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Former Vice President and current green-living crusader Al Gore popped out of his all-natural hyperbolic chamber last night to inform everyone that he knows why President Obama did so poorly in the debate Wednesday evening. After watching Obama and Romney go at it on a television that was powered by a pedal machine hooked up to Keith Olbermann, Al had a CFL light-bulb moment and went on Current TV, his own channel, and explained that Obama wasn't on his A-game because, well, because of the altitude, everybody. 
  
 Al explains that Obama arrived in Denver only a few hours before the debate and implied that when you go up 5,000 feet, you lose all ability to make complete, coherent sentences, and you become distracted by great heads of hair. Here's what Al said: ||||| During Current TV’s post-debate analysis, former Vice President Al Gore struggled to explain why GOP nominee Mitt Romney appeared more comfortable and better prepared than did President Barack Obama. In a grasping effort to absolve Obama of any fault for his disappointing performance, Gore suggested that it was the shock of Denver’s high altitude that threw the president off his game. 
  
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 “I’m going to say something controversial here,” Gore began “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…” 
  
 Current TV host Cenk Uygur did not seem to accept Gore’s exculpatory theory outright. 
  
 “I just came from L.A. the same day. You know what I did? I drank two cups of coffee before coming out here,” said Uygur 
  
 Comedian and Current TV host John Fugelsang, however, did say that he had a similar experience doing standup comedy in Denver and that Gore could be on to something. 
  
 Watch the clip below via Current TV: 
  
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You know you did terrible in a debate when your defenders start playing the ... altitude card? From Al Gore on Current TV, floating a theory last night on President Obama's lackluster performance, as per Mediaite: "I’m going to say something controversial here. Obama arrived in Denver at 2pm 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 ..." Cue the global warming jokes, like this one at the Stir.