Most politicians are slimy weasels whose positions ebb and flow with the tide of public opinion. They base all their decisions on the latest focus group or opinion polls, and cater to those most likely to get them reelected.

Obama, however, may turn out to be a better man than that.

So far, there doesn’t appear to be any slime on him at all. It is quite possible that this man is no weasel. Instead, he might break the mold of the typical politician and prove to be a very principled individual committed to his ideas.

And this is what scares me.

In the 90′s, our country enjoyed relative prosperity. Reagan put this country back on track after a disastrous Carter administration. Clinton, while as sleazy as they come, at least tried to work with the Republican majority in Congress, not because he was in any way non-partisan, but because he knew it was political suicide to do otherwise. In fact, I would contend that Clinton’s sleaziness and lack of principles altogether is what kept his tenure as president from destroying this country. Ironic, huh?

But since Clinton, it appears as though the White House has been occupied by men who care more about their principles and ideas rather than the polls of popular opinion. Bush, believing that freedom and security were worth 8 years of demonization, stayed the course in Iraq and Afghanistan (even though a lot of his decisions weren’t the best), and this may very well have cost him his legacy — at least in the short term. And now comes Barack Obama, the radical leftist ideologue, whose commitment to far-left, socialist/communist principles seem impervious to the will of the people. Does that scare you?

I don’t know. Maybe I wish Obama was just another slimy weasel of the Clinton mold. If we’re lucky, maybe he’ll turn out to be just that. Of course, this all depends on what happens in next year’s election cycle. If America doesn’t clean out Congress and get rid of the liberal majority, we might be in for some very scary years indeed.