Strickland express that he wishes he choose his words more wisely and hopes to make his views clearer.
Strickland says he understands those sentiments and hopes to do a better job making his views clear.
“I have to live with myself and my efforts to communicate who I am and what I believe to people, and over time I hope to convince any doubters out there that I am not cruel and hard-hearted,” he said.
He further laments on the topic.
“It was just a question that I got from a reporter and I expressed an opinion, and suddenly it has become a lot more than that,” Strickland said. “It’s one of those incidents out of many (when) I’ve said something inartfully and conveyed something that I did not wish to convey.
I think he expressed his opinion and I know he was very clear. He is now worried about being perceived as cruel and mean. That’s what the retraction is about… not that he has changed his opinion except for political motivations.
“I think Ohio and Ohioans have contributed a lot to Iraq in terms of blood, sweat and too many tears,” Strickland told the Associated Press. “I am sympathetic to the plight of the innocent Iraqi people who have fled that country. However, I would not want to ask Ohioans to accept a greater burden than they already have borne for the Bush administration’s failed policies.”
He was clear. Go to another state with my dearest sympathies. But that is the way we understand politicians being. Perhaps why so many don’t every earn the real trust of the people.
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