The Presidential Debate Drinking Game

Update: Politico says much better what I’m saying below
“The Worst Debate Ever” 

Obama and McCain both are men with large life stories, asking to lead the country at a large moment. With one more debate to go, could someone turn the telescope around?

Original Post – After yet another talking-point filled presidential debate tonight that is occuring during the most troubled era of many of our lifetimes, turning it into a drinking game may be the only responsible thing to do as a citizen.

There’s really no other purpose to these debates, we can read line-by-line their answers on their websites. They are carefully scripted, focus-group tested, and never deviated from. Whatever the question asked was doesn’t matter. The same answer, the same joke, the same one-liner, will be repeated over and over again. Keep those beers and shot glasses handy. If they’re talking about the economy be especially careful about using “Golden Parachutes” or you may end up in the ER before the night is over.

The only logical solution is to add a third-party candidate into the debate, just to hear one new idea or to have somone challenge someone else on something. Anything. If this is the best America can offer up, we’ll need to start working on better drinking games that last all week anyways.

Politico sums it up pretty nicely with their debate analysis:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14374.html

These days, it may seem that if your “change” is not “fundamental,” and you do not “fundamentally” disagree with your opponent, then you aren’t running for president.

Fox News’ panel sums it very well here, calling the debate a disservice to the campaigns and an utter waste of our time.