Lord Voldemort, the nature of evil, and politics

[pippin_999]

> Tonks:
> I join with you each night in praying for our country and our soon 
> to be President. As a lifelong Democrat who has worked long and hard
 for my party (except this year) I am happy that we have a Democrat 
as President. It is how Obama won that disheartens me. (I will 
confess that I was a PUMA member this year.) 
> 

Pippin:
I will confess I had to google to find out what a PUMA is. (Party
Unity My A**)

Since the essence of politics is compromise and the essence of
principled behavior is not compromising, there's an inherent conflict
in what we ask of politicians, and it's not surprising that we're
often disappointed in them. 

Pippin