Health officials warn that you could die playing GOP debate drinking games ...

[meegbear]

'It’s just a formula for disaster'

Public health officials are urging Americans to exercise caution if they choose to participate in "drinking games" during the first Republican primary debate this Thursday in Cleveland, Ohio.

"You simply can’t drink every time one of these guys says something silly," said Surgeon General Vivek Murthy during a Wednesday morning press conference. "We’ve got three candidates who are prone to gaffes — Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Scott Walker — and then a half-dozen obscure goofballs vying with Donald Trump for a little media attention. It’s just a formula for disaster."

Murthy suggested that people play a safer variation of the traditional debate drinking game by only consuming alcohol when one of the candidates says something reasonable.

"We’re not saying that people shouldn’t have fun participating in the rotting vestiges of our once-great democracy," he said. "Just do it responsibly. Instead of, say, shotgunning a beer when Ben Carson compares abortion to a planet-killing meteor wiping out humanity, consider taking a shot if Jeb Bush acknowledges that human activity is contributing to climate change," he said. "And that drink might even have some therapeutic value when he goes on to argue that we shouldn’t do a damn thing about it."

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/health-officials-warn-that-you-could-die-playing-gop-debate-drinking-games-its-a-formula-for-disaster/

'Nuf sed.

[stone space]

1. This was my first thought when I saw those threads titles.

[skepticscott]

5. I hope you're not

Going to take a drink every time one of the candidates advocates more guns and fewer restrictions on them.

[ctsnowman]

2. lol Love it.

[sarge43]

3. Brilliant.

That's a keeper.

[Punx]

4. There should be a warning label

Republicans

Dangerous to your health and sanity, even when consumed moderately.

[Amimnoch]

6. Just watching it, with or without alcohol would be bad for my blood pressure.

[kenfrequed]

8. Wow, that is a rough choice

Alcohol poisoning or Cardiac event.


Maybe I should just settle for watching the highlights on youtube.

[Fred Sanders]

7. A carnival, with head carnival barker Fox in charge with America's four other major carnival barkers on the sidelines.

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. Love the humor..seriously though -

The SG Murthy actually said this?????roflmao -

From article -

consider taking a shot if Jeb Bush acknowledges that human activity is contributing to climate change," he said. "And that drink might even have some therapeutic value when he goes on to argue that we shouldn’t do a damn thing about it."

Priceless!!!

[niyad]

11. satire

Elections 2016, Satire / Parody
Health officials warn that you could die playing GOP debate drinking games: ‘It’s just a formula for disaster

[Purrfessor]

10. GOP Survivor: Outslur Outdistort Outbrag

[niyad]

12. pretty much.