Barack Obama Is Out Of Fucks

[Hissyspit]

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Barack Obama Is Out Of Fucks

Ben Dreyfuss
Jan 20

If you’re a liberal this paragraph from the end of Obama’s State of the Union has to excite you:

I have no more campaigns to run. My only agenda for the next two years is the same as the one I’ve had since the day I swore an oath on the steps of this Capitol — to do what I believe is best for America. If you share the broad vision I outlined tonight, join me in the work at hand. If you disagree with parts of it, I hope you’ll at least work with me where you do agree. And I commit to every Republican here tonight that I will not only seek out your ideas, I will seek to work with you to make this country stronger.

Obama has zero fucks left to give. This is good. This is smart. To quote Mark Manson’s wonderful “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck”:

Developing the ability to control and manage the fucks you give is the essence of strength and integrity. We must craft and hone our lack of fuckery over the course of years and decades. Like a fine wine, our fucks must age into a fine vintage, only uncorked and given on the most special fucking occasions.

Obama also made a fairly convincing case that Congress is giving too many fucks.

So the question for those of us here tonight is how we, all of us, can better reflect America’s hopes. I’ve served in Congress with many of you. I know many of you well. There are a lot of good people here, on both sides of the aisle. And many of you have told me that this isn’t what you signed up for — arguing past each other on cable shows, the constant fundraising, always looking over your shoulder at how the base will react to every decision.

Imagine if we broke out of these tired old patterns. Imagine if we did something different.

Understand — a better politics isn’t one where Democrats abandon their agenda or Republicans simply embrace mine.

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[Hekate]

1. I do believe you're right, Hissyspit

[Cha]

2. NMFTG!

[Delver Rootnose]

4. Yea,

Obama really has never given what fucks he has had for things that liberals want. Like ending war. Or union expansion.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. You can't say that the GOP don't give a fuck...

They are doing nothing but fucking the dog and in the process, fucking 98% of the American people!

Edit...and the GOP is too damned cheap to pay for any lube, for anyone, but a few wealthy "libertarian" assholes.

[world wide wally]

6. Funny! I was thinking that if he was talking like on the streets of Chicago, he may have said

something like this. "I'm going to get some shit done the next two years, so either help me out or stay the fuck out of my way".
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[silverweb]

8. That's what I'm hearing!

[JDPriestly]

7. Excellent catch, Hissyspit. Thanks for posting this.

Did I miss it? I thought Obama was going to announce that he would require federal contractors to list their campaign and political donations. I hope he does that. Someone posted about it. That would be the best way that Obama could but an end to the "tired old patterns."

[CentralMass]

9. He has always given good speeches.

[merrily]

10. He is not out of fucks. He has a Presidential library to raise money for and a historic legacy to

preserve.

I think this piece intends to be favorable to Obama, but also, it does so by implying (unintentionally, I am sure) that he has nothing left to lose, so he can propose good programs without personal risk.

Not so. He will always have a lot of skin in the game, as will his family, including his descendants, his Party, and his country, as will we all. And that, in my book, is the much greater credit to him.