Giving the White House its due

[sigma7]

Okay, sometimes discretion is the better part of valor, and kudos to the White House for showing some sensitivity:

President George W. Bush postponed an event on Wednesday to promote an advertising campaign on preventing prescription drug abuse after actor Heath Ledger's death from a possible drug overdose, the White House said.

"We felt it would be better not to hold the event today given the tragedy of yesterday's passing of the beloved actor," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

"We did not want anyone to think we were trying to link into that story in any way," she said.

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[motteditor.livejournal.com]

I'm stunned. Not just at the sensitivity, but that they'd recognize an actors who played a *gasp* gay cowboy.