[Carry_Okie]

Aristotle blew the question of ends and means wide open over 2,000 years ago (this is paraphrased):

No one selcts an "end" except as a means to something else. There are no ends; there are only means.

[hobbes1]

And As I pointed out, that is not quite correct. Aristotle, for all his wisdom had never observed this grand expirement in self governance. There is no Solace, in losing Nobly, because the cause you believe in, also loses.

In American Politics more than any other, winning, is the important thing, because without it winning, and doing what it takes to get there, you would have a government like Clintons First two years, only worse.