Anyone is better than Mandy Moore. I like Jessica as a person. I think she's looked at as a goofy twit not for ber Jessica-isms on the show but for her staying a virgin till she was married,etc.
However, I think that 1) MTV picks and chooses the most stupid things she says and that 2) she plays it up bigger than it is. I think she's probably a pretty sharp girl who realizes that she is having a much more successful career as the "dumb hot girl". Sad statement on the society we live in, but I can't blame her. It's not immoral and it causes her to sell more cd's and make more money.