there are other medieval ideas the president might want to try out. leeches for the sniffles we heard the other night. maybe a border mote. it s tremendously big and tremendously wet. tremendous amounts of water. maybe the government shutdown could be resolved by a sword fight between lord mcconnell and lady pelosi. the president has long embraced medieval themes. just the other day he used a meme from the fantasy tv show game of thrones tweeting this image, the wall is coming, as references go for public policy we should note that game of thrones is a show that features ice zombies and dragons. also spoil er alert, the show s famous great wall protecting west from the hoards of ice zombies fell at the end of lst season. not since the medieval times has anything happened like this. reporter: we should note the