One can think Rick Santorum is a big government collectivist (which he is), without being in the tank for Ron Paul.
Thank you for stating that truth. I realize it’s election time and people are touchy, but I can assure you that putting words in someone’s mouth is never in season. He was engaging in “Reductio ad absurdum,” which is small minded.
“Reductio ad absurdum is a mode of argumentation that seeks to establish a contention by deriving an absurdity from its denial, thus arguing that a thesis must be accepted because its rejection would be untenable.”
http://www.iep.utm.edu/reductio/