McCain All-Night Drinking Game

The 2008 Republican National Convention Drinking Game
Provided by Drinking Liberally at Portland OR (Note: Drinking Liberally encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.)

McCain's history as a POW:

• Any platform speaker mentions McCain was a POW: Sip
• McCain mentions he was a POW: Drink
• Anyone--McCain himself, another speaker, or a TV commentator -- mentions that McCain doesn't like to talk about his POW experience: Chug

McCain the "Maverick:"

• Any platform speaker calls McCain a maverick: Sip
• Any TV commentator calls McCain a maverick: Drink
• McCain calls himself a maverick: Chug

McCain and the weather:

• Any platform speaker mentions New Orleans: Sip
• Any platform speaker mentions Hurricane Gustav: Sip
• Any platform speaker mentions Hurricane Katrina: Chug

McCain and his running mate:

• Any platform speaker mentions her five children: Sip
• Any platform speaker mentions her record as a "reformer:" Sip
• Any platform speaker mentions her "executive experience:" Drink
• Any platform speaker compares her experience favorably to Obama's: Drink
• Anyone on the platform repeats the story that she 'opposed the Bridge to Nowhere:' Drink
• Any platform speaker compares her to Geraldine Ferarro: Drink
• Any platform speaker compares her to Hillary Clinton: Chug
• Any platform speaker or TV commentator mentions the word "moose:" Chug

McCain and Iraq:

• McCain talks about the "surge" as a success: Sip
• McCain insists that we must stay in Iraq until we are "victorious:" Sip
• McCain mentions the Iraqi government's request that we set a timeline for withdrawal: Drink
• McCain mentions that the Bush administration got us into this war: Drink
• McCain compares Iraq to Vietnam: Chug

McCain and the economy:

• McCain says taxes are too high, or promises to cut them: Sip
• McCain acknowledges that most Americans think the economy is in bad shape: Drink
• McCain claims he doesn't know much about economics: Drink
• McCain mentions that he opposed Bush's tax cuts at the time: Chug
• McCain mentions economic advisor Phil Gramm: Chug

McCain and the Democrats:

• McCain refers to Obama or Biden by name: Sip
• McCain questions the integrity or patriotism of Democrats in general: Drink
• McCain questions the integrity or patriotism or Obama or Biden, by name: Chug
• McCain talks about his own bipartisan record: Chug
• McCain blames the Democrats for the negativity and smear-mongering in this campaign: Give your keys to the
bartender, finish everyone's drink, and take a taxi home.