Whatever Richie and Bucco say is to their credit for looking up the full quotations - however, the damage is already on the Internet without all the explanations for people to read - and to have their own minds made up.

It does not matter if a candidate makes a statement that can be explained easily but just does not sound good, the implication is already out there on the Internet with possibly other explanations of what was really meant.

Many times, it is a case of presumed guilty until proven innocent and the masses will not accept the proof of innocense because it is not what they wanted to hear in the first place.

Candidates should be very careful in choosing their words the first time and too often they do not - and the spectre will haunt them for a long time in voter's minds.