Barack Obama actually said...

We have real problems in this country right now, and the American people are looking to us for answers, not distractions, not diversions, not manipulations.

Context

Obama emphasizes the need for serious solutions to the country's problems, criticizing distractions in the political discourse.

09/09/2008

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