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" The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote. "

Karl Rove

Will

Group

Hurt

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Trust

Great

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Think

Patriot

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" I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years. "

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" It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me. "

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Writing

Write

" For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush. "

" Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon. "

" Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates. "

" Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world. "

" My parents, particularly my father, had been used by commentators, political journalists and political commentators, to attack me, and the collateral damage was the reputations of my father and my mother. "

Karl Rove

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Mother

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