For a guy who doesn’t want to discuss the libertarian party or defend them, you sure chewed up a lot of this thread with many argumentative posts doing just that.
If you support a smaller government, they are natural allies.
But calling them names, especially inaccurate ones ( liberaltarian, socialist, liberaldopians) isn’t going to work. GeronL for example is beyond hope.
However, the GOP has to give this 10% of the electorate something to vote FOR, and continuing to grow the government, worrying about steroids in baseball and Internet gambling just loses them and many others who have never voted. Three quarters of conservative minded non voters say to me “There isn’t a dimes worth of difference.” By and large, they’re right!
If the GOP did its job, the TEA party and the Libertarian party would not exist. Both movements were reactions to big government Republicanism, the Libertarians to Nixon and the TEA party to W Bush and his stimulus plans.
Individual freedom, individual responsibility and a vastly shrunk federal government are the only hope this nation has. A return to constitutional principles would necessitate the elimination of ALL the alphabet agencies outside of the FBI and CBP. Leave the other laws to the states, while ensuring full compliance with the Bill of Rights in all states for all issues.
I’m on eastern time and going to bed. Build coalitions with small government people!