#opportunist__self-seeker  a person who places expediency above principle
  supertype:  selfish_person__selfishperson  a person who is unusually selfish
  subtype:  backscratcher.opportunist  someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage
  subtype:  carpetbagger  an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"
  subtype:  hustler__wheeler_dealer__wheelerdealer__operator  (informal) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
     subtype:  wire-puller  one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
  subtype:  timeserver  one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage

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