[wku man]

"The GOP’s position could just as easily be characterized as wise pragmatism..."

Yep. that's a convenient excuse, all right.

It would have been "pragmatic" for General McAuliffe to have surrendered at Bastogne, too.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Norm Lenhart]

Pragmatic is another word for situational ethics.

Situational ethics and those that advocate them are the opposite of conservative. It cannot be both ways. Can’t haZ a cake and eat it too.