a post on a friend's face book page got me to thinking, about a series of events that happened across several years.....(be fore warned this could end up an autobiographical novella)
I turned 21 just after the Johnson/Goldwater election, (remember voting age at that time 21)......but when i registered to vote chose the NYS Conservative party......fast forward several years, knew the man who was the county chairman of the party and he asked if i would be the ward committeeman and accepted........fast forward a few more years, and i was asked to fill a slot on the executive board, accepted....one of the powers in local elections is to endorse candidates for office......about a years or so later....the story beginning
 Two candidates came before us, looking for our endorsement for county DA:
Candidate #1 was female, already had the Democratic/Liberal lines.......good undergrad school, good law school and had worked as an ADA.....
Candidate #2 male, already had the Republican/Right To Life lines........mediocre undergrad school, and a no name law school.........family lawyer......little criminal law experience
It should seem that the choice was clear....except
The female Pro-Choice
The male Pro-Life
and despite my best arguments that this issue was moot, it would have little if no bearing on criminal cases.....and don't forget she was more qualified for the job........
results:
the party endorsed the male on a 5 to 2 vote
i resigned, and the one who voted with me resigned
i voted for her thru many election cycles
and she did a good job for several years
thus ended my foray in to politics

If the above didn't make my point, allow me to state simply
when it comes to choices, this is not a custom world, we have to most times "pick of the rack"......and take what fits best........maybe not a perfect fit.......but then it is an imperfect world