Barack Obama actually said...

"Feel free to whack me over the head because I probably will not compromise on that part."

"The key right now is to make sure that we keep politics to a minimum. There's some legitimate philosophical differences with parts of my plan that the Republicans have and I respect that."

"But the key right now is to make sure that we keep politics to a minimum. There are some legitimate philosophical differences with parts of my plan that the Republicans have and I respect that."

"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy."