State of the Union Drinking Game
January 29th, 2008 by KimBush gave his final State of the Union address Monday evening. Did anyone watch?
Hopefully if you’re over 21, you realized that this was your very last chance to play the annual Bush SOTU Drinking Game, which has really grown since its inception a few years ago.
The rules have changed as well: added recently or this year are “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad” (1 drink, plus 1 if he pronounces it correctly), “foreclosure” (Yell out the name of your favorite “Monopoly” railroad and drink; Do NOT Pass Go) and “discretionary spending” (1 to 3 drinks, your call).
And, of course, the traditional favorites: “nukular” (1), “freedom” (1) and “terror” (worth 1 drink however it’s pronounced).
Note: I do not condone the irresponsible consumption of alcohol, even for the purpose of celebrating Article II, Section III of the US Constitution.
Here’s to the beginning of the last of eight crazy years. Bottoms up! To democracy!
Tags: dorky, George W. Bush
January 29th, 2008 at 12:26 am
I have a feeling Bush won’t disappoint with this address so I’ll just take shots of water with each hit.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:24 am
For a twenty-something you really enjoy politics eh? I just got out of the twenties and I still don’t like politics. I guess I’m just your average local guy. I’m down with the drinking though. Okole maluna!
January 29th, 2008 at 8:25 am
I have heard that some fraternities watch old Bob Newhart reruns and take a drink every time someone says, “Hi, Bob.”
January 29th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Don’t forget, a shot for every time he says “I-Rack”!
January 29th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Ah, the SOTU drinking game. I remember my friends at school splitting up the words they’d have to drink to (because doing all of them would have been deadly!). There’s really not much else to do on a winter night in Milwaukee.
P.S. This wasn’t something I ever participated in, I just heard about the festivities the day of or morning after - I think it’s more fun that way.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Oh that was why my tv was on the same channel even when I thought I was pressing the channel button.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Newhart and Bush — drink to the Bob and drink to the boob.
I can’t imagine this country has ever had a president who makes a worse impression when he speaks.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:47 am
2 shots if he says “evil-doers”
January 29th, 2008 at 10:55 am
People make fun of Bush, but are all his mistakes unintentional? If you watch/listen to Bush speak when he was governor of Texas (or running for gov) before any presidential aspirations came about, he was sharp, articulate and intelligent. Fast forward to the presidential elections and the people who were sharp, articulate and intelligent were Al Gore and John Kerry, while Bush seemed like a lost or inebriated child.
Guess who won the elections?
Me thunketh that people underestimate the “simplicity” that comprises the majority of America.
So either Bush is really who he appears to be…or he has the best PR person in the world, who helped him to stay in office for 8 years despite Iraq, Halliburton and everything else.
That being said, if I knew about that game beforehand I could’ve dug into the mandarin tequila I bought in Cancun a couple weeks ago!
January 29th, 2008 at 11:55 am
That sounds like fun. While I don’t think President Bush ever made any truly inspirational speeches, it was always fun to hear him mispronounce something, or say something wacky.
He just isn’t a natural speaker, and unfortunately, as the President of the United States, he’s expected to speak in front of live audiences and on national TV. Perhaps the strain of presidency caused the loss of oratory abilities.
Here’s to the end of an 8-year stretch of comical mumbling and bumbling.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
No cheers from me.Have your
drinks,throw yourselves at
mocking his speeches,think-
ing,just the same,that how
he articulates are his biggest
transgressions.When,in fact,
superimposed in the memories
of many Americans are images
of a President that led us
down the road of duress in
Iraq and in our own homeland.A
fitting tribute,alas,would be
none.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Speaking of intentional errors (a la Franksabunch), I heard in person another Texas politician, Lyndon Johnson, say, “I shoulda knowed, er uh, known,” thus making it clear that he knowed the difference.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
A state of the union speech is too serious to be a prop for drinking games!
Grow up!
January 29th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Parsons:
Actually, I believe that the state of our union is extremely serious, but I’d much rather think about something lighter during the speech than wallow in a state of misery about what America has become and where it is going. Lighten up!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:49 am
i think this sounds like a fun game! does everything have to be done with the utmost seriousness? it was just a suggestion! if you prefer to enjoy the state of the union speech while hanging onto every word bush says, than that’s your choosing.
i second the “lighten up”, and encourage you to look at the context of the blog. a fun-loving memory, with yet another joke (that has been “done” for many years now) about bush, or a political, anti-US speech, completely attacking everything America stands for?
January 30th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
There’s time to “think about something lighter”, but a serious speech from the president isn’t one of them. It’s not just about Bush. It’s about all presidents!
Think about something lighter? How about suffering liver disease caused by drinking games played by shallow people who think everything is a joke!
January 31st, 2008 at 10:24 am
Jeez, lighten up p-diddy.
February 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Publicly poking fun at the President of the United States–no matter who the person is–is one of the hallmarks of a free society. Try that in a dictatorship and see what it will get you..a long jail term or a firing squad, perhaps.