
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 09:55 AM
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14. Compare this gesture to Britney Spears in her fleeting appearance in
Fahrenheit 9/11. Spears is being interviewed and says we should “support our president whatever he does” because “we have to trust our leaders”.

Call it a calculated career move or integrity, it still comes out the same: Jessica is not going to be used to hype * and his war criminal cronies.
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-16-06 10:01 AM
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15. Wow...
Dumb-ass did something intelligent for once.

I can let off despising her just a little bit now.
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