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ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 02:12 PM Aug 2015

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

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

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Health officials warn that you could die playing GOP debate drinking games: ‘It’s just a formula for (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Aug 2015 OP
Look Surgeon General, stop spoiling our fun SummerSnow Aug 2015 #1
Oh god AllFieldsRequired Aug 2015 #2
How about if we drink any time one of them says something intelligent? nt Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #3
But how could you get through it sober? (N/T) ghostsinthemachine Aug 2015 #4
I guess I didn't consider the consequences all the way through... nt Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #5
Then toke a bong instead Politicalboi Aug 2015 #6
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
6. Then toke a bong instead
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 03:14 PM
Aug 2015

Just don't choke as you inhale that last toke, only for it to be out done by another insane GOP talking point.

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