Barack Obama actually said...

This is a good man who has always been on the right side of history and for him to have used some inartful language in trying to praise me and for people to try to make hay out of that makes absolutely no sense.

Context

President Obama defends Harry Reid's comments, suggesting they were misinterpreted.

01/10/2010

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