[yankeedame]

I think the word everyone is reaching for to describe the BOs in the White House is vulgar.

Vulgar. Now that's a word you don't hear much anymore. Sort of like the word "shame" as compared to "guilt". Vulgar is a good word but IMHO a better one would be déclassé

[La Lydia]

Déclassé is also accurate, but I would argue for vulgar because more people know what that means. Back in the early 1980s, when he still had working brain parts, Garrison Keillor wrote a very funny article for the New Yorker called,, “The Current Crisis in Remorse.” Part of it:

Remorse is a new area in social work. Narrator worked as professional remorse officer in Dept. of Human Services Remorse followers believe that people who have done bad things should feel sorry for what they did and stop doing it. Narrator cites examples of remorselessness, including criminals as well as your own best friend. City Hall demanded a full-fledged remorse program to be in place in weeks, even days. The program is to be implemented without funding. The narrator's attempts to reform people were largely unsuccessful. Former clients filed a class-action suit against the state demanding restitution, claiming the plan was damaging or inadequately administered. The narrator is demoted to the basement to "assist in the assembly and assessment" of ascertainment files.... .