And as long as they can count on you to stick around, they'll continue to play you for a sucker.
Football teams exist to win football games, political parties exist to win elections. They'll say what it takes, do what it takes, to win elections. That's the long and short of it.
LOL, no one plays me for a sucker. I've been around American politics for the last 35 years and the name of the game is to win elections. If you don't win elections, you don't get the opportunity to have the power and influence required, to effcet real change in all the aspects of American life, society, culture and government. That's the problem with the Libertarian Party and libertarians in general. They can't convince enough American's they deserve the publics trust, to carry out the will of the people and in the best interests of the country. You libertarians are political novices, who have no understanding of what American politics is all about. The proof is in the pudding. You guys are perpetual political losers.
Aside from being men of great wisdom and intelligence and of course, first class revolutionaries, the Founding Fathers were consumate politicians. The Founding Fathers were practical, reasonable men, who knew how the nature of politics works and the need to compromise and negotiate. That's how they created the Constitution and this great Republic we live in.
Libertarians have a lot to learn about America politics in the 21st century. If I was you, I'd start learning how to play the political game, now!