BushCo Thought Harry Potter Promoted Witchcraft

Former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer, making the rounds with a new book (he’s on my radio show tonight), reveals that even awarding the Medal of Freedom became politicized.  J. K. Rowling was denied the honor because White House officials believed her work “encouraged witchcraft.”  When Ted Kennedy’s name came up as a possibility, speechwriter Marc Thiessen put the kabosh on it because Kennedy “was a liberal.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.