Do you not understand why the left puts social issues to the forefront in every election?
Do you not understand that leftism hasn't tried to implement its ideas in one election cycle?
The leftists have used incrementalism for the better part of a hundred years to implement their ideas.
Most conservatives will can't comprehend has that works and refuses to accept anything but a pure candidate. Thus, the downward spiral continues.
No one is saying abandon social conservative positions. Putting those positions at the forefront of every election is going to get a leftist/democrat elected every damn time, however. Social conservatives need to learn how to incrementally push social issues.
One other thing is I don't understand why you keep using the whole "border" strawman in regards to libertarians. Any (l)ibertarian I know understands that a nation without a defined and protected border is no nation at all.
The Libertarian party platform is nothing but leftists hijacking libertarian ideals.
Most conservatives will can't comprehend has that works and refuses to accept anything but a pure candidate. You are being dishonest there making up such a silly claim, but Rove would love your words, and he and the left, and the democrats, and the GOPe all also say them.
Libertarianism is a way to promote liberalism within the GOP and join with the GOPe and the openly left, in cutting off conservatism and God, and traditional America, and killing it, once and for all.
Libertarianism offers the transitory vocabulary and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism, as your post shows, and every thread where conservatism comes under assault from the libbers, shows.