January 20, 2007

New Yorker
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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