Principles!

This list of Blackwater boss Erik Prince's campaign contributions has been getting heavy-traffic blogger attention due to his donation to a fake Green Party candidate.

There's better, though: consider these two line items in relation to one another.

Prince, Erik
McLean, VA 22102
Prince Group/Chairman
PRINCIPLES EXALT A NATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
primary 01/04/06

Principles, eh? And what do they do? Exalt a nation, apparently.

Prince, Erik
Mc Lean, VA 22102
Prince Household LLC/Partner DELAY, THOMAS DALE (R)
House (TX 22)
TOM DELAY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE $2,100
primary 09/26/05

That donation was literally the day before DeLay's indictment on corruption charges, and came 18 days after DeLay's political action committee had itself been indicted, 13 days after its managers were indicted, 4 months after a judge ruled it had broken the law, and 17 days after he asked a group of refugees if they were "having fun". Both exalted and principled, I think.