Well if this ain’t the quote of the day, I’m not exactly sure what is.

According to his new book, Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer revealed that Bush administration officials objected to awarding author J.K. Rowling that honor because her writing “encouraged witchcraft,” as per this quote from page 201:

“This was the same sort of narrow thinking that led people in the White House to actually object to giving the author J.K. Rowling a presidential medal because the Harry Potter books encouraged witchcraft.”

Thankfully, as we all know, President Obama has firm pro-witchcraft leanings, so therefore we should see Rowling getting a medal in due time.

What a world we live in…

[via Sci-fi- Wire]