“I am a small l libertarian..I do not buy into abortion...I do not buy into gay marriage...”
That you are an exception in no way proves that libertarians aren’t overwelming pro-abortion & pro-gay marriage. It also does not support your orignal statement that conservatives and libertarians are natural political allies. We are not.
In addition, your presumption that I only listen to pundits and don’t check things out is arrogant and insulting. In point of actual fact, libertarians (see small “l”) are a tiny % of the electorate that does poorly whenever their ideas are polled at the ballot box.
They cost us ten seats in the House in 2012. They are on the ballot in many more states.
Most dangerous: They are not interested in the commonweal. They are basically babies who wanna do what they wanna do. You can't be interested only in the individual. There is the state interest too, where it is legitimate, just not as pervasive as it is now. We are out of balance, with the state too intrusive, but that doesn't mean the state and the culture should be ignored entirely. All good statesmen have the commonweal at heart.