Others, while perhaps more crafty, are far less principled, and will go so far as to fabricate a silicone crutch to rest their hand on.
Authentic progressives and principled conservatives will offer different answers to Rabbit's query.
If he emanates both, and keeps his answers strong, tight, and principled, he will likely be our next President.
Restore our Republic PAC, a super PAC formed in March 2013, solicits donations on its website, saying, "When you make a donation to Restore our Republic, you can be sure your money will support principled conservatives that will not waver when they get to Washington".
The worrying thought is that they might not be that in being driven by principle, our principled person will distort the relevance of relevant features by insisting on filtering them through principles, in a way that is at odds with the falsehood of generalism.
While many in the radio advertising industry will recall Les as a passionate, dedicated and principled leader, he will be better remembered as a wonderful friend and mentor, and in particular a devoted father, grandfather, brother and uncle.
"The American people deserve principled leaders who will stand up to our adversaries and stand up for our values," he said.
What we do need are principled leaders who will tolerate doubt, see beyond narrow self-interest and carry on when the crowd turns against them.
"Dr. Milton Wolf is a principled conservative who will fight to stop the massive spending, bailouts, and debt that are bankrupting our country.
Abandoning his principled stance will be seen as surrender by his supporters, while staying the course will virtually assure that North Korea shuts down Kaesong, analysts say.
