From: strat@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Davis)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.elections,talk.politics.misc,rec.humor
Subject: Presidential Debate Drinking Game V. 1.2
Date: 15 Oct 92 12:48:08 GMT
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Organization: Kansas State University
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       The official 1992 Presidential Debate Drinking Game!
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This is version 1.2 of the 1992 Presidential Debate Drinking Game,
written by strat@cis.ksu.edu (Steve Davis).  You may reprint it as
long as you give the author credit.  

Thanks to thf2@midway.uchicago.edu, tob@raider.raidernet.com,
pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.giv, simkin@equinox.unr.edu,
jerry@telecom.ksu.edu, and gbh@matt.ksu.ksu.edu for additional rules.
If you have any ideas for additional rules, send them to
strat@cis.ksu.edu!

For the uninitiated: In a drinking game, the object is to get
drunk.  But the object is also to remain sober longer than everyone
else playing.  But the object is also to get drunk as fast as you
can.

A drink is:

*  1 shot (1 to 1.5 ounces) of anything more alcoholic than 20
   proof.  If you're new to drinking games or new to alcohol, don't
   even try doing shots!  Most players will count one shot of a
   high-alcohol content beverage as the two or more drinks required in
   some of these cases.

   We suggest that you make Kamikaze shots.  First mix equal parts of
   clear vodka, triple sec, and lime juice into a beverage cooler.  Then
   add ice to keep it cold.  If you're doing Kami shooters, pour out a
   large tray of shot glasses before the debate starts.

*  One "gulp" of a cereal malt beverage (beer), or any drink less
   than ten percent alcohol by volume.  You can count someone's gulps
   by watching their Adam's Apple move.

Other notes:

  You may have to drink a whole beverage.  If you are drinking
  beer, finish off the can or bottle.  If you're drinking shooters,
  take two!

There are only a few short rules:

*  No puking!
*  Pee before the game starts!
*  If one person notices that everyone should be drinking, but no
   one drinks, he can make everyone else take two drinks.
*  Do everything you can to avoid throwing heavy objects at your 
   television screen!
*  The game is over November 3rd! (Very important. :)

You drink whenever one of the following events occurs:
				 
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		      A N Y   C A N D I D A T E
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Says "family", "values" (whole beverage if it's "family values"),
"baby" (double drinks if it's "crack baby" or "AIDS baby"), "rape",
"incest", "McCarthy" (double drinks if it's Bush), "inhale", "the
press", "jobs".

Goes for more than two sentences without showing both hands.

Interrupts any other candidate.

Mentions their family (double drinks if it's their wife, triple if
it's their children), Gore's book, Perot's book, Millie's book.

Double drinks if any candidate mentions any other candidate's
family.  Pets count!
				 
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			    C L I N T O N
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Says "conservative", "invest", "investment tax credit",
"trickle-down", "change", "hope", "supply-side", "fair" (or fairness).

Mentions his success as an Arkansas Governor, any former president,
his home town.

Makes an anecdote about some person he met on the campaign trail,
giving the place and time but no name.  Double drinks if this
person has a life threatening disease.

Brings up a statistic out of the air.

The first person to notice if Clinton touches his hair for any
reason can make everyone else playing the drinking game take a
whole beverage.
		 
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			       B U S H
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Says "trust", "liberal", "gridlock", "tax and spend" (or
spend-and-tax), "prudent", "not going to do it" (any variation), "we
are the United States of America" (or any variation thereof),
"commander in chief", "children", "sleep" (triple drinks if children
and sleep are mentioned together).

Mentions the cold war, Dukakis and Mondale (double drinks if in the
same sentence), America's victory in the Gulf War, Panama, his
status as a war veteran, congressional scandals, the "new
congress", former president Truman.

Touches his nose for any reason (double drinks if he's talking
about drugs).
 
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			      P E R O T
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Says "foreign lobbyist", "special interest", "action", "plan",
"ninety days", "four trillion", "perks", "committee".

Tells a folksy anecdote.

Mentions his own physical appearance, the electronic town hall.

Chuckles audibly when Bush says something stupid.

Defines a problem when asked how he would solve it.
				   
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	      New Special Section:  The Post-Debate Spin
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After the debate is over, turn to a channel which will interview some
spinners!  CNN is a good choice for this.

Continue the same rules as above for each candidate's respective
spinners.  Double drinks if you happen to catch Ron Brown or Rich Bond
(the Democratic and Republican party chairmen).

Additional drinks for the spinners:

  A Clinton spinner says Bush came in last.
  A Bush spinner says Clinton came in last.
				 
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   Join the IRC channel #Debate during the Presidential Debates!
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-- 
	   Steve Davis (I'm a student, not a spokesperson!)
      strat@cis.ksu.edu - Kansas State University - Manhattan KS
				   
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