"what’s most surprising about this conundrum is that libertarianism’s patron saints, the authors Ayn Rand..."
Libertarian is a word like "democracy". It appears to have a wide range of meanings.

"The price of credibility with GOP voters, though, is making peace with the idea that our government will interfere with abortions and gay marriage, which taints the libertarian brand."
Yes. It makes it look like it really is just a manifestation of liberals vs. conservatives, and then people think libertarians are fools, tricking people into undermining liberal values.

Yes, women voters are easily confused by statist propaganda. Come to think of it, so are men voters.

Oops. think i did my post wrong.

Here's the link to the article.

http://www.playboy.com/articles/to-su...