Despite the stated purpose of this board, it sure is disheartening to see all these sneering attacks by certain posters against Christian Conservatives in general, and Rick Santorum's faith and moral values in particular. Either these posters are atheists or they are hypocrites. No two ways about it.
Well, there is two ways about it, and the other way is that there is no more severe critic than a disappointed idealist. Such people are not cynics, which is what atheists and hypocrites tend to become.
Personally, I'm dismayed by the attacks on Santorum, too, and I'd prefer him over Newt -- certainly over the tedious RiNO Romney -- and either him or Newt over the atrocious Obozo; but still we have to accept that politics ain't beanbag and that people will criticize.
In the best of all worlds, we get a convention fight, twelve or fifteen ballots, and finally a stampede for Sarah, who I personally think is the secret love-child of Teddy Roosevelt out of Annie Oakley. But that's just me.