For Colored People … When the Republican Convention Gets to Be Too Much: A Drinking Game

Stephen Colbert has a bingo card to play during the Republican National Convention. But for women and people of color watching this year’s RNC, it’s going to be a long, hard slog with more than a few cringe-inducing and drink-worthy moments. Suggested Reading Three Friends Were Headed To A Beyoncé Concert, But One Dies On…

Stephen Colbert has a bingo card to play during the Republican National Convention. But for women and people of color watching this year’s RNC, it’s going to be a long, hard slog with more than a few cringe-inducing and drink-worthy moments.

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Ways to survive the madness:

Take a sip …

every time anyone says, “Barack HUSSEIN Obama,” in ALL CAPS;

every time someone says the words “race card,” “women card,” “pantsuit” or “lady parts”;

if you can see the whites of Ben Carson’s eyes;

every time someone says “Chicago” or “black-on-black crime;

anytime anyone says the word “Islam” vaguely ominously, like “Voldemort”;

anyone says “All Lives Matter”;

every time a Donald Trump surrogate goes on TV and says, “What Mr. Trump meant to say was … ”

Take one shot every time …

someone royally screws up the pronunciation of a foreign country (i.e., Ubeki-beki-beki-stan-stan) …

… or, for that matter, any non-English word;

someone whose English isn’t very good says immigrants need to “learn English”;

someone says black unemployment is President Obama’s fault;

every time Rudy Giuliani says “9/11”;

anyone who didn’t serve in the military calls John McCain a coward.

Take two shots if …

any people who supported the North Carolina LGBT bathroom bill say they “#StandWithOrlando”;

after a congresswoman speaks, Trump asks her if she’ll also be participating in the swimsuit section of the evening;

someone calls putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill “playing identity politics!”;

if people who’ve had their photo taken with Sheriff Joe Arpaio or any member of the cast of Duck Dynasty talk about “minority outreach”;

someone walks out to intro music by a black artist, then proceeds to criticize #BlackLivesMatter;

Clint Eastwood talks to an empty pantsuit;

Trump says that since orange is a color, he too, is a “person of color”;

someone wearing a Confederate flag calls something “un-American”;

Trump says “2 Corinthians.”

Pour one out for the homies if …

Stacey Dash, Herman Cain and Omarosa are made to wear shirts that say, “African-American No. 1 … No. 2 … No. 3 … ”;

Ben Carson trips on something while walking with his eyes closed.

Chug if …

someone calls Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” or does offensive imitation Indian chants;

Allen West fires up the crowd with, “Get your musket! Fetch your bayonet!”;

you spot in the crowd someone wearing a “Blacks/Hispanics/Asians, etc. for Trump” T-shirt, hat, sign, button, etc.; or …

… a fully costumed Civil War re-enactor;

someone brings up “Michelle Obama” and “broccoli,” and the audience boos broccoli and the first lady.

Take three shots if …

a hot mic overhears an adviser whispering to Trump, “Actually, sir, I think they prefer to be called ‘colored.’”

Pop a cork if …

someone you didn’t want in the country anyway threatens to leave America if Trump doesn’t win the election.

Take a champagne shower if …

TV cameras pan to Newt Gingrich every time any speaker says the words “sanctity of marriage”;

when any speaker calls pornography a “public health crisis,” cable networks put Melania Trump’s magazine covers on the screen.

Finish your drink if …

anyone quotes the Bible, right after calling for the military to torture people.

Kill a whole bottle if …

Trump points out a black delegate and yells, “There’s my African American! We will begin the bidding at … ”

Charles Badger is a Republican political strategist who served as coalitions director for Gov. Jeb Bush’s 2016 campaign.

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