The abbreviated phrase reached the height of its prominence during the second Bush presidency. It came to describe a pointless, disastrous war. Americans relied on it to make sense of debacles such as Abu Graib and Alberto Gonzalez. And it was a collective reflex for the millions worldwide who witnessed Bush's gut-wrenching, chewwithopenmouth, expletive-dotted and incoherent diatribe courtesy of a G8-summit's hot mic.
The phrase reached its pinnacle thanks to the Bush administration and, now, it fittingly and succinctly defines the same catastrophic presidency.
But, since Obama entered office, he has been systematically overturning Bush's infamous acts of WTF. Here are just some examples from the past month, as chronicled by you, my esteemed fellow Kossacks:
- Pheonix Woman reports on Barack Obama putting the Executive kibosh on Bush's inane Drill-baby-drill policies.
- Christian Dem in NC details the Obama administration's reversal of the Bush administration's efforts to stymie emission reductions.
- John Campanelli brings us the reaction to an interview that single-handedly stopped an entire world from viewing America through a furrowed brow.
- Avenging Angel delivers the good news that Obama is ending the Bush administration's ban on federal funds for international family planning groups.
- StuHunter diaries Obama's detente with Science, which has suffered an eight-year long assault carried out by the Executive Branch.
- Not satisfied with rectifying Bush's acts of WTF, Obama has also targeted Reagan's acts of WTF. Blicero observes Obama's truly maverick act of slashing America's nuclear arsenal.
- And last, but certainly not least, Obama is even going after Clinton's acts of WTF. The Field offers evidence of change we can believe in with the Obama Administration's explicit aversion to Federal raids of cannabis clubs, which, in the words of Administration, amounts to federal resources being used to circumvent state laws.