After a year marked by aesthetic crimes against humanity and heartbreak, today Jessica Simpson will transport herself to Washington DC, where the talent-free celebrity divorcee will lobby Congress on behalf of Operation Smile, described by Reuters as “a non-profit venture offering free plastic surgery for disadvantaged children overseas with facial deformities.”

But there’s one thing Simpson won’t be doing: meeting with President Bush. After initially accepting an invitation to a gala fund-raiser of the National Republican Congressional Committee, where Dubya is the guest of honor, Simpson soon recanted, claiming she doesn’t want to “politicize” the cleft-palate-correcting charity.

Hurrah for Jessica SImpson for standing up for what she believes in, or at least heeding her father’s advice about not jeopardizing her career profits. Still, it’s kinda sad Jessica won’t get to hear all about Dubya’s beloved rug.

(Full “Jessica snubs Bush” story here.)