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I am posting part of my response on another thread. I have some experience with this as a lot of my work is up in the mountains, and although I have done field work at sea level to 12,000', it is the transitions that really affect people.
And some of Obama's behavior might be linked to something like this. I am no expert, bit I have seem people really struggle with altitude. It varies person to person, but it can really do exactly what seemed to happen to Obama. They get listless, a bit dopey, depressed, and can have a terrible headache too. So, this might seem lame to say, but it is real possibility. Everyone says the guy was just not firing on all cylinders.
I know I live at 2000' and I took my son up to a snowcamp at 5,000' last winter. He started getting really delirious, cranky, then started to complain of a headache, then burst into tears. Just fell apart. I took him to the warming hut and a medic told me it happens every day to kids. I also had a girlfriend who I took up to 10,000, and she had it so bad she had to into the tent go lie down midafternoon until the next day. I have found myself getting goofy quite often after a rapid move to higher altitudes.
Now personally, I don't think the altitude change was that large, but people probably vary substantially in their vulnerability to such changes.
Romney apparently trained in Denver, so he was probably well acclimated.
I would welcome scientific posts or just your opinion on this.
McCain came across as a bitter, angry man in those debates. Romney came across as presidential.
One man's presidential is another man's arrogant a-hole.
Romney went overseas and made an utter ass of himself. It was embarrassing. OTOH, Obama generally knows how to interact with world leaders and they like him. I say generally because I think giving the Queen an IPod was kind of odd.
It's difficult being in a debate with someone who lies. He was stunned in disbelief ...
Obama stated his use of economists to back is words while Romeny had none of that and essentially said that wasn't true... Based on his own research and expert economist skills?
It was stunning. How can you debate a pathological liar on a sugar high? I'm hoping Biden tears into his pathological liar next week though.
Why??? Do black people have problems with altitude? Romney did just fine.
Romney trained at altitude in Denver. I don't think race has anything to do with it. But individuals could very well vary in this feature.
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Altitude Effects on Debate
