'Obama is a moderate' = 'I am the King of England'

I was wondering when the left would stop pretending that Obama is a moderate/centrist and just admit he's a full-ledged leftist.

During the campaign we heard that Obama was "post-partisan", would bring "a different tone to Washington", and was very "moderate", a "centrist", a "concillitator".

Wow, that seems like such a long time ago.

http://www.openleft.com/diary/12774/the-case-for-trust-and-support
Here Chris Bowers says why leftists should trust Obama:

"To my surprise, I think the trust and support argument is actually very strong. It focuses on five main reasons:

1. President Obama's progressive background
   
2. President Obama's voting record in the Senate
   
3. Democratic trifectas are rare
   
4. A major shift toward the public sector has occurred in just the first few weeks of President Obama's administration.
   
5. The Senate is the real problem anyway."

Check out what he says about Obama's background:
"Because of his background: There are some very progressive aspects to President Obama's background. Two that always stick out in my mind are that he spent time after college as a community organizer and found religion through a church that preached liberation theology. Experiences such as these can only come from a person who is open to left-wing ideas. Obama simply must view progressivism as something to take seriously, rather than as the caricatured fashion it is often portrayed in our national political discourse. There have been times in his life where he has sided with some very, very left-wing ideas."

Everything in Obama's progressive background and voting record was brought up in the campaign and DISMISSED by not only Democrats but by some REPUBLICANS as well.

"No, as President he won't vote like he did with his voting record or lifetime of progressive causes/connections. He'll be moderate."

Now that OpenLeft is saying he's a leftist, can we please put away the "moderate/centrist" argument?

What does this say?
1 Clearly, obviously, Obama is a leftist. HE IS NOT A MODERATE.
2 Obama is a liar
3 Democrats from the media to all pundits will purposely collude and happily lie to get a Democrat elected
4 The left (20% of voters are liberal) will be his bedrock of support


The media will continue to try to purposely collude and represent Obama as a moderate. Why? Most of them are liberal and for years (decades) have been trying to present themselves as moderate/centrist. They see Obama's illusion and their own illusion of centrism as linked. They will try to say that all of Obama's policies are really...centrist/moderate.

What conservatives need to do is EDUCATE people on what conservative and even moderate positions are, and people can clearly see for themselves that what Obama is doing is not moderate or centrist.

And in case you're wondering, I am not in fact the King of England.