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On the Real - Sometimes political correctness flies out of the window and politicians and pundits just say what's on their minds. Some are good for a laugh, while others are viewed by some to be downright offensive. Here's a smorgasbord of some of the year's most colorful quotes. — Joyce Jones

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Rep. Peter King (R-New York) - "This party is going nuts," said New York Republican Rep. Peter King, about the government shutdown.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Sarah Palin - "More background checks? Dandy idea, Mr. President. We should have started with yours," said former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in remarks delivered at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), mocking Obama on gun control. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) - "What we really need is an anti-bullying ordinance in the Senate," said Sen. Rand Paul, adding that Majority Leader Harry Reid was a "big bully" after he changed rules to require a simple majority to open up a vote on Obama's nominees.(Photo: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma)  - "I think he's an absolute a--hole," said Sen. Tom Coburn of Harry Reid at a New York Young Republican gala.(Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Mayor Rob Ford - "Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine," confessed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.(Photo: AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Mark Blinch)

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James Carville - “I think the best thing [Obama] can do is take a toke on the mayor of Toronto’s crack pipe," said democratic strategist James Carville.(Photo: Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) - "This guy has been a human wrecking ball," Sen. John McCain said of Secretary of State John Kerry's diplomacy efforts.(Photo: Allison Shelley/Getty Images)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) - "[Obama] has a perpetual magic wand and nobody's given him a spanking yet and taken it out of his hand," said Rep. Michele Bachmann.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Julian Bond - “They are the Taliban wing of the Republican Party and we all ought to be a little bit worried about them," said veteran civil rights leader Julian Bond of the Tea Party. (Photo: Brian Ach/Getty Images for People for the American Way Foundation)

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Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Florida) - "If the hood fits, wear it,” said Rep. Alan Grayson, responding to outrage over his comparing the Tea Party to the KKK. (Photo: LARRY DOWNING/LANDOV)

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State Rep. Ernest Hewett (D-Connecticut) - "That may sound sexist, but I really don't, [want female interns working in his office," said Connecticut state Rep. Ernest Hewett, the father of two daughters and a son. "That way, that keeps me good and that keeps everybody else good." (Photo: Courtesy of the Connecticut House Democrats)

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Rep. Trent Franks (R-Arizona) - "The incidences of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low," said Rep. Trent Franks, against an abortion bill amendment calling for exceptions in the case of incest or rape.(Photo: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Dennis Rodman - "My mission is to break the ice between hostile countries,” former NBA great Dennis Rodman told Sports Illustrated. “Why it’s been left to me to smooth things over, I don’t know. … But I’ll tell you this: If I don’t finish in the top three for the next Nobel Peace Prize, something’s seriously wrong.”(Photo: REUTERS/KCNA)

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Allen West - “I believe it comes back to being a respectful young man and maybe that’s something that was missing out of President Obama and Trayvon Martin’s life,” former congressman Allen West said of the president's speech about the teen and race. “But to try to play this and try to make it a personal experience, this was just absolutely horrific.” (Photo: REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert)

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Michelle Obama - "There are prison-like elements," First Lady Michelle Obama said of the White House. "But it's a really nice prison." (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)