If you watch the address tonight, you MUST drink every time the president of the United States:

1- Mentions “hope” or “change”.

2- Says, “I’m going to be straight with the American people.”

3- Argues health care reform will reduce, not expand, the deficit.

4- Blames anything on his precedessor or some variation on that, i.e., “The failed policies of the previous eight years.”

5- Says, “Now we didn’t say it would be easy.”

6- Says, “Now I’ve listened to the American people.”

7- Says, “The Amercan people didn’t send us to Washington to argue.”

8- Argues that his administration didn’t want to have to take over GM and Chrysler.

9- Argues that green jobs programs will solve the nation’s 10% unemployment.

10- Says they are fighting “the lobbyists and special interests” and/or deals “behind closed doors.”

11- Hugs Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, while walking to or from the podium.

12- The cameras catch any lawmaker sleeping or texting while the president is giving the address.