[greene66]

It was the GOP backstabbing of Palin that first and foremost ended my lifelong self-identification as a Republican, and destroyed any sense of kinship I felt towards the Party. All the ensuing shenanigans from Boehner/McConnell/Rove, and the nomination of Romney, have just solidified all this.

Used to look forward to and watch the GOP convention every election cycle for decades. Couldn’t get myself to even watch a minute of it last time. Hardly watch any ‘political’ type talk-shows anymore, as I no longer care or trust what any of the so-called conservative talking-heads have to say. It all just makes me sick.

[Timber Rattler]

It was the GOP backstabbing of Palin that first and foremost ended my lifelong self-identification as a Republican, and destroyed any sense of kinship I felt towards the Party.

Same here. I washed my hands of the GOP-E in 2008 when the Republican knives came out for Palin.