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Why Obama will have the last laugh

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

President Barack Obama spared almost no one in his last performance at this year’s White House correspondents' dinner. He laughed along with the crowd as he skewered a host of celebrities and politicians.

But long after that lighthearted evening is forgotten, I believe the president and other progressives will continue to share bemused...

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