Where I pooh-pooh Liberal fears about Santorum . . .

In psychology I believe it is called "projection," but the American Left's attempts to demonize Rick Santorum's convictions about sex are based on the presumption that he would impose said convictions through public policy in America. He has consistently and flatly stated that he would not, which means that the demagoguery is either (a) disingenuous (highly likely), (b) based in ignorance about his positions (not likely) or (c) based in a moral relativist's presumption that he is lying about his intention (also highly likely). I like Jonah Goldberg's angle on the issue, in particular, on how hollow Liberal histrionics about the threat of Santorum (Free Health Care? That’s Rich - Jonah Goldberg - National Review Online):

It’s really this simple: A government empowered to steamroll the people with the rosaries has the same power to trample the citizens with the ovaries. If you’re afraid of Rick Santorum, you should be afraid of Obamacare.

UPDATE: Great WSJ article on this subject. (The Weekend Interview With Jeff Bell: Social Issues and the Santorum Surge - WSJ.com) Key quote:

But what about voters who don't make a high priority of social issues, who aren't unwilling to vote for a social conservative but might be put off by a candidate who is—or is made to appear—a moralistic busybody? "The key thing along that line is the issue of coercion," Mr. Bell says. "Who is guilty of coercion? I happen to think it's the left." Mr. Obama and his supporters are "going to imply that Santorum wants to impose all the tenets of traditional morality on the American population. He doesn't. He just doesn't want the opposite imposed on Middle America."