If there is one thing that we can learn from “Chasing Liberty”, it’s that presidents should not be allowed to have children.

Imagine President Bush — dealing with the constant threats of terrorism, war in Iraq and a jobless economy — picking up the phone to hear Condaleeza Rice tell him she just saw his daughters on the new “Girls Gone Wild” commercial. This is something no president, let alone any father, should have to worry about.

-Forget Sept. 11, forget the war on terror, forget the unemployed — the very fictional President James Foster (Mark Harmon) spends most of his days worrying about his horny teenage daughter. The daughter, Anna, played by pop star Mandy Moore, runs away from home and takes passage through Europe, all in hope of ending up at some sort of “love parade” in Berlin.

The First Daughter is fed up with being a virgin, fed up with being sober and ready to take part in all of the stereotypical acts that are related to being a “normal” kid.

When she runs into the daughter of the French president while on a trip with her father and sees just how free the French are allowed to be, she hits the road and ditches her father, as well as the Secret Service agents assigned to protect her.

Well, all except one — an undercover British agent named Ben Calder (Matthew Goode). Ben’s job is to trick Anna into believing that he is some sort of savior, a normal guy there to show her the ropes of Europe. But Anna is no angel herself. She’s never honest with Ben, telling him she’s just an ordinary girl, an international celebrity on the run from the most powerful man on the planet.

What’s even more laughable is that the president is aware of this and allows it to happen. Any sort of logic is ripped from the story. In its place, we get music video after music video, even a shameless sequence in which Moore tries on a bunch of cute outfits.

-And it gets worse. Once the two fall in love and Ben must tell Anna the truth about his job, she completely turns her back on him. Ben is the villain for deceiving Anna, and she is the angel who was victimized. Never once does Anna suffer any consequences for deceiving both her father and Ben. She never even suffers a hangover after a first night of heavy drinking.

In the end, it is Ben who must confess his sins to Anna, and it is Anna who must forgive him. What a message to send to an auditorium of 13-year-old girls. Lies, booze, sex, and running away — the key elements to figure out your life.

What’s saddest about “Chasing Liberty” is that the film is pretty enjoyable. Both Moore and newcomer Goode give solid performances, even with a script that probably seems dumb to most 13-year-olds. The duo has chemistry, and the chemistry nearly ruins the film. The way they click leaves no doubt in our minds that they will end up together, making a predictable film even more predictable.

However, it’s sort of refreshing to see a movie about the White House that doesn’t cram some sort of agenda down our throats. There is no monumental moment where the president tells us that he’s going to get guns off of the streets or save the world from the horrors of drug trafficking. Instead, we anxiously wait to see if his daughter will get laid.

Whether Anna makes it around third base is a secret I shall not reveal. But Moore makes it fun to watch the process, as ridiculous as it gets.

Moore shows she has what it takes to be a real movie star. The only thing left is for her to pick a smart script — or at least one geared for an audience more than half her age.