Reply #36: My personal belief is that the context is irrelevant to a large extent. [View All]

Having said that, I believe the explanations of his statement. I don't think that he meant to say anything untoward, or that he was intending to make a racist remark. I don't feel he was intending to demean or belittle Obama.

I do think it was an incredibly stupid choice of phrase in the current situation. Cuomo's much smarter than that, and capable of much better. Like it or not, we have both a woman and an African-American, one of whom will be our nominee. That makes this an unbelievable charged environment, much more so than any previous primary in my memory.

Everything we say, regardless of its immediate context, must be measured and considered in this larger context before it is even said. Otherwise, you end up offending people whom you normally like and respect.