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Scorpions among us
Author: Raine    Date: 04/24/2008 12:35:53

I was reminded of this story last night, perusing the internets.
The Scorpion and the Frog
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
says, "Because if I do, I will die too."

The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream,
the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of
paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown,
but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"

Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."

This is a story about trust and judgement. Last week, Senator Hillary Clinton said the following and laughed at a reporter for questions regarding Richard Mellon Scaife:


I wonder, is it her nature? We know all the things that this man has done, so is he the frog or is she?
From the Pittsburg Tribune, March 25:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a wide-ranging interview today with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, said she would have left her church if her pastor made the sort of inflammatory remarks Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor made.

"He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."
[...]
The Clinton campaign had refrained from getting involved in the Wright controversy, but Clinton herself, responding to a question this morning, denounced what she said was "hate speech."

I post this, becuase also in March, Slate Magazine reminded us of something Scaife once said:
We turn now to this excerpt from a 1981 Columbia Journalism Review profile of Scaife by Karen Rothmyer, in which the reporter describes a conversation with the distinguished publisher and philanthropist:

"Mr. Scaife, could you explain why you give so much money to the New Right?"
"You fucking Communist c*nt, get out of here."
Will Hillary 'Renounce and Denounce' a man who uses hate speech?... or is she a scorpion whose nature it is to do what she does?

Time will tell, but I can assure you, the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy™ will have no problem using this against her in the general election. And - if both the Scorpion and the Frog die in the river, I can assure you, the Fox will be sitting at the bank (literally and figuratively) watching and laughing at his friends. THAT would be the real tragedy of this tale.

:peace: and
Raine

 

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