Sober, You're Old and Ugly

Bush's final State of the Union speech called for a drinking game.

Take a drink when:
*He says "Iraq"
*He says "economy"
*He mispronounces something
*Someone is shown sleeping
*A candidate is shown
*One side claps or stands but the other side does not
*Miscellaneous instance requiring a drink, approved by the rules committee

These rules underestimated the number of times these things would actually happen. I needed a new beer 20 minutes into it and eventually gave up. This game was a bold ambition, I admit. Sometimes you bite the bar, and sometimes the bar bites you.

The New York Times has a comprehensive graphic charting the words Bush has said in all of his State of the Union addresses. I will have to check with our official committee stenographer, because I somehow remember drinking to "economy" a bunch more times than reflected in the graphic. Perhaps it's because we included "economic" under the economy umbrella.

Bush, Facing Woes in '08, Focuses on War and Taxes [New York Times]

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