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>> Santorum is every bit, the moderate to RINO that Romney is.

Worse, in fact.

C. S. Lewis: “Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive.... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval
of their own conscience.”

Santorum is one of those: his government will rob you of your freedoms and your treasure because *he* *knows* how to make you better than you are!

Santorum actually scares me more than does Romney. Santorum is arrogant about it. He just “knows” better than the rest of us and will gladly legislate our “morality” for us. He has even gone out of his way to say so. (The Kennedy, testimonial)

He truly believes that the separation of Church and State are not “absolute”.

Just wanted to ping samtheman on your post.

It sums up the basic schism between Santorum supporter and, well, every other conservative.

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C. S. Lewis: “Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive.... those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

Santorum is one of those: his government will rob you of your freedoms and your treasure because *he* *knows* how to make you better than you are!

He sure is. Reality is, hordes of voters on both the Right and Left yearn for a nanny-state—they just want to make sure it's their version of one. Freedom, liberty, and limited government means nothing to these people. They want the office of president to be a moral pulpit.

And so enters Ricky "SOPA" Santorum the collectivist big government nanny-statist to satisfy their wet dreams:

"This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues. You know, people should do whatever they want. Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world and I think most conservatives understand that individuals can’t go it alone." [source]

"What was my vision? I came to the uncomfortable realization that conservatives were not only reluctant to spend government dollars on the poor, they hadn’t even thought much about what might work better. I often describe my conservative colleagues during this time as simply ‘cheap liberals.’ My own economically modest personal background and my faith had taught me to care for those who are less fortunate, but I too had not yet given much thought to the proper role of government in this mission." –Rick Santorum, p. IX It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good (2005)

"I suspect some will dismiss my ideas as just an extended version of ‘compassionate conservatism.’ Some will reject what I have said as a kind of ‘Big Government Conservatism.’ Some will say that what I’ve tried to argue isn’t conservatism at all. But I believe what I’ve been presenting is the genuine conservatism our Founders envisioned. One that fosters the opportunity for all Americans to live as we are called to live, in selfless families that contribute to the general welfare, the common good." –Rick Santorum, p. 421 It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good (2005)

"If you're a conservative, there really is only one place to go right now. I would even argue farther than that. If you're a Republican, if you're a Republican in the broadest sense, there is only one place to go right now and that's Mitt Romney." –Rick Santorum, 02/1/2008 [source]

Check out his brochure, 50 Things You Didn't Know About Rick Santorum, where he proudly defends food stamps, increasing minimum wage, stem cell harvesting, college tuition subsidies, bloated school funding, working with Bono to fight world poverty, etc.

Also see his disturbing voting record for more doozies.