Barack Obama actually said...

"She called me and offered her the apologies, which I appreciated, but I also indicated that this is something that has to be investigated diligently and openly."

"On day one, I will end this war. Not because politics compels it. Not because our troops cannot bear the burden as heavy as it is. But because it is the right thing to do."

"The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, you know, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know..."

"I'm running for president because it's time to turn the page on a failed ideology."