Andrew Sullivan: ‘Did Obama just throw the entire election away?’
President Obama’s supporters are having a hard time understanding how the momentum could have swung in Mitt Romney’s direction so swiftly. A national poll shows Romney leading Obama by 4 points among likely voters.
In a post titled “Did Obama just throw the entire election away?,” the Daily Beast writer Andrew Sullivan expressed his dismay that Romney has overtaken Obama in the polls following the president’s shockingly vapid performance during the first presidential debate last week.
“I’ve never seen a candidate this late in the game, so far ahead, just throw in the towel in the way Obama did last week,” wrote the unapologetic Obama crusader.
Sullivan might not be familiar with the way narcissists like President Obama think. The narcissist’s arrogance and lack of humility often fails him when he is preoccupied with his own self-importance.
Obama clearly thought he would win the debate by just showing up — so why should he bother to prepare?
Sullivan wrote that Obama was “Too arrogant to take a core campaign responsibility seriously. Too arrogant to give his supporters what they deserve.”
Sullivan continued:
Look: I’m trying to rally some morale, but I’ve never seen a candidate this late in the game, so far ahead, just throw in the towel in the way Obama did last week – throw away almost every single advantage he had with voters and manage to enable his opponent to seem as if he cares about the middle class as much as Obama does. How do you erase that imprinted first image from public consciousness: a president incapable of making a single argument or even a halfway decent closing statement? And after Romney’s convincing Etch-A-Sketch, convincing because Obama was incapable of exposing it, Romney is now the centrist candidate, even as he is running to head up the most radical party in the modern era.
National polls are not reliable when predicting the outcome of presidential races.
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Have y’all seen the Obama Big Bird ad? It’s funny.
yet another person trying to get shine off that Obama reign…not the first, won’t be the last
dis wack shyt…
haha. i think Big Bird has been on this site pressing Obama all those times.
Mittens ol flip flopping azz
Obama let Rommey do most of his talk so he can hang him on the second debate. He know what he doing.
@Jenie, exactly! all of sudden Mitt’s the man to look out for? oh yeah cause Obama being laid back while NOT having amnesia is no match for Mitt’s fiery “oh i forgot everything i’ve been saying lately” debate personality…what da fugg eva… did i say
btchs?
yeah i did..
I’m so confused why we have a Pro Obama emoticon on an Anti Obama blog
Where is a sign for the Pro Romneys?
jeniefrumdabloc says:
Folks need to chill and let Biden do his thing. Its funny how ole Mitt changed all of his policies for this last debate, back tracking those previous rants he was at the Republican convention eh Liar tend to do anything to win
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could this be sense you’re making? Nah can’t be…I guess President Obama was supposed to say ‘liar liar pants on fire’ to Willard…no point in trying to infuse sense into nonsense
@Yso…:hug: It’s me. I left a little something back on the other post but yall left so quick…
HAYYYEEEE LUVIN
@BELLA
“I’m so confused why we have a Pro Obama emoticon on an Anti Obama blog
Where is a sign for the Pro Romneys?”
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NaijaGal says:
jeniefrumdabloc says:
Folks need to chill and let Biden do his thing. Its funny how ole Mitt changed all of his policies for this last debate, back tracking those previous rants he was at the Republican convention eh Liar tend to do anything to win
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could this be sense you’re making? Nah can’t be…I guess President Obama was supposed to say ‘liar liar pants on fire’ to Willard…no point in trying to infuse sense into nonsense
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Mitt pretty much agreed with everything obama been saying
it was like watching a liberal up there, not a republican 
Didnt Romney say that IDEA was poor kids???
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
@BELLA
“I’m so confused why we have a Pro Obama emoticon on an Anti Obama blog
Where is a sign for the Pro Romneys?”
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Damn straight
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
@BELLA
“I’m so confused why we have a Pro Obama emoticon on an Anti Obama blog
Where is a sign for the Pro Romneys?”
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Bella u pro romney?
ugh..
jeniefrumdabloc says:
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
@BELLA
“I’m so confused why we have a Pro Obama emoticon on an Anti Obama blog
Where is a sign for the Pro Romneys?”
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Damn straight
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I’m undecided…
But still…doesn’t make sense her choice of emotes
Bad Influence says:
@Jenie, exactly! all of sudden Mitt’s the man to look out for? oh yeah cause Obama being laid back while NOT having amnesia is no match for Mitt’s fiery “oh i forgot everything i’ve been saying
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Yep I saw the republican convention um hm
and what was said. Oh yeah did you like how ya precious Romney threw his back runner Paul under the bus, being against some of the key things Ryan was pushing.
That last comment was meant for Auntie sorry Bad
This debate crap aint nothin but entertainment purposes only.. lets cut the crap now! if debates deterined the presidency majority of all elected presidents wouldn have been elected
@BELLA
You are not undecided. At this point in the game NO ONE can still be undecided. Won’t believe it. Nope.
Exactly J
These debates are only to give the pundits more bullchit to dissect and discuss
Move over Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, Mama Jones is getting into the fragrance game and she wants you to smell her PumKásh. Watch the commercial for the scent inside….
“Ya’ll know how p*ssy smell….we put that -ish in a bottle!”
That’s how Mama Jones describes her new fragrance PumKásh which is a combination of the words PumPum and Cash (Because PumPum makes money–her explanation, not ours). In the commercial for the scent, Mama Jones walks into a club and all the men are captured by the allure of her PumKash (the scent of a woman).
She’s been trying to get her son Jim Jones & future daughter-in-law Chrissy to sign on to this mess on the “Chrissy & Mr. Jones” show.
No word yet on when this ish hits shelves……
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This chit here
HOW DREADFUL!
Move over Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, Mama Jones is getting into the fragrance game and she wants you to smell her PumKásh. Watch the commercial for the scent inside….
“Ya’ll know how p*ssy smell….we put that -ish in a bottle!”
That’s how Mama Jones describes her new fragrance PumKásh which is a combination of the words PumPum and Cash (Because PumPum makes money–her explanation, not ours). In the commercial for the scent, Mama Jones walks into a club and all the men are captured by the allure of her PumKash (the scent of a woman).
Waiting on somebody to say SSIIIIIKKKKKEEEEE!
CAN NOT WAIT TO PURCHASE SOME PUMKASH!
Welp I ain’t watching no more debates
shat gets ya mad, hell I am casting my vote next week, shat!!! I know who’s getting my vote 
Mama Jones is hilarious
@GAGIRL
I love when you say how dreadful something is. Tickles me to no end.
I will say it agane…POLL DEEZ!!!!!
The polls dont reflect anything. I know about 200+ folks voting for Obama and we don’t do polls
Granted, the final decision will be made by the electoral college, not the polls or the registered voters 
@Yso…
Sometimes I think it would be best for him to cut his losses and turn this thing back over to THEM for THEM to fix the mess they started.
It hurts to hear people bash him constantly. And I’m roundst nothing but entitled yt folks all day everyday. so i hear it A LOT
Sigh… Dont care abt anyone elses vote but my own.
PumKash…Why the fck I wanna walk around smelling like another bitch’s pussy?
@DeevaC how are you
S/N i dont Get why im never a part of the National Polls,have any of you been?
Sometimes you just have to sit back and let people hang themselves.
@Bella yea i agree its a hard position to be in but i would hate for him to give up. But nothing will ever be easy for a black man gotta work twice as hard just to show we are good enough smh
xamayca _Iza_Bacchanalist says:
But nothing will ever be easy for a black man gotta work twice as hard just to show we are good enough smh
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aint nobody wearing no damn Pum`kash
if CryptKeepah Jones dnt go clip and moisturize them ends and sit her decrepit ass down…
@BELLA
Sometimes I want Obama to say fck and fck y’all but I don’t wnat THEM taking credit for the few things he has been able to accomplish.
It’s just like the whites to make a black man do all the heavy work and then come in and take his shine. Not this time. Not If I can have anything to do with it.
Bella Master says:
@Yso…
Sometimes I think it would be best for him to cut his losses and turn this thing back over to THEM for THEM to fix the mess they started.
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How can the ones that started the mess fix it
furthermore, Obama has made improvements in jobs, and other things 
Not going to get into that, but Bella some good advice please research the candidates very carefully and it will tell you tons and make your decision crystal clear. Weigh Obama’s policies with the opposing candidates 
it’s very important ! That is all
Lol@Bad too much flat iron use burnt ass ends
Move over Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, Mama Jones is getting into the fragrance game and she wants you to smell her PumKásh. Watch the commercial for the scent inside….
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I can finger my own puss, dabb my neck and create my own perfume. For free
Which dummy voted other though? Lost… in the sauce… Please stay home on 11/6. Mkay.
@VDOT
Exactly!
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YSoSrs says:
@GAGIRL
I love when you say how dreadful something is. Tickles me to no end.
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@ Yso it is dreadful bew put that kitty back in that avi!
OutsidetheBox says:
Which dummy voted other though? Lost… in the sauce… Please stay home on 11/6. Mkay.
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All I know is 13 of us voted Romney and we need a sign
so SR got her OWN poll now
sandra rose, md, phd, pollster, jd, msw, clipboard, etcetera, etcetera.
@SIS
Which TWO dummies voted other.
@ His Mama Jones does have some DRY ends
I can finger my own puss, dabb my neck and create my own perfume. For free
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2 votes for other.. I gotta say Im not surprised…is the other Ross Perot?
A tea party candidate perhaps?
Ok im leaving.
@GAGIRL
I can’t change my Gravi. The poll taking business is hot right now…wait. :pause:
YSoSrs says:
@SIS
Which TWO dummies voted other.
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probably the same ones at home putting monistat on their edges
I can finger my own puss, dabb my neck and create my own perfume. For free
anybody who voted for Romney can suck it. yeah i said it.
this is soooo nasty yet so funny
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It is pretty gross
But the thought of walking around smelling like Mama Dee’s puss is even grosser…Like who’s puss were they smelling to create sample smells?! Mama Dee’s? Scrappys? Ericas? Steebie Js?
@luvn I’m exhausted. I can’t seem to get enough sleep other than that I’m good.
SHAUN! I NEED to see you in my office!
I can finger my own puss, dabb my neck and create my own perfume.
<– Stunna handrub
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I was trying to find an eloquent way to say this, but I couldn’t. Obama doesn’t want to win again. He can’t wait his term to end. I was going to pose the question on twitter. If you’re the President, are you obligated to run for a second term or is it just expected of you because of tradition?
I guess the pain would be worse if he just bowed out.
@pointhimout…I totally agree with you.
Afternoon all!
@pointhimout … you said it very well.
I support President Obama but does he really want it?