[Dr. Sivana]

unbecoming of her professional position and absent any regard for where she was displaying it. Just saying..

I would have agreed with you at one point, but Trump's candidacy basically put forth the proposition that the system is broke enough that there is going to be some coarseness, vulgarity and bare-knuckle fighting to keep from losing the whole thing.

I didn't buy into at the time, because I did not yet trust Trump to use the position to push the correct agenda. He's doing his part. To some degree the opposition (including Establishment Republicans like McCain and Rubio and Ryan) are ratcheting this up. The Trump approach isn't a necessary counter. Scott Walker met a small scale version in Wisconsin. But Trump is not Walker, and Walker's opposition was national, not international, and rarely included his own party. Trump won the election, and we have to use the tools he brings.

Marquis of Queensbury Rules are Out for the foreseeable future, and we will have to forego our claim on the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy.

[RitaOK]

I agree with you on the Trump brand of more common coarseness, some vulgarity for sure, on occasion, and the bare knuckles approaches.

However, he has made it clear what he reverences, and historical sites seem to reflect that reverence, as seen in his own behavior, of which the Oval Office is one.