As the three "major" [Libertarian] presidential contenders were nearly identical on issues (despite minor individual tweaks, all supported legalizing drugs, peace, foreign non-interventionism, abortion rights, gay marriage, and abolishing almost all taxes and government programs)
Peace + drugs = hippie
Abortion + Gays = liberal
foreign non-interventionism = moron
Well, we're not all on board with the entire party platform. For instance, I self-describe as being 99.95% pro-life; I'm not in the "let's legalize all drugs" camp; and I dragged myself - eventually - into believing the war in Iraq was a good thing. I could give a damn about gays, as long as they don't touch kids or unwilling adults. And as for interventionism, I don't think it's a good idea to thrust ourselves into EVERY damn squabble on the planet, but sometimes it's a necessary evil.
So, basically, you're going by a few bad examples. I take it there are none in your party?