roamer, the only thing we conservatives have in common with the Libertarian is fiscal restraint and smaller government. Sorry, but I can't swallow the other issues they stand for. I don't want open borders. I don't want no police. I don't want unchecked abortions. I don't want the miasma of green new deals. I don't want globalism. Etc, etc., etc.
Your statement is ill informed. Goldwater libertarianism is far right, and is the basis for American Conservatism. Reagan comes out of that very same libertarianism. The only difference between Goldwater and Reagan is that Reagan amended Goldwater to include the Christian Right.
Goldwater is the root of Conservative federalism and state sovereignty, constitutional originalism, the basis of our foundational views of 'a nation of laws', the function of government being in opposition to itself, and all the structural limitations of government found on the conservative side.
Your misconception supposes 'Libertarian Party' which is a world away from Goldwater and libertarianism on the right. But do not write off Libertarians so quickly. Their foundations are like unto ours, and you will find them ready to cross over and vote for a Conservative preaching Goldwater (which every true conservative does). The big 'L' Libertarian party has always been a redheaded stepchild to Conservatives, but they have been sturdy allies in the past. What sends them adrift is when we do not support civil libertarianism (Goldwater) and fiscal conservatism, which 'we' currently do not (referring to the Republicans and Tumpy)
We have worked hard to take back the Republican Party. It's a slow process, but Trump himself is proof that we're winning. We have a ways to go, granted. Congress is much more difficult to take back, but we are making some headway there. Face it. We have no other alternative, period.
No you will not. That you will vote in approval of this unconscionable spending should be enough to tell you what you are supporting. If that doesn't do it, ten ponder your approval of the shutdown and destruction of business the Republicans have just governed over. Your treasure is being taken from you right before your eyes, not to mention your rights, and you are voting *FOR* it.