01.20.04
State of the Union Drinking Game
The presidential state of the union address upon us I thought it was time to dig up the updated State of the Union Drinking Game:
The general rules of this game are no different from any other drinking game. A drink is either a shot or a good gulp from a beer (or cider). Different events call for different numbers of drinks and all you do is watch the speech and play along. If all goes well, you’ll be unconscious by the time they show the other party’s response.
GAME TIME
This year, President Bush’s State of the Union address is scheduled for January 20, 2004 at 9pm (Eastern). It should be broadcast on all major networks and cable news/political networks.
For online coverage, go to http://www.c-span.org/executive/stateoftheunion.asp.
| EVENT | # of Drinks |
| Every time he says…. | |
| “The state of our union is strong…” | 1 |
| “men and women in/of our armed forces” | 1 |
| (+1 if phrase begins with “brave”) | |
| Iraq | small 1 |
| Terror (however it’s pronounced) | small 1 |
| Libya or Qaddafi | 2 |
| Saddam Hussein or Saddam | 1 |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction | 2 |
| “nukular” | 1 |
| Afghanistan or Hamid Karzai (or Pres. Karzai) | 1 |
| Loya Jirga | 3 |
| multilateral or multilateralism | Group shot |
| unilateral or unilateralism | Choose one person to drink |
| Any United Nations reference (United Nations, Security Council, resolution, etc.) |
1 |
| Any reference to the stock market | 1 |
| Any reference to the average family of 4 | 2 |
| accountability or accountable | 1 |
| Any _______ Security (i.e. Homeland, Social, Economic, Job, etc.) | 1 |
| immigration | 1 |
| aliens (as reference to immigrants) | 1 |
| aliens (as reference to extraterrestrials) | Look wistfully towards the heavens; then finish your drink |
| Anything in Spanish — Cualquier cosa en español | 1 Tequila shot or 1 Cerveza |
| bipartisan or bipartisanship | 2 |
| “Republicans and Democrats” | 1 |
| Any mention of the deficit | 3 |
| seniors or senior citizens | 1 |
| Medicare | 1 |
| reform, in the context of health care | 1 |
| prescription drugs | 2 |
| *bipartisan or bipartisanship, in the context of the prescription drug bill |
2 |
| Announces a new program | 2 |
| * If the program will be massively expensive (use your judgement) | 2 |
| “Leave no child behind” | 3 |
| college or university or higher education | 1 |
| Mars or space | 1 |
| “foreign oil” | 1 |
| he uses a Bushism (i.e. says something that’s not really a word, other than “nukular”) |
2 |
| **Any word of 5 syllables or more | 2 (bonus +1 if he stumbles through it) |
| “Don’t mess with Texas!” | Locate the nearest Texan; mess with him/her; then drink |
| Every time…. | |
| applause last more than 10 seconds (excluding the first and last minutes) | 1 |
| he introduces a special guest | 1 |
| he praises a Democrat by name | 2 |
| they show the First Lady | 1 |
| they show either Bush daughter | 2 |
| they show an announced Democratic presidential candidate | 1 |
| they show a former member of the Bush Administration (i.e. Paul O’Neill, etc.) |
3 |
| he gets a standing ovation from HALF of Congress | 2 |
| they show a military official in uniform who looks asleep | 2 |
| Other | |
| if he wears a blue tie (he has for the past two years) | 1 |
| if the speech is under an hour | Finish your drink and have another beer |
| DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE BONUS GAME | |
| “unilateral” | 1 |
| Iraq | 1 |
| some reference to something the President hasn’t found (i.e. WMD, Osama, etc.) |
2 |
| “alienating our allies” | 2 |
| if you’ve never heard of the Democrats delivering the response | 1 |
| “Liar, liar, pants on fire” | Light your pants on fire |
Author of the SotU Drinking Game said,
January 29, 2005 at 11:40 pm
I don’t know why it always seems to take a year for me to come across the folks who choose to rip us off and give no credit for our game, but such is life. Next time (like this week), you can just link to our site from your blog (like hundreds of other blogs) and not try to pass our content off as your own. Cheers.