This made me think of ohhgodd. Anybody want to join me?

Warning: Political cynicism ahead!

Let's face it: Presidential political discourse operates in cheap sound bites and generic platitudes. They all talk about lowering taxes, creating jobs and protecting your interests using empty buzzwords to convey nothing. It's enough to drive a person to drink.

(Light bulb)

Hey! Wait a minute!

Let's invent a drinking game for Thursday's vice-presidential debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin. (The debate will air live at 9 pm/ET on pretty much every tee-vee network there is.)

The rules are simple. You take a drink....

If Biden:
• refers to John McCain as "a friend" or someone he respects just before trashing him.
• tries in any way to justify the complete failure that is Amtrak.
• has to explain what his son did for a living after law school.
• says any of the following: "climate change," "biofuels," "green," "ethanol," "drilling," "Big Oil," or "Bridge to Nowhere."
• refers to Palin's recent interview with Katie Couric.
• exceeds his time limit.
• mentions the number of years of experience he has.
• makes any allusions to the pregnancy of Palin's daughter Bristol.
• displays righteous anger.
• suggests a title for Larry Flynt's Sarah Palin-themed adult film.

If Palin:
• invokes McCain's POW history
• mentions her husband or any of her children by name (make it a double if she says "Track in Iraq").
• says any of the following: "pitbull," "lipstick," "hockey mom," "Joe Six-Pack," "maverick," "barracuda," "glass ceiling," or "plagiarism."
• says "gosh," "gee," "golly," "darn," "heck" or any other homespun curse euphemism.
• evades answering a question.
• cries poverty.
• is actually carrying a firearm.
• cites Russia's proximity to Alaska or talks about her great love for the state of Israel in response to a question about foreign policy (been there, done that!).
• mentions by name any animal species native to her home state.
• is wearing a suit that costs more than her plane.

If either candidate:
• says any of the following: "change," "God," "hope," "Beltway," "insider," "lobbyist," "energy," or "Bush."
• says "Delaware" or "Alaska" in a funny accent to sound folksy.
• invokes the specter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
• actually curses.
• says "Wall Street" and "Main Street" in the same sentence.
• uses hyperbole to talk about the current financial crisis.
• says, "Let me finish."
• mispronounces the name of a world leader.
• milks the crowd for applause.
• mentions Tina Fey.

If Gwen Ifill, the moderator:
• betrays her mainstream-media bias (warning: may cause blindness).

Also: Vote! — Mickey O'Connor

TVGuide.com's Vice-Presidential Debate Drinking Game - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com

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- George Orwell Animal Farm

LOL. Thanks, I copied it and sent it to my friends. Hopefully, I won't be drunk by 9:15. But I am kinda thinking I will be.

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RJB 3/18/60 - 5/22/04
We miss you, sweet brother
God Bless the USA!!!!! Praying for my Youngster son at United States Naval Academy, class of 2014!!

Ok...but I'm not sure my liver will survive.

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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Oh sh*t. I already started. I may not be upright and conscious through even half the debate!

I wish I had something to join you with..........the stress is just too much lol....

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Melissa

Joe Six Pack and Hockey mom in the same sentence! And ya Betcha earlier!

I think Biden said change but Palin immediately countered with "darn right"

I think she's doing really well!!!

Good grief, I wish she'd get her bangs off of her eye lash!!!! hehehe

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Melissa

Biden just said "bridge to nowhere."

Anyoen eeling good yet i yam

Palin

"Bless their hearts"

"mainstreet wallstreet"

Energy about 5 times so far

A- laastka

Didn't she mention Todd before

She corrected Biden(gutsy) its drill baby drill

Biden

Bush

climate change because they were asked about it.

drill drill drill (same as drilling)

i'm really wishing I had thought of having a 'Debate Party" you guys are fun, but I'd really like some warm bodies to talk with.

My DS will be home from his Political Science class soon....should be interesting.

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Melissa

are we the only ones here??? lol

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Melissa

I got a "rear that head". lol

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GO NAVY WRESTLING!!BEAT ARMY!!!
RJB 3/18/60 - 5/22/04
We miss you, sweet brother
God Bless the USA!!!!! Praying for my Youngster son at United States Naval Academy, class of 2014!!

Ok, I have to say, I don't like that she says "America" instead of the US. Is she the only one that does that?

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Melissa

I agree she sounds good. I am not watching just listening so i get a different view.

Uh OH, I here a "Track in Iraq" coming....lol

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Melissa

I am bored and cant keep up with the drinking game.

Someone said green. Not sure which oneb

Ya betcha Biden sounds good too but he always does if he doesnt talk toop long

Palin just said Nukular

Anybody who played this game is going to have the biggest hangover of their life.

I wish we would have played where you take a drink when a candidate answered the question asked. The exact question with an answer that speaks to the question that is asked.

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GO NAVY WRESTLING!!BEAT ARMY!!!
RJB 3/18/60 - 5/22/04
We miss you, sweet brother
God Bless the USA!!!!! Praying for my Youngster son at United States Naval Academy, class of 2014!!

Sarcasm by Palin. was that on the list?

She loves that biden and she both love Isreal

Team of mavericks clippity clop

Biden Bush's,Bush's,Bush's,Bush's,Bush's,

She better not wink at me again.

And I'm glad she's done with nuc-u-lar.

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I could swear that last question was just for Biden...."have you ever changed your mind..." and he knew it was coming. hhmmm

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Melissa

Hey, Katie and Charlie......bite me.

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Melissa

Freudian slip. john McCain is the man we want to leave instead of lead.

Biden of course won BUT Palin did enough to redeem herself in the eyes of the faithful.

So do you all have hangovers today? LOL! I couldn't do it. I would have been completely snockered only 20 minutes into it.

When Biden teared up I was thinking there should have been a drinking rule,"If Palin or Biden cries, go straight to the crack pipe."

I'm not knocking Biden, I thought it was touching. But I'm pretty sure that before the debate if somebody said somebody was going to cry, nobody would have thought it was going to be Biden.

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"No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?"
- George Orwell Animal Farm