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What Did Rove Say?

2:30 PM, Apr 2, 2008 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB
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Ben Smith at Politico flags this exchange between Karl Rove and GQ:

GQ: I get the sense you respect Hillary more than you respect Obama.
Rove: Off the record?

GQ: Please don't go off the record.
Rove: Off the record... [Yeah, it's good. Sorry.]

GQ: Damn! Now say that on the record.
Rove: No. Nope. Nope. Nope.

GQ: Let's try again, then: on the record. I get the sense you respect her more than him.
Rove: Uh, I know her better than I know him. And I just, uh -- she has been around public life a lot longer and has demonstrated, you know, more involvement than he has.

If only this was an interview with one of those intrepid reporters from the Scotsman.

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