Outrage at Kerry forgetting to mention Poland or some other ally: one drink
“Hallbiurton”: one drink
“You can run, but you can’t hide!” : two drinks
Any Bushism: one drink
Name dropping of generals: one drink
“A few days ago, at a campaign stop in Ohio, I was talking to Mrs. Ida Krumphauer. She told me she was deeply concerned about …”: one drink
Bush breaks the rukes : two drinks
Kerry breaks the rules: four drinks
Kerry says that Bush doesn’t have a plan - one drink
Kerry says that Bush doesn’t have a plan and doesn’t give concrete examples of what his own plan is - two drinks
Kerry says that Bush doesn’t have a plan and then goes on to explain his own plan giving solid examples - sit out the next two drinks
Kerry says that Bush doesn’t have a plan and then goes on to explain his own plan giving soilid examples and explains how he’ll get funding and/or support for these plans - sit out the next ten drinks
Bush says “global test” - two drinks
Bush asks to be allowed to “finish” when no one interupts him - three drinks
Bush yells at the moderator - five drinks
Bush gives a reason for going into Iraq that doesn’t have anything to do with 9/11 - sit out five drinks
Not to venture too far into tinfoil hat territory, but it is worth noting that moderator Schieffer admits he might not be completely objective:
Not that I’m expecting a Bill O’Reilly-style slantfest, but it’s something to keep in mind…
Ladies and Gentlemen…pinch hitting for Bob Schieffer…Dan Rather.
Well, I think I’ve seen enough of both candidates that watching the debate would be mostly for the entertainment value, and in that case there’s gonna be something more entertaining on, i.e. Astros-Cards.
In any event, I’ll get all the essentials (and a lotta laughs) from this thread when its all over.
Meanwhile, in reference to this comment:
I’ll publicly state this right now: if Mr. Bush is unseated come November, he need not fear unemployment. He’s welcome to apply to the company I work for as a trainee mud logger. As I’m the recruiting officer, I’ll make sure his resume gets due consideration. As long as he passes the drug test, we can promise three weeks’ initial training and a spot working 28/28 hitches at a wellsite near McAllen.
My liver wanted me to pass along this angry smiley to you :mad:
Boblibdem, the only thing that I would add to your post is that this is also the last chance for Kerry to get specific about his plan in front of a large audience. A lot of minds are going to be made up after tonight. Kerry will need a strong performance to swing them his way.
In the last two debates, I don’t think that Kerry won them so much as Bush lost them. Kerry seemed presidential while Bush seemed tempermental. Kerry now needs to make the case that he has a clear plan to improve the country, not just a plan.
I would just like to add…
-If Bush has another mexed missages, internets, battling green eyeshades moment, take two shots.
-If Kerry goes the entire 90 minutes without saying "wrong war, wrong time"drink every last drop of alcohol in the house, including rubbing alcohol.
-Take a sip of beer every time Bush says “freedom.”
-Take a shot if Bush uses any form of the word freedom more than one time in a sentence. For example, “The armies of a free Iraq are fighting for freedom.”
What, you want to spoil him? Let him clean the mud tanks when the job is over (and some good oil-based mud tanks, none of that easy shit 
).
Thing I want Kerry to say: “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”
That, or “There you go again.”
I would really like to hear Kerry call Bush on the “tax and spend liberal” line he’s been talking up lately. I’m sure a fair amount of people would prefer a tax and spend liberal to a spend spend spend neocon (I only use the term neocon because AFAIK most conservatives are in favor of a balanced budget and responsible spending).
I don’t drink. Will someone kindly knock one back for me if you hear “you can run, but you can’t hide?”
Thank you in advance.
If Kerry says “I could sure as fuck run and hide from ya, if my name was OSAMA BIN LADEN!” I’m polishing off the bottle.
“Dubya” Bush gets an expression and runs it into the ground.
“You can run but you cannot hide”. I don’t even know what the Hell he means by that. A good Kerry reply would be “Yes, I cannot do the excellent job of running and hiding from the draft as Mr Bush did in the late 1960’s when he joined the Texas National Guard. He was so good at hiding, the Vietcong NEVER met up with him”.
If “Dubya” Bush decides to conjure up a new catch phrase what will it be?
I suspect it will be something profound such as “I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler”.
Or maybe “I know you are but what am I?”
I’ve been taking acetaminophen to fight this nasty cold, so no booze for me, alas.
Hey, Chris Mathews is asking for “bets” on who will say Iraq first. Close to our drinking game.
I’m already drunk, and the debate hasn’t started yet.
aaaannnd, we’re off…
I turn on CNN and I hear some talking head say that he was more nervous than a hooker in church. Am I hallucinating again?
Two red ties–twins!
They’re both wearing red ties tonight. Guess they forgot to coordinate.
Bush smirks right off the bat…drink