How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game

  • September 26, 2008
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Presidential debates are riddled with clichés. Keep the democratic process interesting, and use the political farce as an opportunity to get faced.

You Will Need

  • Friends who are 21 or older
  • Beer
  • The candidates' names in a hat
  • A televised presidential debate
  • Understanding neighbors

Don’t drink unless you’re of legal age. Drink responsibly, and never drink and drive.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Gather your group

Step 1: Gather your group

Assemble a decent-sized group of friends and a whole lot of booze. Give everyone a drink, have them pick the name of a candidate out of a hat, and turn on the debate.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink for political niceties

Step 2: Drink for political niceties

Any empty rhetoric deserves one drink, starting with political niceties. Drink every time your candidate thanks an audience member, moderator, host, political system, mentor, or state.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink for jargon

Step 3: Drink for jargon

Take a drink each time your candidate uses jargon or one of their catchphrases — or states the obvious like it’s a revelation.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink for folksiness

Step 4: Drink for folksiness

Drink at any sign of folksy behavior from your candidate, including accent shifts, use of down-home phrases, or mentions of “small-town roots.”

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink for the "average citizen"

Step 5: Drink for the "average citizen"

Drink each time your candidate refers to an “average citizen” they’ve met in the course of campaigning.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink for poor timing

Step 6: Drink for poor timing

Have a drink if your candidate’s response goes over time, and have another for every 30 seconds after that.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink twice when it gets personal

Step 7: Drink twice when it gets personal

Drink twice every time your candidate makes a passive-aggressive slur or mentions a scandal. An outright character assassination means it’s time for a “social.”

A “social” means the whole room takes a drink.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink twice for an audience reaction

Step 8: Drink twice for an audience reaction

Drink twice every time an audience member creates a disturbance by heckling or booing your candidate.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Drink three times for Nazi comparisons

Step 9: Drink three times for Nazi comparisons

Drink three times if your candidate utters the word Nazi or Hitler. Drink four if they’re used in comparison to an opponent.

How To Turn a Presidential Debate Into a Drinking Game: Call for a chug

Step 10: Call for a chug

If anyone in your group actually feels inspired by a candidate’s answer at any point during the debate, everyone must chug.

Drinking parties can be traced back to the ancient Greeks, whose booze-fests were called symposia.

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BatSquid_Studios

great video

over 3 years ago by BatSquid_Studios

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joybird

love it! can't wait for the debate ; )

over 3 years ago by joybird

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xiaolu

good

over 3 years ago by xiaolu

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HeatherMenicucci

I wish I didn't have to pack tonight...my buddies have decided to get together and follow this video to a T. Sounds like fun!

over 3 years ago by HeatherMenicucci

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