The New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg interviewed Rich Little about his upcoming appearance at the 2007 White House Correspondents' Dinner:
He promised to use mostly political material, though, along these lines: “They said we’re going to send jets to Israel this year, but what the hell would they do with a bunch of football players?” Iraq jokes, however, are out. “I do have a funny line on that,” he said, and he began to imitate the current President: “George W. Bush here. I tell you, I’m between I-raq and a hard place.”
Little paused, and said, “That’s funny. But, believe me, you won’t hear the word ‘Iraq’ out of my mouth the whole evening. They know I’m a safe bet over there at the White House.”
None of this reflects badly on Rich Little, who seems like a nice guy.
What it says about the White House Correspondents' Association is another matter, and if they don't think it reflects on their work ethic, they're even more clueless than they're portrayed on both the left and the right.
Still waiting for some reporter to come out and say "Hell, no, I wouldn't go to that thing if you paid me."
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