The Modern Gal's 2008 Election Drinking Game

NOTE: If you're here looking for a Nov. 4 Election Night drinking game, check out this post.

Not that we modern gals and guys need an excuse to drink, but election season provides us with so many good excuses that we might as well take advantage.

So, now that primary/caucus season is in full swing, I declare it time for us to formulate The Modern Gal's 2008 Election Drinking Game.


Here's a few rules to kick it off, but please contribute your own.

1. One drink for every time you hear a candidate say "change."
2. One drink for every time you hear a candidate use the phrase "when I'm president"
3. One drink for each time a candidate says either "troop surge" or "troop drawdown." Two drinks if they use both phrases in one sentence.
4. Two drinks for every time a candidate references young people or the next generation in some way.
5. Two drinks if a candidate mentions an ordinary American by name