Barack Obama actually said...

"I think this was a mistake. I think it screwed up. And, you know, I take responsibility for it."

"I have the utmost confident that if these outstanding public servants standing beside me are working in concert, if we all do our jobs, if we once again guide the markets' invisible hand with a higher..."

"Indeed, this could be called the American tradition; artists demonstrating the courage and talent to find new harmonies in the rich and dissonant sounds of the American experience."

"Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all. Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high, the consequences too serious."