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Jeffrey Goldberg predicts no insults will be directed at President Bush at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner because featured entertainer Rich Little (left), who calls himself “basically a Republican,” tells jokes that are reminiscent of Ronald Reagan‘s, though without the edge. “They know I’m a safe bet over there at the White House,” Little tells Goldberg.
> “No one ever put restrictions on what I can do or say,” says Little (WP)
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