Hammes: Getting The Bird

There is no coherent way to spin President Obama’s miserable performance in last week’s debate with Mitt Romney. But that did not stop his supporters from trying. Al Gore claimed our President suffered from oxygen deprivation. The debate, after all, was in the Mile High City. Everyone knows athletes can suffer in thin air at higher elevations so – according to Mr. Gore – it only stands to reason that an Olympian-caliber talker like President Obama would not perform as well as expected. The theory posed by Mr. Gore is that President Obama did not have time to acclimate himself to the higher elevation and therefore had trouble gathering his thoughts to present coherent arguments during the 90-minute debate. Mr. Gore went on to explain that the same malady did not affect Mr. Romney because Mr. Romney had done his debate prep in Denver and was therefore acclimated. If nothing else, the former vice-president is consistent/Publisher Dan Hammes , St. Maries Gazette-Record. More here .

Question: Are partisans using Big Bird and moderator Jim Lehrer to try to cover up the president’s performance in his first debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney?