Please show me where I said the LP was irrelevant. I maintain that they are good to work with as activists on a local and state level, and I can even have a decent conversation with those members of the party that don't mind being identified with right-wing conservatives. All the same, it can be hard maintaining a balanced, even keel with people who can't even take credit when it is duly given.
And if you guys can get a dogcatcher on the ballot in my town, I'll be glad to vote for him if the only Republican dogcatcher is a RINO.