In other words, there's no point for Mr. Medved to be whining about the difference between not getting 3,000 libertarian votes or not getting 27,000 Republican votes.
Medved's unhappy because he perceives that the libertarians and the Republicans ought to be on the same side. What he fails to perceive is that to the libertarians, both the Republicans and the Democrats are seen as being just two slightly different flavors of the Socialist party.
When the Republicans stop being Socialists is when the libertarians will come back to being "on their side".
My point is that in order to progress towards your principled goals you must vote for a candidate that can actually make some of that progress happen. Putting purity of principles (i.e., he doesn't believe in everything I believe in, so I won't vote for him) seems to be more important that progressing towards those principles (i.e., he doesn't believe in everything I believe in, but he will work towards 4 of my 10 goals while his opponent will work towards non of my goals.)
"Purity before Progress"