Barack Obama actually said...

"You see I am not and never have been of the Muslim faith. I think that those who are of the Muslim faith are deserving of respect and dignity. But to try to feed into this fear mongering and to try to..."

"If you get one of these e-mails that says I'm a Muslim, not true. Never been a Muslim. This is just stuff that is designed to make people suspicious."

"But I also think these folks should lay off my wife."

"It's not just that I'm a Christian and these e-mails are misinforming people. They're also feeding on anti-Muslim sentiment, and that's also wrong."