Common Sense Political Thought

At a recent Lincoln Day Dinner, Representative Mike Castle was introduced.  I clapped as gently as I could.
 
I voted for the person.  For the past 12 years I have had to hold my nose and vote for RINOs in the General Election.  I had former house painter Gilchrest in Maryland, a man whose sloping forehead hints of a rather limited brain capacity and whose words confirm it.  Now I have time-server Mike Castle in Delaware.
 
Whenever I had the opportunity to vote against Wayne Gilchrest in a Primary Election I did so.  The parliament of whores known as the state and national parties supported the incumbent. 
 
So am I abandoning principle by voting for such creeps in the General Election?
 
Perhaps there is a sexual analogy that might be appropriate.  I am going to be screwed and am going to get a disease in the process.  It could be syphilis or gonorrhea.  So I choose (to) clap.