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Jessica Does Washington

Jessica Simpson headed for Washington, D.C. to lobby for donations to her favorite charity, Operation Smile, which offers free plastic surgery for disadvantaged children overseas with facial deformities.

Jessica -- like actress Angelina Jolie -- knows how to dress for Washington. She looked great in a tailored black pansuit, with her hair in a loose bun and conservative makeup. She looked interested in what the speakers at the event were saying and generally made a good impression.

She was invited to come to a Republican National Committee fundraising dinner and meet President Bush, but she declined. That led to headlines that Jessica snubbed the president, but the Associated Press reports that once it became clear that the invitation was not to a state dinner but to a political fundraising event she had to decline because her charity is not political.

But when reporters started shouting questions about reports that she wouldn't go to the White House, Simpson's handlers whisked her away. Her father and manager, Joe Simpson, tried to offer some sort of explanation for what was going on. He said that when it "became obvious that it was not just a state dinner" and "more of a fundraising event," it went against the purpose of why they were there.

Joe Simpson also insisted that he and his family are "huge fans" of Bush and that "Jessica loves the heck out of him." He added that they were still trying to squeeze in a meeting with Bush.

If Jessica is really such a fan of Dubya, why didn't she just say so instead of ducking out of the press conference? We're just asking...

Posted on March 17, 2006

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