Glenn: My contention in citing the past leaders of the Hawaii Democratic Party was not to bring up all the cultural nearsightedness that they practiced during their time of leadership. I was simply citing them because of the heightened sense of consciousness of how to conduct themselves in certain events, and making sure that everyone understood those rules. 

It goes, though, beyond party or even organization, in that common decency that we assume everyone knows is, well, not so common it seems. Now there are those who will chide me for calling Mrs. Kent out because of tangential items surrounding her actions. I stay focused on her action, and calling out that she didn't practice common decency in expressing her point of view on national television, representing my home, Hawaii.