Barack Obama actually said...

"These everyday worries and long-term anxieties have grown considerably worse over the last year."

"Serbs have moved through several painful chapters in their long and proud history."

"America's prosperity has always risen from the bottom-up."

"You know, I don't. What happens is, I get tagged as being on the left, and when I simply describe what have been my positions consistently, then so many people act surprised."