Barack Obama actually said...

"we must make sure our system of regulations covers appropriate institutions and markets, and is comprehensive and free of gaps, and prevents those being regulated from cherry-picking among competing r..."

"I have the utmost confident that if these outstanding public servants standing beside me are working in concert, if we all do our jobs, if we once again guide the markets' invisible hand with a higher..."

"I think this was a mistake. I think it screwed up. And, you know, I take responsibility for it."

"This could be called the American tradition. Artists demonstrating the courage and talent to find new harmonies in the rich and dissonance sounds of the American experience."