The Presidential Debate Drinking Game Part II: The Belmont University Edition

Tonight, Barack Obama and John McCain will come out from behind their attack ads and go head to head in the second presidential debate. Moderated by Tom Brokaw, the town-hall style meeting will take place at Belmont University in Nashville, and will feature questions from the audience about foreign and domestic policy. The change in format is intended to be less confrontational, but after the recent fighting words being spewed on both sides, less confrontational seems unlikely.
 

While Americans are not anticipating this debate with quite the same excitement as the vice-presidential showdown, there is sure to be a large number of viewers. To spice up the political jargon, whip out the Presidential Debate Drinking Game Part II. Any (and all) kinds of alcohol are permitted, and Southern Comfort and Jack Daniels are particularly encouraged, in homage to the debate’s Tennessee location.
 

So drink in the verbal sparring and drink up whenever you get the chance:
 

- When either candidate says “economic crisis,” “tax cuts” or “bailout,” chug to forget you’re poor.
 

- When McCain says “experience,” drink.
 

- When McCain mentions “palling around with terrorists,” “Bill Ayers” or “Afghanistan,” take a kamikaze shot.
 

- When either candidate says “character” or “smears,” drink.
 

- When Obama brings up the “Keating Five,” take 5 shots.
 

- When McCain says “straight talk,” take a shot of Jack Daniels, straight up.
 

- When anyone mentions Sarah Palin, wink, drink, wink. If you forget to wink, drink again.
 

- When Obama says “change,” drink.
 

- When McCain says “Who is the real Sen. Obama,” take a shot.
 

That headache you feel in the morning won't be from the alcohol, but rather from an overdose of political spin.