Lets noted that you speak exclusively for yourself, there is no "we"
"snip....I don’t mind admitting I was wrong. ....I was a fool to allow myself to be strung along for so long. Hurts to admit I was an idealistic fool, but I was."
Sorry, not the thread for your post. No one here can grant you absolution. You might contact Ben Sasse or Liz Cheney or Karl Rove and perhaps they could arrange to record your confession for TV.
Well played, sir!