K. Lo, over at The Corner, has been on a non-stop vigil for Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.). In her latest, she invites readers to pray for the soon-to-be-departed.

Now, look, I don’t want to get too nasty. And I have a hard time writing about Santorum without frothing at the mouth, but no one who cares about the future of conservatism — at least a conservatism with any respect for the concept of a limited state — can wish for the continuation of Santorum’s career.

He is, quite simply, the antithesis of libertarian fusionist conservatism — the kind born of and nurtured by National Review.

Last week, Jennifer Roback Morse penned an unbelievably ill-informed article arguing that libertarians should actually support Santorum, based on his poor rankings from the liberal Children’s Defense Fund and good rankings from the Family Research Council.

She also asserts: “If you’d vote for Bob Casey Jr. over Rick Santorum because of their respective positions on gay rights, you’re not a libertarian. You are a single-issue gay-rights voter.”

Or, maybe, you’re just a voter opposed to anti-gay bigotry, such as equating homosexual sex with “man-on-dog” love.

Or, maybe, libertarians’ objections to Santorum go far, far beyond gay rights. For instance, one might read Santorum’s 2005 tome It Takes a Family.

In that book, Santorum takes dead aim at what he dismissed in a famous NPR interview as “this whole idea of personal autonomy.” A few of the many expansions of the government’s power he supports: national service, mandatory marriage counseling, covenant marriage, “individual development accounts,” government-supported prison religious ministries, publicly funded trust funds for children … and more … and more … and more. (National Journal’s Jonathan Rauch gives a good rundown of the book, and what it means for conservatism, here.)

Hillary Clinton thinks it takes a village. Rick Santorum thinks it takes a family. But neither has the faintest regard for the rights of the individual.

For God’s sake, the guy recently came out against “the pursuit of happiness”! (around 2:40):

No, a libertarian doesn’t have to be a single-issue voter to oppose this clown. He or she just has to have an ounce of respect for the rights of individuals to live their lives as a they see fit (so long as they don’t harm others) without Rick Santorum’s arrogant self having the first thing to say about it.

If you’re in Pennsylvania, do what the cool kids are doing: smoke Santorum. If you’re not, join me in a little prayer.