Debate #1 and the New Democratic Drinking Game

Elizabeth Warren films a video with the CFPB new media team announcing the CFPB “Open for Suggestions” project.

There’s a new drinking game popularized by the Democrat’s “debates”. Because, as Caroline McCarthy writes in the Spectator, there’s no way you are going to make it through two nights of debates sober.

Ms. McCarthy cautions you to imbibe responsibly for fear that that you get into a such a state where you might think it’d be a good idea to throw your name in the ring as the 25th candidate.

Take a sip of your drink every time each of these words or phrases is mentioned:

Forever war
People of color
Climate change
Midwest
Breakup Big Tech
Tax cut
Iran
My wife

Finish your drink and order another if…

The audience starts booing
John Delaney complains he’s not getting any time to talk
Any number of candidates start speaking Spanish
Beto O’Rourke says ‘fuck’
Somebody calls out Tulsi Gabbard’s ties to Bashar al-Assad
Cory Booker starts talking about Newark
The camera pans out to Julián Castro’s identical twin brother in the audience
Amy Klobuchar rolls her eyes
There’s a Star Warsreference
Anyone develops visible sweat stains
Somebody incorrectly pronounces the word ‘nuclear’ as ‘nucular’
Tim Ryan reminds everyone that he challenged Nancy Pelosi for House leadership
Elizabeth Warren slyly points out that both she and Bill de Blasio are fans of the Boston Red Sox

Take a shot if…

A candidate who didn’t make the cut for the debates shows up anyway
Trump tweets about ‘Pocahontas’ mid-debate
An audience member rushes the stage, grabs a mic, and starts ranting about climate change. Take two shots if said audience member has a man-bun
Any candidate or moderator brings up Bill DeBlasio’s incident in which he dropped NYC’s Groundhog Day groundhog and it later died of internal injuries
In an attempt to act cool, someone starts dropping rap lyrics
A sex scandal involving a member of Congress who is not running for president breaks while the debate is airing