I distinctly remember circa 2004 and saying to myself after hearing the GOP Senate, Congress and Presidency do something stupid, "I do not have a party". For over ten years, I watched, as you did, the me-too GOPe screw this country by letting the Left set the agenda and going along with big government.
Yup.
I was a baby Republican in the 90’s. (The internet helped me learn more than I knew there was to know.)
I was stunned.
My thought was, “The Dems are trying to take us over a cliff. The GOP is trying to lower us down the same cliff on a rope. Either way, we’re headed to the bottom.”