"Before I critique, I want to first clarify that I’m not speaking to the politics of the Libertarian Party. I am not interested in discussing the circus that is the political arena"

As someone who has been elected into a position in the party:
Circus doesn't begin to describe it. I'm still a libertarian, and maybe still a Libertarian, but I becoming a bit disenfranchised.

Great write-up. I wish I could get my own family to understand what you just said, but hearing and understanding are very different things.