Jessica Simpson, A Texas Girl To Be Proud Of.

[NativeTexan]

Jessica Simpson turned down the opportunity to meet the Village Idiot at a Republican fundraiser! Said she would love to meet him and discuss the charity that she is lobbying for but NOT at a Repuke fundraiser. They were SHOCKED...SHOCKED I tell you, because the opportunity to meet the Idiot, or SIT at the head table with Boehner didn't LURE her into their web of spite. Seems to me that THEY should've been fighting over which of THEM would get to sit with HER!! They really wanted to politicize this Texas treasure. The article says she keeps her politics personal. GOOD FOR HER!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/03/15/simpson.bush.reut/index.html

[blm]

1. She's come a long way - Lachey must have influenced her.... or Willie

Nelson. ;)

Seriously, Nick Lachey is politically savvy, a Democrat, and plans to seek office when he's older.

[Doctor_J]

22. Lachey was prancing around at the RNC two years ago

looking like a Repuke to me. Are you sure about this?

[LetsGoMurphys]

35. Thats the way i remember it too n/t

[AX10]

38. Links, Details?

[Doctor_J]

41. Here ya go

it's about 1/3 of the way down - find Lachey

http://www.tmcentury.com/bitman-samples.asp

[blm]

40. Pretty sure I heard he wants to run for mayor of Cincinnati as a Dem.

Jessica was Republican back then, so I imagine if he was at the R convention it wouldn't be strange, since lots of media folks turn up at both conventions.

[pacalo]

2. Good for her!

Brittany "I think we should just trust the president" Spears comes from my state. :eyes:

[bowens43]

3. This 'Texas Treasure' is a rabid Republican and Bush supporter.

Her refusal to participate in the fundraiser was not an indication that she disagreed with bush or his policies. It was because she didn't want to alienate half of the country when it comes to her favorite charity.

It's embarrassing for bush and that's good but it hardly qualifies her as a 'treasure'.

[Jayhawk Lib]

6. Why do we pay attention

to these air headed movie stars and music performers. Just because they have pretty faces, can memorize lines, and sing on tune does not make them savy to what the real world is.

[Bridget Burke]

14. Some people pay attention to these folks....

Who don't care about the artists we like. And they may not be news nerds, either. So, a few people might wake up.

I'm sure those on the right use your argument to dismiss George Clooney's opinions.

[Jayhawk Lib]

20. As well they should...

These people, whether right or left, simply do not matter.

[GoneOffShore]

31. Except

you need to remember that some performers are extremely bright.

To get through an MFA program is not a cakewalk. As Billy Crystal's uncle said, " To be an actor, you have to know EVERYTHING!"

Guess what, it's true. If one is an actor - Not a celebrity - then one indeed has to , "know everything". To give a valid, true performance, one has to be aware of all aspects of the human condition.

So by saying, "These people, whether right or left, simply do not matter." you are invalidating the contributions of Clifford Odets, Woody Guthrie, Gordon Parks, et al? You would say that Picasso's 'Guernica' was only a painting?

So, who is authorised to speak?

Whose voice has weight?

There are fewer and fewer people willing to take a public stance. Artists have a platform, and they are citizens like the rest of us. If they do not use their chance to speak to the issues of the day and be heard, who will? Letters to the editor are all very well, but who reads them?

- - It's late. I've had at least a bottle of wine. I'm depressed by the infighting on DU. I'm depressed by the lack of cohesion within the Democratic Party. And what has happened to my country? Why are the bastards winning again and again and again? I vote. I call, write, email, fax my Congressional representatives and it does no damn good. I'd like nothing more than to wake up tomorrow and find that the last 6 years were a nightmare. I'd take a shower, shave and go outside and find that it is indeed spring.

However, I know that it's going to be the same crappy mess that was there when I went to bed. The same gang of crooks in Congress, the same miscreants at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and the same enablers of corporate malfesasance on K Street.

Good night and good luck.

[NativeTexan]

24. Very true. Except that most of them........

....come from poorer families and have known struggle. Then THEY don't forget, like politicians once they get rich!

[amitten]

9. I disagree. She is alienating the OTHER half by not going.

Either way, 50% can be alienated by the decision. She clearly didn't want to be part of the fundraiser.

[Bridget Burke]

15. Since I have not followed Ms Simpson's career as you have....

Could you produce evidence that she's a "Rabid Republican"? I'd gotten the impression that she was not very concerned about politics.

[Jayhawk Lib]

19. Who cares...

She is an airhead like many "celebrities" on the right or left. Anybody that has any sense at all will dismiss these as empty suits no matter what side they are on. They just do not matter.

[Bridget Burke]

33. So--you say that ALL celebrities should shut up about politics....

George Clooney included. Thanks for the information!

[NativeTexan]

25. Same here. I have NEVER heard ANYTHING.....

....about her politics...PRO or CON. Her Dad was a Baptist Youth Minister from Texas, but then again, so is MY Yellow-Dog Democrat 25 yr old son!!

[fishwax]

32. here's a press release clarifying that her bush fandom

even though she's turned her nose up at the fundraising event ...

[NativeTexan]

23. Wanna bet?...heh heh heh....

[Eurobabe]

43. She's about as dumb as Britanny (sp?) Spears

who blindly supports the Village Idiot. I could toss out some blonde jokes, but I'll refrain because it's not PC.

[Avalux]

4. Why should we be proud of her?

Because she thought of her own skin first? She hardly said no because her political beliefs are progressive. She said no because she didn't want to associate with a loser; would be bad for her career.

[file83]

12. The funny part is that the Repugs were getting all excited and then she

broke their hearts! But I agree - Jessica Simpson isn't going to be winning my vote for Congress anytime soon.

[martymar64]

17. Boehner with a Boner!!!

What a douchebag! (my apology to Summers Eve and other real douchebags)

[npincus]

21. she said no because she didn't want to politicize her charity

I am hardly a Jessica Simpson fan, but she showed common decency here. The charity she was promotoing provides surgery for kids born with cleft palates and facial deformities. I wouldn't knock her on this.

She had dinner at Bill Richardson's (governor's) mansion a few months agao, but that was not a fundraiser, and she wasn't repping the charity- it was "social".

[demswin06]

5. Jessica Simpson

Yeah.perhaps we can be proud of her....Even she can't be THAT dumb,can she?:P

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Well, we don't know her motives for refusing, but she has been+

a * supporter in the past - but that might have been typical knee-jerk "I'm a patriotic American so of course I support the President" kind of thing.

Maybe she's starting to grow up. Maybe she's seen the red-tape and general unconcern the Republicans have for her charity work, making her re-think her unthinking allegiance.

Or maybe she simply doesn't want her charity work politicized.

Whatever the case, good on her.

[dansolo]

27. Maybe the Repubs were expecting a quid pro quo

They probably offered donations, but only if she attended the fundraiser.

[morgan2]

8. "I want to keep my politics personal"

sounds more like something suggested to her by her publicist, to keep from alienating anyone. Sounds like a pure money making decision, a savy one, but still a decision based on cash not conviction.

[file83]

13. The great part about that statement is that by her NOT going to the

event, her "politics" became public. But that wasn't her fault. It was the idiot's fault who invited her. Red State fans LOVE LOVE LOVE Jessica Simpson. After all, she did star in a documentary on Red State Life:

[NativeTexan]

26. Whatever...she does it! More people need HER publicist, if they.......

....don't want to be politically active, or have someone try to politicize THEM!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. kick

:kick:

[file83]

11. Jessica Simpson broke the heart of the GOP --- a new country song?

:shrug:

"She broke the heart of the GOP (harmonica)
Made the men cry and feel so lonely (harmonica)
She's Jessica....Jessica Simpsuuuuun. (guitar twang)

She wouldn't go and meet the big Chimpy
She may be cute, but she's no dummy,
She's Jessicaaaa.......Jessica Simpsuuuuun."

:dunce:

[AtomicKitten]

16. she may be confused about tuna and chicken,

but has it just about right regarding the GOP.

WHODATHUNK?

[Contrary1]

18. "It just feels wrong"

Yep...that about sums up this whole administration.

Ok Jessica, I will now cease my derogatory remarks on the Pizza Hut blurbs.
Anything that bums out the Repubs is alright by me. Guess you're ok after all.

[JI7]

28. it's not really something to be proud of

to make it something to be proud of she would actually have to speak out against him rather than some general statement about conflict of interest or whatever else.

i am glad she isn't supporting him as it appeared when he first came into office. even then i don't think it was as much about her supporting him than about just supporting the President of the United States whether it was Bush or Gore.

[LeFleur1]

29. Jessica

Her father said "She just loves the President to death but she doesn't want to politicize the charity activities." Or something close to those words. I very definitely remember the "She just loves the President to death" part. Exact words from her father/manager.

[JI7]

30. even less reason anyone should be proud of her

and her father is weird.

[NativeTexan]

44. That is called "Texas" PR.

[LetsGoMurphys]

34. and by "keeping her politics personal"

she means she doesn't give a f*ck.

[NativeTexan]

36. Not necessarily....but definitely a possibility....especially since.......

.....she probably has never had (or maybe taken) the time to know anything about the issues. But that will come.

[Blue Belle]

37. Why? Because she chose not to have a photo op with theToxic W??

That's not couragous... that's a rat jumping off the sinking ship.

[Blue Belle]

39. She's still a BUSH supporter..

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/16/D8GCTHC82.html

<SNIP>Joe Simpson, manager/father of Jessica Simpson, wants everyone to know that although his daughter declined to attend a big GOP fundraiser while she was in D.C. on Thursday, she's still a Bush supporter: "We are huge fans of him and of his family, his girls. Jessica loves the heck out of him."

http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-03-17/
<SNIP>Jessica Simpson has fired back at press reports she snubbed a meeting with President George W. Bush, insisting he ran out of time to sit down with her. Simpson insists she is not among the celebrities who are keen to attack the US President - and she's still hoping the pair can reschedule their meeting. Simpson was set to meet the leader Friday, during the pop star's visit to Capitol Hill in Washington DC, where she'll address congressmen about charity organization Operation Smile. She says, "I'm just so excited because the President asked for a special meeting. We're going to sit down face to face and we're going to talk about children. I want to set up this whole orphanage and adoption organization. I just really want to bring awareness to interracial adoption." The pop star, who performed at Bush's inauguration and has been to The White House four times, admits she's a big fan of Bush: "He's a very personable guy, he's a Texas guy. His ranch is four doors down from my aunt and uncle's ranch. We have lots of Texas stuff to talk about."

:eyes:

[GRLMGC]

45. "We have lots of Texas stuff to talk about."

Wow, she's so bright! :sarcasm:

[Blue Belle]

46. About as bright as he is...

Those two definitely aren't very good ambassadors for Texas!

[Breeze54]

42. Jessica's DAD says she LOVES bush!! argh!!

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/people/14118849.htm

Posted on Fri, Mar. 17, 2006
Jessica disses Dubya, but is a 'huge fan'

Jessica Simpson loves President Bush.
She's just not a big fan of Republican fundraisers, reports The Associated Press.

The Hollywood starlet and tabloid cover girl was on Capitol Hill Thursday to lobby
Congress for Operation Smile, an organization that provides reconstructive surgery
to children with facial deformities. But all anyone wanted to know was why she turned
down an invitation to attend a Republican fundraiser with Washington's top star -- Bush.

''We went back and forth, and we could never get the details worked out,'' said her father
and manager, Joe Simpson. ``When it became obvious that it was not just a state dinner,
it was more of a fundraising event, that is the wrong purpose of why we are here.''

Still, he said of the president,
``We are huge fans of him and of his family, his girls. Jessica loves the heck out of him.''

:puke: :puke: