Shiner Bock Would Be Appropriate…

Speaking of State of the Union parties, there is, of course, a 2004 SotU drinking game all worked out for us. Works out nicely, since watching political speeches typically makes me want a stiff drink anyway.

Comments

[Highway]

If you doing that with full drinks (not sips), I hope you're next to the hospital. That's a sure way to get REALLY blasted in an hour.

[Julian Sanchez]

Whoops. I fixed it, but I'm never going to hear the end of that from my friends from Rice...

[Russ]

How about just chalking up a point every time the President proposes something that is blatantly in opposition with his oath to protect the Constitution.

Anybody want to keep score?

[Amy Phillips]

This is yet another bit of proof that the world (at least, the nerdy political type world) is smaller than one might imagine. In this entry, my college debate partner writes about a game developed by a guy I went to summer camp with when I was 13. Said guy was also my ex-boyfriend's coworker a few summers ago, and now attends law school with a guy who used to date my sister's best friend. Perhaps I should throw some sort of six-degrees-of-Amy party to celebrate the shrinking universe.

[thoreau]

I love the way that all Presidents deliver their lines:

"We will not give in. We will stay the course. (escalate voice to booming while fist shakes slightly) And we will build a better America!"

Followed by thunderous applause.

And they do it every 2 minutes in those speeches.

The best part is, you can take the words I wrote and insert anything else, but as long as it roughly matches that rhythm you get the same effect. The Daily Show did something about that last year. Steven Colbert, their reporter, said stuff like:

"The speech was long. It was unremarkable. And it was utterly devoid of content!" (last sentence in a rising voice with slight fist shaking) Then they show footage of Congress doing another standing ovation.

He ended the skit by saying "Ok, Jon, my report is done. I'm hungry, maybe I should get a taco. It will be spicy. It will be juicy. And it will be delicious!" (followed by footage of Congress doing a standing ovation)

[Brian]

That works quite well with my usual SotU plan: sit down with a six-pack, consume it, and hurl empty beer cans and curses at the televison as the speech progresses.

This year, though, I may need a twelver.

It's more dramatic with bottles, but I can't say I recommend that.

[will]

i can't get shiner bock here. 🙁

[Dedman]

Of course, now there's Shiner Hefeweizen and Shiner Lite . . . .

Of course, for Texas beers, my favorite remains Celis White.

[R C Dean]

Yeah, the Celis is the best. I didn't see it this year - are they still making it?

[Howard Deutsch]

Enjoy the drinking game folks. I - one of the 2 creators of the game - am stuck at the office late and will have to watch (and drink) on tape delay later this evening.

Pretty sad...

[chthus]

Played the game, went slower than I expected. The friggin senior/medicare/prescription drug portion had us chugging, though. Very disappointed with the lack of Mars/space heavy drinking that was expected. Added extra drinks for minority children (+1 for Bush hugging one or shots of one sleeping), Kennedy bitching/any dem swearing, and had to chug for Santorum (thanks Dan Savage).

All and all, one of the most uneventful sotu in recent years.

[B. Sanders]

That would be Shiner Bock...

[Will Wilkinson]

Sissela Bok?

[milk]

OK, but I am doing it with bong hits, not drinks.