Barack Obama actually said...

"What I am absolutely convinced of is that everybody here is committed to racial equality, has been historically."

"I decry racism and anti-Semitism in every form and strongly condemn the anti-Semitic statements made by Minister Farrakhan."

"For them, somehow, to suggest that we are interjecting race as a consequence of a statement she made that we haven't commented on is pretty hard to figure out."

"We are all Democrats, we all believe in civil rights and we all believe in equal rights."