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Update: You can follow along with the drinks live on Twitter!
Every four years, our nation faces a great choice: which is better for the Presidential Debate Drinking Game? Beer or Liquor. This year, I think we might need both, and so in the spirit of bi-partisanship, I've created the DebateDrink.com Presidential Debate Drinking Game to find out just how much we'll have to drink to stomach John McCain referring to us as "his friends."
Tonight is the first of the presidential debates. If you think you can't handle the anger and frustration of watching politicians speak for a couple hours, we've got definitive drinking game for the festivities, and the corresponding website DebateDrink.com (currently offline, thanks to Pepco not getting power back on in the basement where I keeps my servers.)
The game has rules for Sipping beer, taking shots, and chugging those drinks, but feel free to add your own rules to make it even more fun. You can download a nicely-formatted PDF of the rules, and they're in the extended entry.
Rules, Regulations, And Libations
- Check ID’s (Make sure everyone’s over 21 AND registered to vote.)
- Drink Responsibly. Make sure everyone has a safe way to get home.
- Supplies Needed
-Beer
-Liquor
- Wine (Just kidding...no one plays drinking games with some fru-fru french grape juice)
- Have fun, and make up your own rules.
Take 1 sip when:
Take 1 Sip When:
You hear the word "Change"
You hear the word "Hope
John McCain tells a lie
You hear the word "Moose"
You hear the word "Earmarks"
You hear the word "Iraq"
You hear the word "Experience"
A candidates starts out with "Before I answer that, I’d like to..."
You hear the word "Maverick"
You hear the word "Bailout"
You hear "9/11, Twin Towers, or any references to Sept. 11"
The moderator interrupts
Take 2 Sips When:
Take 2 Sips When:
McCain calls you "My Friend"
The word "moose" is preceded by "field dress" or followed by "hunter"
Anyone sells a plane on eBay
A candidate speak past the bell.
You hear "Bridge to Nowhere"
You hear the words "Wall Street" and "Main Street" used together
If the candidate doesn’t even pretend to answer the question.
The other candidate interrupts
Take a Shot When:
Take a shot when:
John McCain forgets where he is
Anyone raises their voice or yells
Anyone asks the moderator to repeat a question
You see either check their watch.
You see either candidate take a drink.
John McCain confuses Sunni and Shia Muslims.
Either candidate contradicts something they said earlier in the debate.
Finish Your Drink(s) When:
John McCain talks about being a POW
Barack Obama mentions he was a Community Organizer