Stan, agree with your sentiments especially a desire and obligation to be on our best behavior when on the mainland or in a foreign country.  But I disagree that things were different in Inouye's, Patsy's, or Burn's time. These are good, even great people, but they didn't stop the anti-Catholic years prior to Kennedy's election, the fear of communists domination of Hawaii labor, abuse of selective service system, or the accusation of Larry Mehau being the godfather of organized crime. 

I think if the 24hr news cycle brings inconvenience to  Ms Lyons Kent, she'll just move back to the mainland.  Hawaii's just another place now-a-days.