SmashMouth

It was the altitude. Yeah, that's it.



As liberal pundits cringed Wednesday night over President Obama's debate performance, Al Gore leapt to his defense with a curious explanation.
If Obama seemed like he had his head in the clouds, the former VP reasoned, perhaps it was because he was having trouble adjusting to the Mile-High City.
"I'm going to say something controversial here," Gore said on Current TV, the channel he helped found. "Obama arrived in Denver at 2 p.m. today, just a few hours before the debate started. Romney did his debate prep in Denver. When you go to 5,000 feet, and you only have a few hours to adjust, I don't know ..."
Gore trailed off with a chuckle, but his fellow co-hosts chimed in with agreement.
"Exactly," one of them said off-screen.
Co-host Cenk Uygur noted how when he came from Los Angeles, "You know what I did? I drank two cups of coffee before coming out here."
Another guest added: "It's really different. The first time I ever did stand up in Denver I had the same exact effect. I flew in that day and when your lungs aren't acclimated to that kind of air, yeah it makes you drawn. It makes you off. The president had an off-night."
Other Obama supporters weren't quite so willing to give the president a pass.
"I can't believe i'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter," comedian and Obama supporter Bill Maher tweeted.


Read more: Gore blames Denver altitude for Obama's debate performance | Fox News

Danno

I stand corrected. There is dumber moron than Joe Biden.

dam1953

It' was due to global warming. Excuse me, I meant climate change.

saintfan

That altitude is the only thing that stopped him from inventing the internet. No. Wait. That was GW's fault.

Crusader

Uhhh!

Halo

But Obama accepted Democratic nomination in Denver in 2008?
I dislike excuses. A loss is a loss.
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Mardigras9

I blame Obama for the performance.