Reply #34: Being a Jeffersonian Democrat is about more than merely a name.

[No Elephants]

It's about Democratic principles (and democratic principles).

Bizarrely, however, "principles" seems to have become a dirty word these days among some Democrats, who do seem fixated on merely a name, confusing some who, for whatever political reason, choosed to put a (D) after his or her name (DINO) with a real Democrat. Ironic, huh?

Just what we need more of in elected office--people whose behavior is unprincipled. :crazy:

"un·prin·ci·pled (n-prns-pld)
adj.
Lacking principles or moral scruples; unscrupulous: unprincipled behavior.

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unprincipled <ʌnˈprɪnsɪpəld>
adj
1. lacking moral principles; unscrupulous
2. (foll by in) Archaic not versed in the principles of (a subject)
unprincipledness n
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Adj. 1. unprincipled - lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson
unscrupulous - without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"
principled - based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person"
2. unprincipled - having little or no integrity
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"

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unprincipled
adjective dishonest, corrupt, crooked, immoral, tricky, unscrupulous, devious, unethical, unprofessional, amoral, deceitful, underhand, dishonourable, unconscionable the unprincipled behaviour of the prosecutor's office
honest, moral, decent, ethical, upright, honourable, righteous, virtuous, scrupulous
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