The Official Barack Obama Inauguration Drinking Game Jan 19, 20092:02 PST

by Peter Adams

Surely you’ve noticed the festive atmosphere coming to a head in our nation’s capitol this weekend. The pre-inauguration buzz around the National Mall in DC has been like a huge tailgate party before a really patriotic bowl game. And what good is a tailgate party without drinks? Here are the instructions to kick things off.

Presenting: The official Barack Obama Inauguration Drinking Game. It’s no coincidence that the O logo looks like a coaster:

Obama’s swearing in is at 12 noon (breakfast on the west coast!). Print this out and make his midday speech the pre-game for a long night of Inaugural Balls. Remember–in DC last call is 5am.

Saturday’s train tour and yesterday’s concert each could have emptied a keg. Here’s a warm up:

That 1:41 of his Lincoln Memorial speech includes:
hope 3x
opportunity
Perfect Union
change
That’s 6 drinks in 101 seconds! Imagine a 30 minute speech.

The same instructions in text:

The Journey (1 sip of beer):
Campaign, Election, Vote, Grassroots, “yes we did”, economy, war, oil, jobs, health care, stories, victory

History (1 sip of beer):
Independence, Union, “America was founded”, laws, constitution, foundation, patriots, any reference to a past president

Future (1 sip of beer):
“A more perfect union”, opportunity, chance, “in our lifetime”

America’s Core Values (1 sip of beer):
Work, change, freedom, hope, courage, liberty, justice, progress, service, “The American Dream”, family, community, education

Positive reference to Bush = 1 shot of tequila

Quote from Lincoln = shot of whatever

A mishap of any kind = 2 shots of Tequila

Mention of your home state = 2 shots of anything

“young people”, “college students”, “next generation” = shot of anything

Reference to Martin Luther King’s Dream = 2 shots of anything

Call your own phrase of 5 words or more = FINISH IT