Pragmatism and principle

I ran across an op-ed entitled "Principles and Pragmatism" on the NY Times site today.

It quotes Senator Clinton as saying - during her confirmation hearing to become Obama’s secretary of state - that her approach to foreign policy would be based on

"principles and pragmatism, not rigid ideology; on facts and evidence, not emotion or prejudice."

So I submitted the following comment:

If Senator Clinton is offering "principles and pragmatism", she doesn't know what either of them are, since pragmatism is the rejection of principles.

It is currently awaiting moderation.

Update: My comment has been posted. It's #140. It's even gotten a recommendation from another reader!