Palin Bingo, President Forever 2008 and a Biden/Palin Drinking Game

US Citizens Plan VP Debate Party Games

Lyn Lomasi
As U.S. Citizens get prepared for the vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, it seems they also may be thinking of creative games for a debate party. A simple internet search inquiry produces results of a couple interesting games to be played during the VP debate. It seems that anyone needing something to do during, before, or after the debate might find just that in these political games. Sarah Palin Bingo, Biden/Palin Drinking Games, and President Forever 2008 are a few.

Sarah Palin Bingo looks to be among the popular choices for entertainment during a vice-presidential debate party. Traditional Bingo has been among favorite American party games for ages, so it's not surprising that it would somehow be incorporated into VP debate fun and games.

To play Sarah Palin Bingo, a unique Sarah Palin Bingo card must be downloaded for each player. The cards can be downloaded for free by going to PalinBingo.com. Once at the Palin Bingo website, there are play instructions, as well as links to download the free Palin Bingo cards.

The Palin Bingo cards contain short phrases on the Bingo spaces. When Palin uses one of those phrases, the player can then mark that spot on their Palin Bingo card. The winner is the one who marks 5 spaces in a straight or diagonal row first.

If Bingo isn't your thing, apparently The Seminal offers an alternative. Disclaimers attached, as this is intended to be a joke, The Sentinel recommends different drinks to try for various phrases stated or actions made by Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.

One VP debate party drinking game suggestion states "Every time either candidate says something that obviously isn't true: drink a little white lie." Another drinking game suggestion offers "Every time Palin tries to talk about energy policy: praise your favorite oil company and pour an Alaskan Oil Spill."

Perhaps you're more of a gamer. How about playing the President Forever 2008 video game from TheorySpark? In what is said to be the most sophisticated political game, opponents can run attack ads against each other, campaign across the country, and even give custom speeches.

The game actually includes data for election years 2008, 2004, 2000, and 1992. Other scenarios besides those included can be downloaded and added to the game for free.

Sources:

Palin Bingo
http://www.palinbingo.com

The Seminal
http://www.theseminal.com/2008/10/02/palin-biden-vp-debate-drinking-game/

TheorySpark
http://www.theoryspark.com/political_games/president_forever/info/index.htm

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  • Mary Lynn 321 10/17/2008

    excellent reporting.

  • 3lilangels 10/3/2008

    great reporting on this congrats!

  • Jill P. Viers 10/3/2008

    Cool article. I didn't see much of the debate, but all or her winking drove me nuts.

  • Kay Whittenhauer 10/3/2008

    ... at least people are interested enough in the debates to make an evening out of it.... right?

  • CJ Mathis 10/3/2008

    Some of our local bars and coffee shops had these games during the debate on Thursday.

  • Charlene Collins 10/3/2008

    I'm so happy Sarah did well at the debate... maybe this will stop all the making fun of her.

  • jpsixbear 10/3/2008

    What fun great topic !

  • Michael Thompson 10/3/2008

    Are you a hockey mom, Momie? Actually I read this AFTER the debate and probably the game players didn't have too much fun because she did not mess up like she did with Katie Couris, except if someone took a drink for each of her winks, they probably got pretty buzzed. ~~ mike ~~

  • Carol Bengle Gilbert 10/2/2008

    7 more minutes! Good write.

  • TechyDad 10/2/2008

    I've created a set of Palin Bingo cards also. Actually, it's a randomly generated set of cards (you choose how many you want). The script chooses from 73 different words/phrases to make the card.

    Hope everyone enjoys Palin Bingo (and the VP debate):

    http://www.techydad.com/PalinBingo/

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