Cheers for presidential debates
January 10th, 2008, 11:21 am · Post a Comment · posted by Paul Giblin
John McCain (right) and a few of his friends
A Republican insider suggested a new drinking game involving televised presidential debates. OK, the rules are still evolving, but here’s the working model so far…
You and your friends settle down in front of the tube to watch the next Republican debate. Everyone picks a candidate.
If your candidate is John McCain, every time he says “my friends,” you gulp some beer.
If your candidate is Mitt Romney, every time he mentions “Olympics,” you take a slug.
If your candidate is Rudy Giuliani, every time he utters “9/11,” drink away.
The Republican insider hasn’t yet determined the drinking cues for Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson or Ron Paul yet. Give him time…
On the Democratic side…
If your candidate is Hillary Clinton, when she says “experience,” you gulp.
If your candidate is Barack Obama, when he says some version of “make history,” you make your beer history.
The cues for John Edwards, and well, whoever else is still left on the Dem side, haven’t been finalized.
Any viewer who hasn’t passed out before the end of the program declares himself or herself the winner. Congratulations.
Initially, the Republican insider who brainstormed this idea suggested Obama’s cue ought to be the word “change,” but I had to veto that idea on the basis that it would cause alcoholism.
