Barack Obama actually said...

"I didn't run for President to preside over decline."

"I urge the Senate to give early and favorable consideration to the Treaty, including its Protocol, and to give its advice and consent to ratification."

"It's not a real recovery until people can feel it in their own lives."

"The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster that can seriously damage the economy and environment of our Gulf States."