Is that he is a fiscal liberal, and a statist social “conservative”.

In other words, he is the exact opposite of the vast majority of Americans.  It’s so easy to prove because his votes are all public record, and he was the poster boy of Big Government spending from 2000-2006.

The Facts:

1. Voted to give us the disaster that is No Child Left Behind (teaching to the test, anyone?). 
2. Voted for Medicare part D, precursor to Obamacare, knowing that we didn’t have money to pay for it.
3. Voted to raise the debt limit 5 different times.
4. Voted for the illegal, unconstitutional, and immoral Iraq War.
5. Endorsed pro-abortion Arlen Specter over Pro-life Pat Toomey.  This endorsement actually directly led to the deciding yes vote on Obamacare.  
6. He was named by Crew in 2006 as one of the Senate’s most corrupt politicians.  When Santorum objected that Crew is a liberal group, the facts show that Crew regularly cites both Democrats and Republicans as corrupt… which isn’t a shocker, because most are.
7. The people of Pennsylvania were so sick of Rick Santorum, that they voted him out of office by an 18 point margin in 2006.  In other words, the people of his own state threw him out of office. 

As for his so-called “social conservatism” (I object to the term, he is actually a big government statist who wants government in your bedroom).

1. He supports all the wars, including a war with Iran.  Which have already added trillions to our national debt, not to mention the 8,500 dead, 45,000+ severely injured (a friend is one), and countless more with PTSD and depression (at least 120 veterans commit suicide every week).  For a purported “pro-family” man.  Supporting unnecessary war is the most anti-family thing you could do.  It’s not rocket science, having your mom or dad half way across the world places huge stresses on military spouses and their children.  So the consequences of war go beyond the soldiers themselves, and with nearly 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan right now, the pain inflicted across America is unimaginable.
2. He thinks marriage is a “federal” issue.  What a scary thought!  To think that we need Uncle Sam to tell society how marriage should be.  The fact is that government cannot define a word.  Government forcing couples to get government marriage licenses in order to be considered married in the eyes of the State is an unnecessary intrusion of the State into family life.  Marriage licenses are only about 100 years old in this country, in other words, for most of American history, there was no such thing as a marriage license.  Marriage licenses were invented by the radically Anti-Church French Revolution, so for 1800 years of Church history, we have not had government marriage licenses.  If you were a Catholic living during the French Revolution, you would have defended the Church against the State’s intrusion into the field of marriage.  So Santorum is wrong on his history, he is wrong on his policy, and he has a warped view of the role of the State in regards to the family.

That is all for now, I just can’t stand this guy parading around as a fiscal conservative (when his own votes show he isn’t), and a promoter of the family (when his policies both tear families apart, and support the intrusion of the State into family affairs).