Libertarians are not conservative. They only call themselves conservative to infiltrate Republican party and get votes for their candidates.
What pap. Your leading sentence shows ignorance of what Conservatism IS, by definition.
Conservatism comes from The Goldwater wing, of the Republican Party.
The Goldwater Republicans, modifiable to Goldwater/Reagan and nothing else, are based upon... FOUNDED IN libertarianism and fiscal conservatism.
American Conservatism as it touches politics IS civil-libertarianism, in its deepest root.
If you feel like you've been walking around with your fly open and your toupee on backwards, as it were, you're maybe starting to get a clue. Because history itself rejects your words.