[lit-ideas] plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Isn't it interesting that, after full presidential briefings, Obama is now holding to so many Bush positions? In the al-Qaeda war anyway, the change Obama brought seems to be his change of opinion. 

Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow puts it well, here:
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/05/19/tomo/
If you want a highly-documented, fact-based article on before-and-after opinions, this editorial will give you more than you may want to read: 

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/19/obama/
Obama's embrace of Bush terrorism policies is celebrated as "Centrism"
[Excerpt: The new administration has copied most of the Bush program, has expanded some of it, and has narrowed only a bit.]
Obama has already done many new good things on the domestic front, like his push to make more stringent controls for mercury emissions. However on the al-Qaeda front, given that he now knows more than you or I know, he sides with Bush. 

I suspect his hair will turn gray within three years.

Glad not to be the President's Analyst,
Eric
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