Barack Obama actually said...

"The American people don't want to hear politicians attack each other - you want to hear about how we're going to attack the challenges facing middle class families each and every day."

"We're not going to defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries through an occupation of Iraq."

"Together, we cannot fail; together, we can rise to meet any challenge."

"Make no mistake: we are confronting an urgent crisis in Afghanistan, and we have to act."