I am going to answer you seriously. Because of stuff like the following, which shows the huge gap between who rick santorum REALLY is and who he says he is, and who his supporters believe he is.
You probably won't agree with me, but I think the fact that Santorum was capable of something like this is totally reprehensible from someone who is considered the only moral principled conservative. How he used govt power to enrich the church. but mostly, as someone who comes from a military family, I found it terrible. I wrote it, and I footnoted it to death, so as to show my respect for the intellect and character of Santorum supporters. It has greatly impacted some people, and changed their minds about Santorum, or atleast set them about researching him for the first time on their own. Others just refused to answer my question to them: what do you think this says about Santorum and about the people who support him because they think he is the only candidate of character and morality?
The difference between Newt's supporters and Rick's. We know about Newt's sins, we have made that journey in our hearts and we forgive them. But santorum supporters have no real idea who he is... by the time they realize it, it will be too late.