Barack Obama actually said...

"In a town hall meeting in March, President Obama said the number one question asked online was whether legalizing marijuana could help bring the country out of this deep recession."

"I, unfortunately, gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sergeant Crowley specifically. And I could have calibrated those words differently."

"I continue to believe, based on what I have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling Professor Gates out of his home to the station."

"The fact that this has become such a big issue I think is indicative of the fact that, you know, race is still a troubling aspect of our society."