I hear what you're saying, and it explains why I'm so far pleased right now with the GOP, and you're ready to cash it all in.
It all boils down to the issues you prioritize. Trump's had stunningly good picks to head up Education and HHS; the policy wonk in me wants federal policy fundamentally reformed, and suddenly there's the prospect of getting it.
But values voters are adrift. Indeed, the way some values voters defended Trump bordered on the unseemly.
The values issues - abortion, gay rights, etc., are where I (and quite possibly Trump) part company with you. I think opposition to abortion should be a matter of one-on-one persuasion, grounded in faith, and not a subject of public policy. And gays have the same rights the rest of us have, and that's just the law and the Constitution. Sorry.
But I respect our differences, and think there's a place for both of us in the GOP, even a Trump-infected one. Rome wasn't built in a day, and let's not fail to acknowledge that an opportunity presents itself.
I respect you bunches, Jazzhead, but the Republican party has made it abundantly clear that they don't want people like me in their party. They don't want values voters. They don't want Conservatives. They don't care about the Constitution. And that means they don't want ME around.
Fine.
I dedicated my adult life to the Republican party (actually started at 19 when I campaigned door to door as President of my College Republicans for Richard Nixon).
But when they nominated Trump, they kicked me out. When they shoved out Constitutional Conservatives at the convention in Cleveland, they stuck out their middle finger at me and said "Go away."
I'm like others here that is looking for a viable home in another party.
But as others have stated here, I am thankful that this lonely forum provides me with an outlet to share my grief (yes, grief) at what Trump and his supporters have stolen from me.
A political party I called home for 67 years......