Barack Obama actually said...

"I thought she was a good public servant."

"If you couldn't run a successful petition drive, then that raised questions in terms of how effective a representative you were going to be."

"I'm deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger's divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn't reflect the country I see or the desire of people across America to come together in common cause."

"But we know in our hearts we are ready for change."