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Some Bizarre Statements from the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference

Whoa doggies, that's some concentrated crazy right there. Looks like Elizabeth Flock from US News & World Report put on her hazmat suit and traipsed into the muck for us.

Here are some of the strangest:

        "We gotta put some salsa sauce on the Republican party." - Sam Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, calling for more Latino outreach by the Republican party. He also encouraged delegates to "just reach out and grab that brown hand."

        "Immigrants are more fertile." - former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, making the case for immigration reform

        "College campuses are indoctrination camps for the abortion industry." - Kate Obenshein, vice president of Young America's Foundation, in a panel on advancing the pro-life movement. She also called Planned Parenthood "barbarians."

        "We are at a tipping point the likes of which we have never seen in civilization." - Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., on government spending.

        "[Allen West] is a real American … We should really take something from his gene pool and put it everywhere across this great country." - actor and conservative speaker John Ratzenberger, best known as "Cliff" from the TV show "Cheers"