Obamacare a punchline at Washington press dinner (via AFP)

President Barack Obama cracked jokes about the government’s disastrous health care policy rollout and mocked political opponents at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner late Saturday. The annual dinner, filled with insider jokes and elbow jabs masquerading…

President Obama gave this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech literally “between two ferns,” a reference to his recent interview on the show by the same name.

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