Barack Obama's Nature

I was just commenting on Angel's blog and it struck as to why I believe Barack Obama will eventually govern from the far, far left. Yes, I've heard pundits I respect like Dick Morris claim that Comrade Obama might just center his policies to survive, but I'm not feelin' it. Oh, he may give us a moderate start, but eventually we'll see the politics of his past on full display at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Why do I believe this?

A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion answers, "Because I cannot swim and if I sting you, I will die as well."

The frog is satisfied and they set out, but in midstream the scorpion suddenly drives its lethal tail deep into the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough strength to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "Because . . . it's my nature."