re: Libertarian Politics in US

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It means that my primary concern is the financial well being of this country

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This. Otherwise, everything else will eventually fold. Something else I don't quite understand. The Tea Party has risen to what, about 20% of the GOP in a short period of time? Why hasn't the libertarian movement done a better job of getting its message out and getting members to join in?

I could see myself going libertarian but until they get some kind of viable ground game going, I cannot vote anti-republican just to make a statement in which the democrats profit from me taking a stance against the old guard.

It's going to take many people other than Rand Paul to get this libertarian ship sailing. Until they make a unified effort to get involved in state grassroots politics their national influence will suffer.

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What does this even mean?

It means that my primary concern is the financial well being of this country and in order to get that done would compromise on social issues.

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He knows exactly what you mean hes just using sarcasm to point out that he thinks he is the smart guy in the room.

Newsflash: If you are waiting for a pure libertarian, you will always be dissapointed.

We know libertarians dont see issues as social issues but rather liberty issues. The problems is 99.9% of the people in this country are not well versed libertarians.

Another way to put the question would be: Would you support a candidate who is for continuing war on drugs if that candidate was fiscally conservative?