I'm so upset... This will be the 2nd SOTU we can't do a drinking game with...

[The Doctor.]

The rules for the previous SOTU's were so simple;

"Nucular" - drink!
"Terrist" - drink!
"9/11" - drink!
"Untamed fires of Freedom" - Burst out laughing, then drink!
"Al-Qaeda" - draw from the deck, lowest card drinks everyone else's drink!
"bin Laden" - Highest draw drinks all!
"Weapons of Mass Distruction" - Get under the table and drink!

We never made it past 10 minutes.

*Sigh*, it's so hard to come up with rules for this new guy.

:toast: :beer: :beer: :toast:

[Oregone]

1. Try "hope" and "bipartisanship"

[riverdale]

2. and "Let me be clear"

[Jennicut]

5. I think it is "Let me be perfectly clear".

My husband does a mean Obama impression and he uses that one all the time. Way better the they guy on SNL.

[The Doctor.]

9. Hmm... ok, I'll try "clear" this time...

Just the one word, as it will likely show up in variation.

[jgraz]

25. And chug if he follows it with "I am not gay"

[The Doctor.]

8. Tried it last year.

"Hope" was mentioned 3 times... unless you include 'hopeless'... then it's 4.

"Bipartisan" was once.

Just not any fun... he rarely mispronounces words, there aren't any burst out laughing points... it's just too... sober

[Beacool]

19. You forgot the ubiquitous "change".........

;-)

[Oregone]

21. Im not the only one who forgot about "change"

[Beacool]

28. Well yeah, that's true..............

:(

[jeanpalmer]

46. That's one word I'm betting he won't use

But he ought to use it once, just to give everyone a laugh.

[NightWatcher]

3. take a drink every time he capitulates to Big Money, Big Pharma, Big Insurance

also drink each time he says:
Afghanistan
Security
Bipartisan

[The Doctor.]

10. That would be 3 drinks.

Maybe 'peace'?

[marshall]

26. drink when the R's stand up and cheer him while the D's sit stone faced w/folded arms

It'll at least happen when he mentions the freeze--but then they don't know the underlying plan.

[inna]

30. The funny thing is that the R's won't cheer him no matter what he does.

He'll always be a "socialist", "far-left extremist" for them, no matter how pro-corporate and Republican in essence his policies may be.


It's a shame, really; he could be practicing/pursuing a truly progressive agenda, and still he would be called the same names by the RW as he is now. :shrug:

[inna]

32. I hope he's not going to say, "Change has come to America!".

They keep running that commercial where he actually says that on CNN/MSNBC, and it almost makes me cringe every time I hear that. x(


On edit: posted as a reply to wrong comment by mistake.

[Kitsune]

43. Ah, the short road to alcohol poisoning... *nt*

[MissMillie]

4. Well, there's always "you lie!"

:shrug:

[JVS]

7. Yep, if a politician bolsters his career by interrupting, finish your drink.

[Beacool]

20. Naaahhh, that was just one drink.

:7

[MissMillie]

24. a 40-ouncer?

:silly:

[Beacool]

27. Ok, only if I can drink it with a big straw.

:D

[dbonds]

6. Drink on 'umm'

and 'lets make this perfectly clear'

[The Doctor.]

11. That might be a winner...

But he's pretty polished on the SOTU.

How many 'umm's last year?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

41. "Let me be clear"

Shot....

[madinmaryland]

12. Here are a few to use:

Everytime a:

- Repub is caught napping.
- Repub is caught scowling.
- Someone interrupts the SOTU Address.

[The Doctor.]

14. Oh, there we go...

And anytime Dems stand while Repubs remain seated... or vice-versa.

These rules just aren't as snappy as the ones for the last guy though.

[dgibby]

13. Try:

Fight, fighting, fighting for you, and any other permutation thereof. It's his new populist battle cry.

[Clio the Leo]

15. "That's a fight I'm ready to have!" NT

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Change the rules.

If Obama goes three minutes without mentioning our favorite "buzz words", take a swig.

[The Doctor.]

17. Then we might as well play at an AA meeting...

:party:

[timeforpeace]

18. Bull. You're not trying very hard.

[The Doctor.]

23. One shouldn't have to *Work* at a drinking game.

Shit, just the word 'Iraq' would have sent someone to the hospital during W's SOTU.

Picking words like 'is' or 'I' just doesn't really make it a game either.

[Binka]

39. You Besmirched The Poster's * Hero

And here is the clue phone...it ISN'T John Lennon. Just an FYI.

[Divine Discontent]

22. "FIGHT", when I heard he was giving the speech soon, I was thinking, how many times he will say that

[cherokeeprogressive]

29. How about every tenth time he looks at the teleprompter to his left...

and every fifteenth time he looks at the teleprompter to his right. That's for the beer. Every time he says "Let me be clear" we'll reserve for shots of tequila. Preferrably good tequila.

I swear sometimes it's like watching someone watch a basketball game or a very slow tennis match.

[rudy23]

31. I'll be drinking every time Obama says "bipartisanship", but it won't be part of a game

so much as a coping mechanism.

[Cha]

33. Well, you got a big Whine thread out of it.

[slackmaster]

34. I propose an "everyone drink" when he supports a statement with exactly four bullet points

No more, no less.

[The Doctor.]

36. Ok... I'm down.

"Four shall be the number of the count, and the number of the counting shall be four."

[ProgressOnTheMove]

35. Have no fear you can potentially take a drink every time a Republican congress member makes an a**..

of themselves. It's got a reasonable chance of happening.

[Berry Cool]

37. There wasn't any SOTU last year.

Don't know what some of you are remembering.

It's a good thing there wasn't, too, because if there was, you know who would've made it.

[The Doctor.]

38. Yes... you're very technically correct. Congrats.

Obama addressed Congress in 2009, and on national television;

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/us/politics/25obama.html

I counted it as a 'drinking game'.

It was very disappointing... in that regard.

[Zomby Woof]

40. This is his first SOTU

While last year's speech was before a joint session, it was not a SOTU. Presidents never give a SOTU within their first year of office (although the timing of the speech is due to tradition, since the Constitution does not specify when or how often, just that it is required from time to time).

[The Doctor.]

44. Read. The. Above.

Thanks.

I watched him last year... it wasn't a good drinking game.

It's the only reason I miss 'W'.

[Zomby Woof]

45. I usually don't read the other posts before replying

Just aggravates me further.

[The Doctor.]

47. Meh... not much 'aggravation' beyond the typical simmering discontent.

Just can't get a good drinking game out of this guy.

[LiberalFighter]

42. Do something during the Numbnut Response

[ShortnFiery]

48. LOL, that's when the GOP will prop up our "Ken Doll" Governor, Bob McDonnell.

I'm sure he will repeat a number of inane issues that the right wing holds dear: tax cuts, tax increases, government spending, etc.

Just be thankful that you only have to listen to him tonight, us Virginians are stuck with him as our Governor for four years. :(

[Born_A_Truman]

49. Everytime you see a GOP Texting

Drink!

[mochajava666]

50. Link to Huffington Post's SOTU drinking game

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/state-of-the-union-drinki_n_436932.html

[Hippo_Tron]

51. I liked my friend's Bush SOTU drinking game better

You would drink until you forgot that he's the President.

[The Doctor.]

52. Actually... that only took about ten minutes.

Just pick the word 'nucular' or 'Iraq' and you were done.