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	<title><![CDATA[Frayed Nerves, Excruciating Punchlines, and Sanjaya: My Night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/frayed-nerves-excruciatin_b_46623.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It was Throwback Night at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this weekend, thanks to Rich Little's moldy-oldie comedy routine and Karl Rove's retro dismissal of global warming. (Turd Blossom's sputtering rudeness, on the other hand, was pure 2007.)</p>

<p>I had flown into Washington for the event not sure what to expect. Given Little's Love Boat-level pedigree and pre-dinner pronouncements that he had <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/washington/18memo.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fR%2fRutenberg%2c%20Jim">no intention</a> of making waves (and coming on the heels of last year's <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/is-stephen-colbert-the-la_b_20774.html">one-for-the-ages appearance</a> by...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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