The official Twitter account of the president of the United States tweeted last night: “Still a BFD: http://OFA.BO/ayPgAZ” For those of you unsure of the definition it can be found here on a site that translates young people’s speak into everyday English. The president’s Twitter account quoted a hot-mic utterance of the vice president’s from when the bill was passed.
“Still a BFD ...” is what President Barack Obama’s
twitter handle tweeted out last night.
Seriously.
Obama’s campaign proverbially spiked the football in light of
Obamacare being held up by the Supreme Court, marketing a t-shirt that says
“Still a BFD” on it. Obama’s @BarackObama Twitter account tweeted a link to where people could buy the $30 t-shirt, if
they can spare $30 in a down economy.
The “BFD,” of course, is a reference to what Vice President Joe
Biden said to Obama before Obama signed Obamacare into law in the East Room of
the White House. Biden, forgetting there were microphones around him, told him
that it was a “Big f****ing deal.” Open microphones caught those words. The
moment went viral, and the Obama campaign immediately launched a “BFD” marketing
campaign, capitalizing on the Vice President’s crassness that overshadowed
Obama’s legislative accomplishment.
When Obama tweets from his account, he signs his tweets “BO,” so a
staffer tweeted the link to the “Still a BFD” t-shirt. Obama’s campaign should
have a separate Twitter account for his campaign and allow Obama to exclusively
tweet from his personal account to prevent his account -- and by extension, the
office of the president -- from being cheapened by such crass and gimmicky
tweets. But with top Democrats on his campaign who tweet vulgarities, this is probably par for the course
for Team Obama and will likely spur those opposed to Obamacare to donate even
more money to Mitt Romney and conservatives determined to repeal the law. Source and Tweeter
