Why one must choose words carefully

"The good thing is the Democratic presidential primary has absolutely no legal significance," Ysursa said.

As is my habit, I visit Dave Barry's blog site for the sillier side of the news almost daily. I have just come across this item and nearly choked with laughter at this quote from the Secretary of State Of Idaho. For clarification here is the whole news story. I just wonder if this official has any real idea of what he said. And the republican party wants to know why I left. This is just one more example.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24170686/