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The best way to think of Santorum is as some sort of Christian Socialist

What load of crap:

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Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997)

Rated 100% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)

Voted YES on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)

Rated 81% by NTU, indicating a "Taxpayer's Friend" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)

Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)

Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)

Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)

Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)

Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)

Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)

Voted YES on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997) Voted YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)

Voted YES on Approving the presidential line-item veto. (Mar 1996)

Voted YES on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May 2006)

Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)

Voted NO on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)

Conclusion:

Rick Santorum is a Hard-Core Conservative.

My perspective on Santorum doesn't deny there are some legitimately conservative aspects of his worldview, but much of what you cite is more social conservatism than fiscal conservatism, and there is very little in his record to indicate any deep appreciation of the role of liberty.

Moreover, even some of the fiscal conservative votes, such as the constitutional amendment on the balanced budget, show a penchant for using a process to make decisions rather than the courage to make decisions - I'm not all that keen on a balanced budget amendment, I see it as a poor substitute for fiscal discipline, akin to the idiotic "zero tolerance" policies school administrators use to avoid taking the circumstances of any situation into account.