LOL Wanna bet?
Reagan called himself a conservative Republican. That obscure 1975 Reason Magazine Interview was a one time deal. Reagan used it as an opportunity to fish for a few votes. Nothing more, nothing less. Didn't help Reagan in the 1976 GOP primaries or the 1980 election either.
I'll take Beck at his word.
You just contradicted yourself. You say you are willing to wager that Reagan did not apply the term to himself (my only claim) then you cited the Reason Magazine article in which he did. I never said that Reagan consistently used the term. Actually, I don’t think it was purely fishing for votes when he did. I suspect Reagan stopped using the term when he found out to his horror that libertarians supported legalization of drugs and prostitution.