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Obama Speech Drinking Game

Brainster

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Far be it from me to encourage irresponsible behavior, but these drinking games have proven popular in recent years. Make up for yourselves what amount of alcohol to use as the baseline, from a sip of wine to a shot of whiskey. The idea is to come up with some tropes from the left/liberal side of the aisle that may or may not appear in the speech. And yes, let's do it all again for McCain's Speech next week.

Liberal Drinks:

Refers to "One America"
Refers to "the other America" (accept "another America")
Delivers an anecdote about a child (not his own kids). Bonus drink if the child is poor or hungry.
Says "X should be a right of all Americans"

Weirdness Drinks:

Does a Howard Dean list of the states he's going to win
Kisses Joe Biden (air kiss counts)
Mentions famed leftist or communist in positive vein (e.g., Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Frank Marshall Davis, etc.) Do not count Democrats.

Pander Drinks:

Mentions Israel
Speaks Spanish (bonus drink if he says "Si, se peude!")
Says Islam is a religion of peace (accept similar substitutes, like most Muslims deplore terrorism, etc.)
Mentions higher salaries for teachers or smaller class sizes

Obama Drinks:

Says "Yes we can".
Delivers tautology (e.g., "We are the change we've been waiting for.")
Says "hope" and "change" in the same sentence.
Talks about his roots in Kansas (not Hawaii).

Stop the Right Drinks:

Mentions Roe v. Wade in terms of preserving right to abortion.
Mentions potential war with Iran.
Says McCain will be third Bush term (or equivalent; "Bush-McCain policies", etc.)

Any suggestions?
 
You'll get drunk a lot faster...I assume the object of a drinking game ...if you take a drink everytime McCain mentions that he was a POW. In fact, it could be a potentially leathal 60 seconds. ;)
 
headscratcher4 said:
You'll get drunk a lot faster...I assume the object of a drinking game ...if you take a drink everytime McCain mentions that he was a POW. In fact, it could be a potentially leathal 60 seconds. ;)
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Or Obama's inexperience... The first ten minutes will leave you passed-out on the floor...
 
Nice idea. But I think it should be based on specific words and phrases, leaving nothing for interpretation. You don't want to be evaluating something for drink potential and miss other drinking opportunities. Plus as the speech goes on and more alcohol is consumed, the ability to think diminishes.

I offer this list of words, names, and phrases. The idea, of course, is to take a swallow every time something from the list is heard. When something in bold is heard, the participants must drink the entire remaining contents of their glass (or whatever their drink of choice is in), then immediately fill it back up again or replace the empty with a fresh one.

Terrorism/terrorist
Bush
McCain
Iran
Change
Hope
Islam/Muslim
Israel
Yes, we can (in any language)
Kansas
Universal health care
Clinton
Education
Roe v. Wade
Failed policies
Florida
Michigan
Illinois
 
No, this game is pretty much perfect as is. I suggest every Republican learn to play, since they'll need lots of practice drowning their sorrows for election day.
 
Dr Adequate said:
How about ... "my friends"?
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Yes, these are great for the McCain drinking game. But we're not going to get much of a buzz on tonight unless we get back on topic!

Some more buzzwords and phrases:

Paradigm (bonus drink if it's a "false paradigm")
Kitchen table (good one, HS) (bonus drink if the setting is not being used for a meal, but some sort of decision)
Real problems that confront us (bonus drink if contrasted with "Republican attack machine" or "smear merchants")
Swift Boat
Middle class tax cut

Reach for the middle phrases:

Reduce the need for abortion
Mention Reagan favorably (risky)
Demand accountability (bonus if it is schools that are being referred to)
Importance of faith
 
Brainster said:
Yes, these are great for the McCain drinking game. But we're not going to get much of a buzz on tonight unless we get back on topic!
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Let's be honest, then... we should have started drinking 3 days ago, with a list for all of the headliners...

2-week piss-up!

:D

ETA: I was moved by Bill's speech, but if I'd had a shot for each reference to his own political career...
 
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I'll wait for the GOP speeches. More drinking. Plus, how else would I get through it?

Btw, did you know the McCain camp is trying to push free tickets on people, to try and fill up 10,000 empty seats?

I smell a Democratic counter Operation Chaos in the making.
 
The only thing that really makes me cringe is when Obama uses the phrase "empathy deficit". So if he does that, you drink yourself senseless and wake up in A&E.
 
headscratcher4 said:
if you take a drink everytime McCain mentions that he was a POW. In fact, it could be a potentially leathal 60 seconds. ;)
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This seems to be the new meme. That all McCain can talk about is his POW status. This is funny since the earlier criticism by some GOP'ers was that he was too reluctant to talk about it.

It seems to be a Giuliani attack. Giuliani really didn't talk about 911 that much as the FM deejays claimed he did. However, the democrats brushed him off with "all he does is talk about 911" with the best shot being Joe Biden's joke. Hence, with the well firmly poisoned Giuliani could talk for half an hour and if he mentioned 911 once it became "there he goes again".

It seems the democrats are using this same strategy about McCain's POW status. As much as Obama wants people not to be cynical, what are we supposed to be when they want to turn McCain's POW status into a political liability? This is gutter stuff.
 
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