Here comes the New Hampshire Democratic Party Debate! Are you bored of played-out platitudes and promises that will never be actually carried out? Here’s a little game to keep yourself occupied throughout the process. Award yourself a point whenever you witness any of the following:
1. a candidate promises a new entitlement program (in spite of the fact that federal liabilities are at an all time high of fifty-nine trillion dollars which works out to about half a million per household).
2. a candidate tries explain away his or her “yes” vote on authorizing the president to send troops to Iraq (despite not having read key intelligence reports beforehand).
3. a candidate talks about protecting your civil liberties or freedoms has voted for the circumvention of the 4th Amedment in the Patriot Act – especially its reauthorization (*ahem* Obama, Clinton, Edwards–who was not in office during reauthorization–, Biden, and Dodd).
4. Edwards tries oh-so-hard to prove that he is one of us and not one of the “elite” (double if he uses a folksy anecdote and triple if it involves a farm or agriculture).
5. Every time Dennis Kucinich suggests something completely off the wall like a “Department of Peace.”
6. a candidate promises more “gun control” since firearms have no place in private hands even though he used to own one for his own protection.
7. a candidate tries to make the audience believe that he is the second coming of Bill Clinton.
At the end, tally up the points. Who wins after all of this? If you guess the person with the most points, you’re absolutely wrong. The winners are all the candidates who managed to make it through the whole thing without make a huge gaffe and the press who has boosted its advertising revenue.
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