I am a pretty hardcord lefty, but let me say a few things:

1. we should develop more nuclear power plants
   
2. we should drill for oil in the United States as part of a comprehensive plan to transition to alternative energy sources
   
3. we shouldn't confuse plans with promises, nor promises with ideals
   
4. we shouldn't ban handguns, but we should double-down on efforts to keep them out of the hands of criminals
   
5. there's nothing wrong with killing criminals who commit heinous crimes, so long as we're absolutely, positively, 100% certain that they're guilty
   
6. when the telecom industry knuckles to government pressure to commit criminal acts, we shouldn't go after the telecoms -- we should go after the government
7. if 5 members of the Supreme Court say something is unconstitutional and 4 say no, we should remember that the Constitution is just a piece of paper with some words scribbled on it, crafted by a group of men who couldn't decide if black people were proper human beings

There are real principles and there are fake principles. Let's not get them confused.