3rd Presidential Debate – Monday 10/22/12 at 9pm ET
Full honesty, these political event drinking games are totally played out. Doesn’t mean they can’t be fun. Obligatory Disclaimer: Not our fault if you get hammered and sick. Your liver is your business, so drink responsibly.
The Rules: Similar to other drinking games. ”1 Drink” means a decent sip/pull off a beer, not an entire beer, glass of wine, or shot. “Candidate” refers to either Obama or Romney, meaning both men could instigate a separate drink.
- Candidate wears a tie the opposite color of his party (Obama in red, Romney in blue) 1 drink
- Candidate wears a tie that isn’t red or blue (ex: pink) 2 drinks
- Candidate wears peak instead of notch lapels – 2 drinks
- …shawl collar? – 2 Martinis. Shaken or Stirred.
. - Candidate has no definitive tie dimple – 1 drink
- Candidate fails to show consistent, noticeable shirt-cuff during debate – 1 drink
- Candidate’s shirt is something other than a plain white dress shirt – 2 drinks
- Candidate is wearing a pocket square – 2 drinks
- Candidate wears a 3-button suit instead of a 2-button – 3 drinks
- Candidate pulls out reading glasses – drain your glass
- Candidate skips black shoes and wears dark brown: 1 oz of good Bourbon
- … or wears cognac laceups: Pass the Courvoisie.
- Candidate neglects to wear a flag pin – Shake fist, crank Lee Greenwood, drink a Budweiser and ignore the fact that they’re now Belgian. (And Miller is British.)
- Mention of the Made in China US Olympic Uniforms – Tsingtao!
. - Lock of Romney’s hair falls out of place and comes down over his forehead – 2 drinks.
- Obama checks his watch – He’s impatient, you’re impatient with a beer. Shotgun it.
- Moderator Bob Schieffer layers with a V-neck – Hot Toddy time
- Schieffer channels Charles Osgood and wears a bow tie – Shot
- Audience member is wearing short sleeves – Sip of a Mojitto
- Audience member is wearing shorts – Drink an entire Bud Light Lime
. - Candidate adjusts necktie – 1 drink
- Candidate unbuttons suit jacket – 1 drink
- Candidate removes necktie, jacket, and rolls up sleeves – Finish your drink. S#*t’s about to get real.
The 3rd Presidential debate is tonight, 10/22/12, at 9 ET. Let’s not debate politics in the comments here.
I live in South Florida (this debate is actually right down the street), so let me tell you guys-you’re gonna be drinking on the shorts and short sleeves questions.
Good post, Joe. We all missed you Friday.
On the main page it looked like Obama was wearing a knit tie. I was about to get really excited. Turns out it was just his microphone. Lame.
Well with a Game 7 AND the Bears playing on MNF, I dunno how much of the debate I’ll be watching tonight. Have fun with the drinking game!
You really think shorts and short sleeves will make an appearance inside? I wonder if they send dress-code/wardrobe suggestions to those who got tickets.
Thanks for the kind words.
Hee hee hee. Yay.
The real topic here should be why Paul Ryan dresses like such a slob when he is the youngest, and arguably the fittest, of the four contenders. At the VP debate, he was wearing a suit at least a full size too large and a tie he borrowed from the year 1978.
I know looking too fashionable is unfashionable in American politics, but you’d think someone on Ryan’s or Romney’s staff would suggest he at least buy a jacket that doesn’t make him look 12. His circa 1999 gel-helmet hair doesn’t help in that department, either.
I quickly googled (G summit) to see whether other leaders wear pocket square. None.
Wouldn’t pocket square complete the suit? Now I wonder… Anyone have ideas?
Romney is wearing a blue and red tie. Does that count as half a drink?
Nothing about four-in-hand vs. windsor knot? (I honestly couldn’t tell that well, though I think Obama’s was a 4-in-hand)