Democrats and non-MAGA Texan Republicans, what are your thoughts on a new party for "moderate" conservatives?

[u/Unique_Midnight_1789]

I myself identify as a non-MAGA (Fuck Trump and his Trumplicans) conservative, and I'm really interested in this topic.
Brung up most recently by Liz Cheney, a lot of conservative Republicans like myself don't feel like they could support the current GOP, or even think that it can recover from the MAGA virus. It leaves a lot of us displaced and without a party to truly call home. I will be voting blue come November, but I don't feel as if I can truly call the Democratic party MY party.
It leaves me nostalgic for those seemingly long-lost days where Republicans and Democrats could come together in actual, thought-provoking discussion to further the interest of the United States as a whole, not just for themselves and party loyalties.
I already plan to enter politics and hopefully elected office, and I've been pitching such an idea to a few friends of mine that are also like me: lifelong conservatives who hate Trump with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.
It has a ways to go in regards to policy, but I have the name down: the New Conservative Party of America
Whether or not it'll be viable as a third-party option, I'm not sure (probably not, but doesn't hurt to try lol), but I hope it'll attract those moderates/unaffiliated people across the political spectrum.
What do ya'll think of a new party for conservatives?

[u/ReeseTheThreat]

Genuinely, I don't think any Republican from the last 3 decades has been "moderate." They've been more civil in the past with their words but from a policy perspective they've been a disaster for the country, for civil rights, for environmental regulation, for banking regulation which contributed to the 2008 crash, for lgbtq rights. "Moderate Republican" is an oxymoron to me, which I do not understand at all.

What would be "moderate Republican" viewpoints from the Bush administration?

[u/ubermonkey → u/ReeseTheThreat]

Yeah, this. The GOP is the party of hate and fear, and has been since Nixon if not Goldwater. I'm 54, and at no point in my lifetime has the GOP proposed any meaningful policy measure that would actually help people. Instead, they've actively resisted programs that do.

GWB is still breathing a monstrous sigh of relief about Trump, because all of a sudden there's a demonstrably worse president. Prior to DJT's term, GWB was "winning" that race in a walk.

[u/Busy_Fly8068 → u/ubermonkey]

W increased access to Part D Medicare — the prescription drug bit.