Barack Obama actually said...

"First we shared a commitment to economic recovery. The people of North America are hurting. And that is why our governments are acting."

"It is a great pleasure to be here in Iowa -- in Ottawa."

"It will not help speculators who took risky bets on a rising market and bought homes not to live in but to sell. And it will not reward folks who bought homes they knew from the beginning they would n..."

"Nothing's worse for a neighborhood, even for the good guy paying on time than to have foreclosures in their neighborhood. It's terrible for real estate values."