Yes, there are Democratic principles. For a Leftist, it is principled to take as much money from the productive as possible to give to the unproductive. It is principled for them to be perceived as having any and all solutions to man's problems. It is principled for them to squash liberty, even though they'll tell you that what they want is "freedom."
Principles. Whether on the Left or Right, whenever I hear or read someone going on and on about principles I want to just vomit. It's an airy or blithe term, often used as a throw away word or in intellectual conceit.
