"X has policies in common with libertarians" isn't exactly the worst insult you can throw at someone. If it weren't for their abhorrent fiscal policies and opposition to government regulation, they'd be decent human beings. 
Just going off the wikipedia entry*, I can see a whole lot of stuff the vast majority of DU agrees with, and some stuff that actually puts them more left than a lot of DUers. (Opposition to the death penalty, for example)
I don't think trade deals are wrong because libertarians agree with them. I think they're wrong because I think they're bad for workers. Similarly, I'm not going to run out and start supporting capital punishment (Which is largely racist) because libertarians oppose it.
Basically I could give a rat's ass what libertarians think. I just object to it being used as an insult when it can be applied in equal measure to just about anyone here over one policy or another.
*I refuse to use the dictionary definition of libertarian because it's the most ridiculously vague pile of self-serving bullshit I think I've ever seen. "a classification of political philosophies that uphold liberty as their principal focus and objective" isn't particularly helpful because it doesn't tell us anything useful.
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