Barack Obama actually said...

"It is time to treat our veterans with the dignity and respect they deserve."

"Having said that, I want to repeat: Compromise, by definition, means taking some things you don't like."

"That can't be who we are, to have kids--our kids, classmates of our children--who are suddenly under this shadow of fear through no fault of their own."

"A lot of folks in this town predicted that after the midterm elections, Washington would be headed for more partisanship and more gridlock."