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October 30, 2004

Two urgent questions

1. When the network newscasters announce who won Florida, what little self-effacing phrase will they use to introduce it? "We're ready to announce a winner in Florida, and believe me, this time we've checked our numbers and counted them twice..."? "We are calling Florida for Bush/Kerry, although with Florida the only thing you can expect is the unexpected..."? What's it going to be?

2. If one were to serve a house drink on Election Night, what should it be?

a. Suggest existing appropriate drinks for Bush supporters and for Kerry supporters.

b. Create your own drink and describe what's in it. E.g., for pessimistic Kerry supporters, you might suggest the Bush Oblivion ("take three a day for the next four years") . Or, Kerry supporters might drink Iraq Invasions: Mix together wild turkey and WMDs; if no WMDs can be found, substitute zero-proof beer. Bush supporters might prefer the Shock and Awe.

Posted by D. Weinberger at October 30, 2004 09:54 AM


Comments

Mint Julip, the drink of a horse race.

Posted by: Terry Heaton | October 30, 2004 10:53 AM


Bush: Harvey wallBANG!er
Kerry: Sherry

Posted by: Richard | October 30, 2004 04:34 PM


From www.webtender.com:

151 Florida Bushwacker

Ingredients:
1/2 oz Malibu rum
1/2 oz Light rum (Bacardi)
1/2 oz Bacardi 151 proof rum
1 oz Dark Creme de Cacao
1 oz Cointreau
3 oz Milk
1 oz Coconut liqueur
1 cup Vanilla ice-cream

Posted by: Sven Cahling | October 30, 2004 04:50 PM


For the Democrats, Blue Sky Martini: http://cocktails.about.com/library/recipes/blblueskymartini.htm; for the Republicans: Red Death: http://cocktails.about.com/library/recipes/blreddeath.htm

Posted by: Ted Roche | October 31, 2004 04:12 PM


I'm tempted to just keep it simple, and suggest that the Repubs should drown their sorrows with buckets of Old Fashioneds.

Posted by: Michael | November 1, 2004 10:31 AM


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