One of these days the Libertarian party will field a legitimate candidate. Someone with credentials (Ron Paul had those), charisma and a genuine presence.
At that point the party, while it may not win, will be taken seriously.
The sad part is that the bulk of the libertarian ideals are good and, as an aggregate, the Libertarian party is right more than the Republican party (the democrat party is never right.)
The problem is that some of those areas where libertarians aren’t right can have deadly consequences...
Actually, the problem with the Libertarian platform -- particularly in regard to international relations -- is that it pretty much requires everybody to agree to play by the same set of rules.
Once somebody leaves the reservation, however .... libertarian ideals prevent one from taking any sort of pre-emptive action. And thus you're left with stuff like Ron Paul's ultra-stupid comments to our own doug from upland, concerning what he would not do if Nort Korea was determined to be shipping a nuke to Iran.
It's not the only such stupid comment, but our Friend DFU did a fine job of putting it so nicely in the open for all to see.
“The problem is that some of those areas where libertarians ren’t right can have deadly consequences...”
The real problem is that libertarians will tell you that all their policies are derived from first principles and all are consistent with each other and that this means that one cannot take away one with compromising all the rest.
Perhaps the libertarians should go back, examine their ‘first principles’ and start over. If your principles lead you to an undesireable ending, then there is something wrong with your principles.