OK FReepers, need a drinking game for the VP debate!

self | 10/10/2012 | NeverGore

[nevergore]

Time for a little fun on the lighter side of politics.

Need ideas for a drinking game during the VP debate tomorrow night.

Preferrably based on a "Bidenism"

Let'er rip....

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

and Ryan has come up against the worst and fought his battles on the hill...Let’s hope his smile and “sweetness” comes out strong against Curmudgeon.

[nevergore]

Heck....Biden’s funny sober or drunk.....

[richardtavor]

He also is from Delaware....Where his chances statewide are the same as Teddy Kennedy’s in Mass...I disrespect this guy more than 90% of my fellow countrymen. I think and pray that Ryan wipes the floor with this embecile.

[nevergore]

Dude...you misspelled imbecile....you started the game too early...put down the shot glass :^)

[katykelly]

“Folks” and “man” .

[RobertClark]

But don't let your empathy for the candidates lead you to drink yourself into a stupor. Instead, follow along with the debate responsibly with National Journal's official, comprehensive drinking game.

1-Drink Events

• Joe Biden says "literally" about something that is not literal.
• The middle class is said to have been "buried." Anyone says the word "wonk."
• Joe Biden says something that makes you or your debate-watch partner physically cringe.
• Paul Ryan uses his mother as an example to pitch Romney's Medicare plan.
• Joe Biden tells an anecdote about a person from a swing state.
• Paul Ryan deflects debate over the "Ryan budget" by saying he isn't running on it.
• Anyone says "lame duck," "fiscal cliff," or "sequester." Joe Biden refers to a policy or problem as being "a big … deal." Take another few drinks if those ellipses are filled in.
• Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., gets brought up by name. The war in Afghanistan, now entering its 12th year, is mentioned.

2-Drink Events

• Joe Biden says "literally," and he means it.
• Ayn Rand is mentioned by either candidate.
• Joe Biden defends the stimulus and his role in overseeing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• The camera cuts away to an audience member gazing dreamily at Paul Ryan.
• Joe Biden name checks a member of the audience.
• Either candidate accuses the other of making Medicare unsustainable for people under age 55.
• Joe Biden keeps up the Obama campaign's push about Mitt Romney going after Big Bird.
• Joe Biden accuses Paul Ryan of lying during the debate.
• Paul Ryan brings up the contents of his iPod.
• On Medicare, either candidate mentions the figure $716 billion.
• Either candidate alludes to the historic age gap between them, which places Joe Biden in the Senate when Paul Ryan was only 2.
• Anyone says "P90X."

3-Drink, Red-Alarm Events

• Paul Ryan or moderator Martha Raddatz says, in mock-Alaskan, "Say it ain't so, Joe."
• Joe Biden dons his Amtrak conductor's hat.
• Joe Biden misstates the name of the place in which he is debating.
• Paul Ryan pulls out a well-worn copy of Atlas Shrugged and tells America who John Galt is.
• Joe Biden takes out his prop chains.
• Paul Ryan is accidently referred to as the Republican presidential nominee by anyone, including himself.
• Joe Biden winks at Martha Raddatz.
• Joe Biden compliments Mitt Romney, says he's "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," or some combination thereof.
• Paul Ryan doubles-down and claims to have run a marathon in less time than it took Joe Biden to finish his Democratic National Convention speech.

Anyone says

[David Middleton]

I'm old. Liver can NOT take all this drinkin. Really though, If anyone thinks Biden is a match... Have a good day.

[Tainan]

Live coverage:

http://www.c-span.org/Debates/Events/VP-Biden—Rep-Ryan-Debate-in-Kentucky/10737434293/