What's enlighted? You sound neither enlightened or principled.
I, my FRiend, am both....and you do not understand the battle before us.
But, by all means, go ahead and stand on your "principles" and your self rightiousness and ignore the universal truth that politics is a blood sport.
We go to war with the Army we've got...and with that Army we join together and plan a way to win.
If you can't do this....I wish you Godspeed even though I know you will whine and stomp your feet when you're forced to live under Clinton/Obama.