Meet the new boss. He’s a lot like the old one.

Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, and his push for a reauthorization of some of the most heinous provisions of the Patriot Act that are set to expire by year’s end, should end the illusion once and for all of Obama’s “progressive” credentials.

Indeed, Obama’s “must take the center” attitude towards every important issue before him has done nothing but alienate his liberal base and antagonize his opponents on the right, who were never set to compromise with Obama’s agenda.

Michael Moore asks Obama:

Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple.

Not just the war president.  Let’s not forget the “bailout president”, the “banker president” and the “torture president” — after all, Guantanamo remains open despite Obama’s promise to close it.

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