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The Tea Party emerged from a laudably grassroots base: libertarians, fervent Constitutionalists, and ordinary people alarmed at the suppression of liberties, whether by George W. Bush or Barack Obama.

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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San Francisco County
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Naomi R. Wolf
Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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