Lakenheath Old Boys

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

The LOB Vice Presidential Debate Drinking Game!

I'm settling in for the Vice Presidential Debate in my time honored style - with MSNBC on the box and a drink at my side. My plan to pre-game the event in order to be able to stomach the whole charade, a couple of cocktails in by kick-off time. If you'd like to join me, here are the rules:

Take a sip of your favorite libation, whenever someone mentions:

* Scranton, Pennsylvania
* The 47%
* Privatizing Social Security
* Killing Osama bin Laden
* The middle class tax cuts
* General Motors still being alive
* Firing Big Bird
* Unemployment being above/below 8&
* Iran's nuclear program
* Planned Parenthood/birth control/abortion

Take a full gulp whenever:

* Ryan lies out of his ass
* Biden pokes his finger toward him
* Either candidate ignores moderator Martha Raddatz

Chug the rest of your drink if:

* Ryan reminds Biden of plagiarizing Neil Kinnock
* Biden reminds Ryan of his secret love for Ayn Rand
* Anyone mentions education

Cheers!

140 Comments:

Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Right, then - I'm here in Blue Devil HQ with Rachel Maddow and co. blasting in the ear hole. I started earlier with a bourbon and ginger to pre-game the event. I've now poured meself a fresh Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale. Tasty. Ten minutes to go now...

8:51 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The moderator tonight, Martha Raddatz, is known primarily as a foreign correspondent for ABC News, so I'm hoping that she'll ask some probing questions about foreign policy.

8:54 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

One weird detail tonight. Apparently the Ryan camp has negotiated to have Raddatz refer to the Congressman as "Mr. Ryan" rather than "Congressman Ryan." I wonder if someone is concerned about the current standing of the Republican led Congress.

8:55 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

As usual, the moderator has sworn the audience to silence during the debate - shame, I love the craic of a good debate audience.

9:03 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Excellent - Raddatz starts with Libya. Should be interesting.

9:03 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

I usually hate these promises from politicians to "get to the bottom of things," but in the case of Obama/Biden, their record is fairly strong.

9:04 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Wondering if Ryan will go conspiratorial at this point with the species stories about Obama/Biden having gotten intelligence before the Benghazi attacks.

9:05 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Biden off to a decent start.

9:05 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Looks like we have a debate . . .

9:07 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Biden is being careful not to look down too much although he's taking some copious notes.

9:07 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Evening, WHR - great to have a political pro like you on board.

9:07 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Good follow-up from Raddatz about Romney's initial response about the Obama admin's "weakness."

9:08 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Prediction: this will get nasty quick.

9:08 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Joe's smirking a bit here. But nice jab about "a bunch of malarkey."

9:09 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Getting nasty now - Luv it!

9:09 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

No Sierra Nevada to help me along, but I'll hang in as long as I can!

9:10 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Drink - Joe mentions the Iranian nuke program.

9:10 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Whatcha drinking then, mate?

9:10 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Hope your Pops, enjoyed his day. Is he up in Fredonia, or down in Alexandria?

9:11 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

I'm in a hotel in North Carolina for work. Nothing on tap.

9:11 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

You can already tell that Joe's not taking any shite tonight. Good on 'im.

9:12 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

He's in Alex - just went out with the boys to a Mexican feed up. Check my bros FB feed - great pic of Dad in a sombrero.

9:12 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Uh oh - Raddatz is moving on to Iran. The Sierra Nevada's gonna go quick here.

9:13 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

I wouldn't want to move to Iran.

9:13 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ryan's dancing around the issue of military strikes on Iran now. Not answering the question directly. I hope Raddatz nails him on it.

9:14 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Joe's chuckling a bit too much here.

9:15 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

I'm liking this debate a lot more already with the reasonable give and take.

9:16 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Great response from Joe - smacking Ryan down big time. Ryan is coming off as a little kid here. Man v. boy.

9:17 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Raddatz really needs to nail Ryan on the issue of whether he and Mitt want to put boots on the ground.

9:17 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The facility that Joe has with the policy issues is breathtaking, really impressive.

9:19 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Joe gets a good jab in about Romney "changing his mind."

On to the economy...

9:23 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

On to jobs. Should be good fodder on both sides.

9:24 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Great - Biden's right on point about Romney wanting Detroit to go bankrupt.

9:24 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Man vs. boy. You are a bad man BDB because we've heard at least twice about Osams and hit a couple more of the sipping points. I'm on the Woodford reserve and I think I'm going to regret it.

9:24 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

47 perecent . . . drink

9:25 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

47%. glug!

9:25 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Another good jab about Romney's tax payments - ouch! That hurt!

9:25 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Nice Grover take down there!

9:25 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Excellent - jab at Grover Norquist. Joe's in a feisty mood tonight. Luvin' it!

9:25 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The Sierra Nevada's just about dry now - off to the fridge.

9:26 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Scanton . . . drink!

9:26 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Bidens good on the economy too. Damn, Scranton twice.

9:26 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Uh oh - I heard Scranton from the kitchen - bottoms up on the Sierra Nevada.

9:26 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

If you missed the Scranton reference, you owe me one.

9:27 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Beer #2 - Southern Tier Porter. Cheers!

9:27 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

What the hell is Ryan talking about now - some family who suffered a car crash?!

9:27 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Decent jab by Ryan about Biden's gaffe habit - gets a decent laugh from the audience.

9:28 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

47% again - drink!

9:29 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Good personal touch here from Joe - and then a nice pivot back to Detroit.

9:29 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Joe goes personal with Ryan's voting record.

9:31 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Excellent point by Joe about it not being about charity but about policy.

And then an excellent punch about Ryan voting for the wars etc. Ryan's on the ropes here.

9:31 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ouch again - on Ryan's record of asking for stimulus.

9:32 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

TKO on Ryan's voting record and hypocrisy. He's on the mat!

9:33 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

On to entitlements . . .surely a reference to 47 percent in here somewhere.

9:34 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Too bad. Radirz steps in with a metaphorical 8 count when Joe was bashing Ryan like a pinata

9:34 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Yes. That's what I want to do when I retire: research my best option for heatlh insurance with a effing govt issued voucher.

9:37 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Nice common touch from Joe about trusting your instincts.

9:38 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Biden's killing Ryan on Medicare and SS now.

9:38 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Taking a couple of gulps of the Southern Tier for all of the moderator interruptions here.

9:40 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Joe's so ahead on points he can afford to back off a little bit so that we don't start feeling sympathy for this little db.

9:40 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ryan's lying so fast here it's hard for Biden to keep up with him.

9:40 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Good follow-up from Raddatz there on privatization.

9:42 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

On to taxes and Joe's off to the raises. How much fecking espresso did they pour down Joe's throat before he went on tonight? Wow!

9:45 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Holler! Joe suggesting that the patriotic rich aren't asking for reliwd

9:46 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

relief. Bob you gotta tighten up the rules or I'm going to end up on the floor.

9:47 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Good evening BD and Washington DCers. I have been home for five minutes and Biden is definitely on top.

9:48 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Ryan full of crap on the The Pres killing off small businesses with overtaxing

9:49 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Good - Raddatz asks a great follow-up question about the lack of specifics on the Romney-Ryan side. He's looking really poor here.

9:49 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Run Dave. This game is going to make you call in for a sub tomorrow

9:50 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Ryan definitely does not have a plan. Great by the moderator to ask for specifics. If Ryan want s bipartisanship then look at his own party in Congress

9:50 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Welcome, MUR. I'm just about finished with my porter and may go for a drop of port. That should get me through the rest of this one, unless someone brings up Ayn Rand or Neil Kinnock. Then I'm really in trouble.

9:51 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I will definitely need to spend all the money I made off the tutoring job this evening. Ryan is definitely going to make me call in sick.

9:51 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

A few drinks for me just in the last five minutes alone.Great by Biden to use his experience and show specifics when working with both parties. Love the remark that Romney was such a poor governor that he's not contesting Mass.

9:54 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ryan is on the ropes again - he's been bloodied so many times now it's nearly time to throw in the towel.

9:54 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

I'm getting confused by the math . . . I'm gonna have a sip of water.

9:55 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Ryan is really making a fool of himself and surely is ruining the victory by Romney last week. Ryan seems like a man without a plan.

9:55 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

And I've only been here ten minutes. Imagine what I would have witnessed had I been here the entire debate,

9:56 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The GOP wants the least military people since WWI???

9:57 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Enjoying a tasty, rich glass of ruby port now. Not feeling any pain.

9:57 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

The gains were by this administration, not the GOP.

9:58 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Ninety bottles to go, BD!

9:58 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Drink - Bin Laden killed!

9:59 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Biden sounds like the fatherly figure and Ryan the spoiled, rebellious teen

9:59 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Oasama. Ouch

9:59 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

You nailed it, MUR - that's been the dynamic all night - man v. boy.

10:00 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

That's one for Biden!

10:00 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Still keeping up there, Gooner? LOL!

10:00 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

So that Romney victory was all for nought. Pissed away like cheap American beer.

10:01 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

What a difference a week - and a decent moderator - makes. This is a massacre!

10:02 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Cream crackered in DelRay

10:03 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Martha's doing the job that Jim should have done for sure, but Joe's juiced tonight. I knew this was going to be must see TV when Joe Biden starts to think he's gotta win back the advantage that Obama lost last week.

10:05 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I missed the debate last week.I was trying to get grades in time for the progress report deadline.Should this put Obama ahead again?

10:05 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I think he's done that , Gooner.

10:06 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Just had a Jimmy Riddle there - desperately needed. Back to my glass of port.

10:06 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

"AFGHANS TO DO THE JOB!" Ouch!

10:07 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

BLOODY HELL! Biden is finding loopholes in every Ryan statement.Ryan is confused and bamboozled.

10:07 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

That confused me too. What did he mean by that?

10:08 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Maybe we could send in the Afghan Whigs to do the job . . . I see they are touring again.

10:08 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Good thing I didn't have the phrase "loose talk" on the list tonight. I'd have cleaned out the liquor cabinet by now.

10:09 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Steve Dorff, thank you for your service

10:10 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

Biden stammering a bit here . . . may be past his bedtime.

10:10 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

I love the use of loose talk. Joe's making Ryan and by extension Mitt look naive.

10:11 PM  
Blogger West Ham Rising said...

I'm off to bed lads. Big day of work tomorrow. Drink Vitamin Water before going night-night; greater pre-emptive strike on hangover.

10:11 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Either them or those Eyeless in Gaza geezers. Surely they're still around.

10:12 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Evening, WHR - nice sharing this massacre with you.

10:12 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I agree BD and WHR. Biden seems to have lost some of his momentum. However, Ryan looks way out of his depth. I don't even see another Presidential campaign for him after this.

10:13 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Joe just has to coast through the last fifteen minutes - he's already done the damage. And Raddatz is asking enough good probing follow-ups that Ryan is digging his own grave.

10:14 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I agree, BD. Great to see WHR and Gooner share this massacre. To the victor goes the spoils.

10:14 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

I think those tossers with that Goo record should be sent strait to the front. That band with the singer that collabed with Santana too.

10:14 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Raddatz forgot a rope with a nice slip knot.

10:15 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Ryan with his anti abortion, pro life stance, not stating how his faith influenced him.

10:16 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Bill Maher has just tweeted: "9-1-1? There's an old man beating up on a child on my tv." LOL!

10:16 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Bit of a soft ball to end the evening on abortion.

10:17 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

BOOM BOOM BD. Funny, but rue. Is that child abuse?

10:18 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

A great comeback by Biden. He did well to sate that Ryan is imposing his beliefs on others of different beliefs/faith That must be it for Ryan.

10:19 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

This one is fading out quickly. The fireworks were all in the first 45 minutes or so.

10:22 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

I'm hoping for a strong finish from Joe.

10:22 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Ryan is a fool to think Romney can overturn Roe vs wade.As Biden stated, only the Supreme Court can do that.

10:22 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Is second both statements, BD. It's fading out because as you sated , Joe only needs to coast home, but a strong finish would be great

10:23 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

gratuitous use of 47%. uncle. I'm dry and staying there.

10:23 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Fair enough, Gooner. I've still got a drop or two of port left in the glass, just in case Big Bird comes up.

10:24 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Now Ryan says there won't be cuts on the military after stating that it would be at it's lowest enrollment since WW I.

10:25 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Cut the deficit in half? None of the other Republican Presidents have done that.

10:25 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Again, no specifics from Ryan.He complains about no plan from this administration and constant negative campaigning wand that is all Ryan is doing at this time.

10:27 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ha - Ryan begins to say that the one thing he can give is "honesty." Then he thinks better of it and bails on the answer.

10:28 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Nothing , but put downs from Ryan. He says this administration offers no solutions, but he is not stating any.

10:28 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I noticed that too, BD.

10:29 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Closing statements now....

10:29 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ouch - Scranton - one last gulp of port and I'm done.

10:30 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Joe's closing statement should empty all glasses.

10:30 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

No fireworks from Joe on the closing. Now for Ryan.

10:31 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Another sip as poverty was mentioned. Is that a subtle hint about the 47%?

10:32 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

I thought Ryan's closing statement was really lame.

10:32 PM  
Blogger gooner71 said...

Just think, last year we kept hearing about how this Ryan guy is an intellectual heavyweight for the GOP. He's a child.

Biden smoked Ryan from start to finish. Goodnight you lushes

10:33 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Well, well, well. That was a clear win for Obama/Biden tonight. Should stanch the bleeding left over from last week's Obama debacle.

10:33 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

That's it. A decisive victory for Biden. How will that affect the race for the White House?

10:34 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

Good night Gooner. Perfectly stated.

10:35 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

This supposed expert said Ryan did well no the national stage. Was he watching the same debate we were?

10:35 PM  
Blogger manunitedrules said...

It was a pleasure being part of this debate. Good night.

10:41 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Night, night, Gooner - I know you'll sleep well. As will I, with sweet dreams of an 18-0 win for the England boys tomorrow.

10:41 PM  

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