ObamaSpeak

When Obama says "I just want to be clear about...." or "let me be clear about..." or "I just want everybody to be clear", then you can be sure that you are going to get some convoluted explanation that makes no sense and is just meant to distract from giving a "clear" answer to a question or a "clear" position on an issue.
When Obama says "we would be willing to consider ....", you can be sure that he has no intention of considering an alternative proposal but is trying to sell his image of being open-minded and bipartisan.
When Obama says he "misspoke" or he needs to " reset" or "calibrate his words" you can be sure he got caught either totally lying or distorting the truth or contradicting one of his previous statements. He is trying to get you to remember the "recalibrated" words rather than the original words.
When Obama refers to a "teachable moment" you can be sure that he got caught speaking without the facts and was wrong. Rather than admit he was wrong, he wants you to believe that there is an academic issue at hand whereby we all have the opportunity to learn.
When Obama gets a question he doesn't want to answer, he might use the term "brief" or "briefly" in prefacing his remarks, then you can be sure that you will get a long-winded speech that never answers the question but which goes off on various tangents to repeat a standard set of talking points that he has memorized.