Who Got More Waxed at Their National Conventions? Democrats or Republicans?
September 3, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Drink, Politics
Ah, national conventions. Those magical times where smarmy politicians down their vodka and tonics and fantasize about what Sarah Palin looks like spread out on one of her bear-skin rugs.
C’mon, people, you know there is some serious partying going on at these things.
But who’s having the most fun? At one time, conventional wisdom might have pointed to the Dems. Not so much due to their star-power and celeb-heavy support system (though that surely helps), but because their convention was held in the high altitude haven of Denver, Colorado. Every fool knows that drinking in the thin air will lead to moments of tipsy table dancing faster than at sea level, right? In fact, it has been reported that the DNC attendees were even handed out warnings saying as much.
Not so, says researchers. Instead, in studies, there was little to no difference seen at all between the behaviors of mountain top drinkers and those more rooted. True, higher altitudes can play with your mind slightly in general, but drinking is drinking wherever ye’s glass shall be tipped.
As for who’s having the most fun…well now that Gustav has blown away and Sarah Palin takes the podium tonight, we’ll just have to wait and see…
Cheers!
