In American English of the late twentieth century, the a-word indicates that the message contains material that's offensive to many people. This message also contains adult content. As do all DaveNets, hopefully. I've gotten a series of rebuttals in a common theme. A moving target These are interesting questions because they reveal a sleight of hand, a bit of tricky logic.
Public values shift over time.
Perhaps the electorate is becoming more adult, and less likely to overlook blatant dishonesty and abuse of power. Or it could be that we collectively elected Clinton so we could examine our own opinions about integrity and truthfulness. I don't think we can come to any conclusions, the subject we're analyzing, the electorate, is a moving target. In any case, it doesn't matter. What is is.