Now there's one for the archives!
In this same regard, Libertarians should not be trying to hijack the conservative party. They clearly hold libertarian ideals dear and they as a result, they should operate under the Libertarian banner rather than the conservative banner for starters.
If they really believe (like they say) that the majority of Americans agree with them, then give the American people an honest chance to vote for those beliefs by representing those beliefs honestly under a Libertarian banner.
They were invited into the conservative (Republican) party during the “big tent” years, just as social liberals were. Now the party is full of non-conservatives from both ends of the spectrum and nobody can tell the difference between the Republican party and the Democrat Party anymore.
Inviting more liberals into the fold via anti-war national security and pro-drug liberal social policies is hardly the way to return the conservative party to its conservative roots.
Libertarians should give American voters a chance to support them out in the open, not hidden beneath any other name or identity.
Ron Paul should call himself what he is, a Libertarian Independent and he should be running as such. Anything less is dishonest and directing anti-war socialist to switch party affiliations to the conservative party supportive of our national security efforts for the purpose of undermining that party is unethical and at odds with a representative republic.
Stand out in the open and tell people what you believe and let them decide whether or not they agree. Don’t hide!