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Well they can't ask each other questions, and with mic hot only for the speaker, there is a slight chance that it doesn't devolve into a poo flinging session.
 
Poke said:
It has entertainment value
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Yeah, if you enjoy :barf: One of those two will be the next president and that in itself makes me ill.
We have a choice between these two:

1. A moronic whore with cum dribbling down her chin
2. An egomaniac who can't stand it and reacts like a 2 y/o when someone disagrees with him.
 
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Matt Taibii's Debate Drinking Game rules


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Since the last presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden ended the latter’s re-election bid, newshounds are emptying Thesauruses in search of maximalist language to describe the import of tonight’s clash between Kamala Harris and Trump. “With no other debates scheduled between Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump,” the New York Times writes, “the face-off figures to be one of the highest-stakes 90 minutes in American politics in generations.”

It’s also likely to be one of the most abhorrent, ear-splitting, cliché-ridden, factually unmoored, cringe-inducing live TV spectacles ever. Or the worst, at least, since the last debate. Pre- and post-debate commentary will be critical. The notion that the press heavily influences perception of who “wins” and “loses” debates has been a tired media saw since the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon affair, but audiences are tougher now. They are more likely to see through narrative-shaping efforts.

That doesn’t mean post-debate talking points are irrelevant. As we learned the last time, cable stations have become messaging platforms for delivering pronouncements of behind-the-scenes oligarchs. We will know whether Emperor Obama (or Brennan, or whoever is really running the country) gives tonight’s performance a thumbs-up or thumbs-down within minutes of the MSNBC/CNN roundups.

As usual, I’ll be viewing the debate with Walter Kirn through the lens of a drinking game. We’ll watch the whole event, plus check in on the after-event commentary, beginning at 8:45 pm ET:

For YouTube, click here.

For Rumble, click here.

Or just visit @mtaibbi.

NOTE: The object of a drinking game is to add drama to oft-excruciating TV affairs and also to make light of participants by predicting pre-packaged attack lines. I try to make rules even-handed, which means rules aimed at both candidates’ tendencies. I strongly advise refraining from hard liquor, as a single rule can sometimes be a hospital risk (“The idea…” last time upended some players). I bought a case of Modelo for tonight’s affair, which sounds dull, but I’m anticipating a long night. Walter and I will see you soon. Without further ado, tonight’s rules:



DRINK EVERY TIME:

  1. Harris uses the words felon, extreme, threat to democracy, or for the people.
  2. Trump uses the words communist, socialist, radical or Marxist. Double-shot for tampon.
  3. Harris talks about her experience dealing with predators, scammers, cheaters, perpetrators, or special interests.
  4. Trump invokes the Kamala crime wave or defund the police, or says something like They destroyed San Francisco or You can’t buy a loaf of bread without getting shot. Any story of this sort qualifies (“These Haitians, it’s unbelievable. Who would eat a cat?”). Non-negotiable double-shot for literally third world conditions.
  5. Harris says Let me be clear, I’m talking, or “Not going back.” Take a SMALL SIP ONLY whenever she mentions the middle class. Take a full drink when Donald Trump only cares about himself.
  6. Trump says illegal, sanctuary, Border Czar. Double shot when Harris protests she wasn’t.
  7. Harris cackles. Trump does “stank face” or “pinchy hands.”
  8. Harris mentions the opportunity economy, price gouging or bringing down costs. Double for groceries. If both candidates mention groceries, take an aspirin.
  9. “CHECK, PLEASE!” Drink if Harris runs out of things to say and has to be reminded she still has time left. (Drinking game trivia: this rule was originally written for Joe Biden years ago.)
  10. “BILLIONS AND BILLIONS!” Drink when Trump rattles off a statistic that’s off by a factor of 10x. Double if he tells us how many people were just shot in Chicago and how it was worse than Afghanistan. (He may substitute Philadelphia tonight).
  11. From Harris: sales tax, bipartisan, reproductive freedom, different vision. Drink for any mathematically perfect tautology/redundancy (e.g. deadlines of time). More than three seconds of stoned-looking hesitation is a drink. Strike your companion if you hear joy.
  12. From Trump: so crazy, beautiful, fake, beating the hell, never been anything like it. Drink when he says any national problem was completely eliminated when he was president and complains the media lies its face off about it. You may also drink for take a bullet or the “pull down that chart” story if you feel under-served.

    Tune in tonight to the livestream at 8:45 pm for an additional MYSTERY RULE.
IN THE POST-DEBATE COMMENTARY, DRINK WHEN:

  • Any pundit uses a legal metaphor to describe the Harris performance (“A great closing argument,” “She proved beyond a reasonable doubt tonight,” “Tonight, America is her jury”)
  • “Move the needle” (if a performance did or did not)
  • “Trump was incoherent/rambling”
  • Harris showed she was “calm” or “pragmatic”; “We saw a real leader tonight”
  • The real opinion of Barack Obama is written on the face of an otherwise evasive David Axelrod; full tumescence of Brian Stelter is detected; Chris Hayes completely agrees with whatever Joy, Rachel, or Jen just said
FINALLY, THE WALTER KIRN RULE:

You must finish your bottle and arm yourself if a technical breakdown or broadcast interruption takes place in the middle of a one-sided debate.
 
I caught the last one for some reason even though I don't usually watch them live. I'm glad I did because it ended up being pretty historic.:lmao:

I'll tune in, unless something better comes up.

Trump just has to stay on message and stay on the talking points, he is not a master debater and nobody expects him to be, so short of a total implosion this is Kamala's game to lose.
 
Tin Roof said:
This can’t be repeated enough. Democrats will vote for whatever candidate is put on their ballot by their party, and will get out and vote to try to beat Trump.
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This. The amount of “vote blue no matter who to save our dEmOcRaCy” comments I’ve seen on social media the last month or two are mind boggling. The minute you ask one of them for any sort of reason why Harris is a good candidate for President the response is always trump bad or Biden/harris did this or that. When you press further about what Harris herself has done, crickets.
 
I haven’t seen the debate bingo sheet for tonight but the giggle square is going to be popular.
 
2JZ said:
Whats the plan?

Is this a drinking game? Maybe we can get ADD to take a flying leap off the wagon. :flipoff2:

I'm weirdly excited to see what happens. More so than the last shitshow. :shaking:

Do I start drinking now?
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I have a life and a job so I will be in bed by then, but will look for the Irate recap tomorrow,:beer:
 
dntsdad said:
Matt Taibii's Debate Drinking Game rules


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Since the last presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden ended the latter’s re-election bid, newshounds are emptying Thesauruses in search of maximalist language to describe the import of tonight’s clash between Kamala Harris and Trump. “With no other debates scheduled between Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump,” the New York Times writes, “the face-off figures to be one of the highest-stakes 90 minutes in American politics in generations.”

It’s also likely to be one of the most abhorrent, ear-splitting, cliché-ridden, factually unmoored, cringe-inducing live TV spectacles ever. Or the worst, at least, since the last debate. Pre- and post-debate commentary will be critical. The notion that the press heavily influences perception of who “wins” and “loses” debates has been a tired media saw since the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon affair, but audiences are tougher now. They are more likely to see through narrative-shaping efforts.

That doesn’t mean post-debate talking points are irrelevant. As we learned the last time, cable stations have become messaging platforms for delivering pronouncements of behind-the-scenes oligarchs. We will know whether Emperor Obama (or Brennan, or whoever is really running the country) gives tonight’s performance a thumbs-up or thumbs-down within minutes of the MSNBC/CNN roundups.

As usual, I’ll be viewing the debate with Walter Kirn through the lens of a drinking game. We’ll watch the whole event, plus check in on the after-event commentary, beginning at 8:45 pm ET:

For YouTube, click here.

For Rumble, click here.

Or just visit @mtaibbi.

NOTE: The object of a drinking game is to add drama to oft-excruciating TV affairs and also to make light of participants by predicting pre-packaged attack lines. I try to make rules even-handed, which means rules aimed at both candidates’ tendencies. I strongly advise refraining from hard liquor, as a single rule can sometimes be a hospital risk (“The idea…” last time upended some players). I bought a case of Modelo for tonight’s affair, which sounds dull, but I’m anticipating a long night. Walter and I will see you soon. Without further ado, tonight’s rules:



DRINK EVERY TIME:

  1. Harris uses the words felon, extreme, threat to democracy, or for the people.
  2. Trump uses the words communist, socialist, radical or Marxist. Double-shot for tampon.
  3. Harris talks about her experience dealing with predators, scammers, cheaters, perpetrators, or special interests.
  4. Trump invokes the Kamala crime wave or defund the police, or says something like They destroyed San Francisco or You can’t buy a loaf of bread without getting shot. Any story of this sort qualifies (“These Haitians, it’s unbelievable. Who would eat a cat?”). Non-negotiable double-shot for literally third world conditions.
  5. Harris says Let me be clear, I’m talking, or “Not going back.” Take a SMALL SIP ONLY whenever she mentions the middle class. Take a full drink when Donald Trump only cares about himself.
  6. Trump says illegal, sanctuary, Border Czar. Double shot when Harris protests she wasn’t.
  7. Harris cackles. Trump does “stank face” or “pinchy hands.”
  8. Harris mentions the opportunity economy, price gouging or bringing down costs. Double for groceries. If both candidates mention groceries, take an aspirin.
  9. “CHECK, PLEASE!” Drink if Harris runs out of things to say and has to be reminded she still has time left. (Drinking game trivia: this rule was originally written for Joe Biden years ago.)
  10. “BILLIONS AND BILLIONS!” Drink when Trump rattles off a statistic that’s off by a factor of 10x. Double if he tells us how many people were just shot in Chicago and how it was worse than Afghanistan. (He may substitute Philadelphia tonight).
  11. From Harris: sales tax, bipartisan, reproductive freedom, different vision. Drink for any mathematically perfect tautology/redundancy (e.g. deadlines of time). More than three seconds of stoned-looking hesitation is a drink. Strike your companion if you hear joy.
  12. From Trump: so crazy, beautiful, fake, beating the hell, never been anything like it. Drink when he says any national problem was completely eliminated when he was president and complains the media lies its face off about it. You may also drink for take a bullet or the “pull down that chart” story if you feel under-served.

    Tune in tonight to the livestream at 8:45 pm for an additional MYSTERY RULE.
IN THE POST-DEBATE COMMENTARY, DRINK WHEN:

  • Any pundit uses a legal metaphor to describe the Harris performance (“A great closing argument,” “She proved beyond a reasonable doubt tonight,” “Tonight, America is her jury”)
  • “Move the needle” (if a performance did or did not)
  • “Trump was incoherent/rambling”
  • Harris showed she was “calm” or “pragmatic”; “We saw a real leader tonight”
  • The real opinion of Barack Obama is written on the face of an otherwise evasive David Axelrod; full tumescence of Brian Stelter is detected; Chris Hayes completely agrees with whatever Joy, Rachel, or Jen just said
FINALLY, THE WALTER KIRN RULE:

You must finish your bottle and arm yourself if a technical breakdown or broadcast interruption takes place in the middle of a one-sided debate.
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I have shit to do tomorrow. That sounds like a two day hangover. :laughing:
 
east_beast said:
I have shit to do tomorrow. That sounds like a two day hangover. :laughing:
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Those guys are going to be drunker than hell and beat to shit before the night is over. There is a good possibility of an unintended ordnance incident if the “debate” goes for over an hour before “technical difficulties” cause a blackout of the remainder.
 
I just heard Kamel toe got podium choice, she’ll be on the right (like it matters)

Trump gets the last word, that should be a shit show :laughing:
 
east_beast said:
Finish the bottle if Kamala does her "Excuse me... I'm speaking. I'm speaking. smug bitch grin Thank you. smug proud face" thing even though the mic is muted.

Choose your beverage wisely because you're gonna be chugging it. :laughing:
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She can’t, can she? I thought that’s why she wanted mics not muted so she could pull that stupid shit. I mean yea she can still say it but it’s going to be fucking hilarious if she does it knowing Trump’s fucking mic is muted. Maybe they’ll kiss and he’ll grab her by the puss.
 
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