Since I leave Facebook open throughout the day, mainly to monitor comments on the rrspin page and, honestly, to see who has the top drama or rant of the day, I find interesting links.

Here lately my favorite has been the Cocktail Party, whose mission is quite simple: “A group of unconcerned citizens, stirred and sometimes shaken into action in defense of the American spirit. We are in favor of less vitriol and more vodka, calling citizens to the Bar. If these are your sentiments too, why don’t you join us under our tiny umbrella? Give us a shot; our goal is not to represent you but to enjoy your company.”

I wouldn’t call myself unconcerned, rather I’m un-enamored with the choices that are offered this presidential election year.

My philosophy is, why not just mix an old-fashioned or sidecar and watch the process without getting myself emotionally enraged at the steady barrage of posts which usually have no factual basis and are only spawned by rhetoric and half-truths.

The Cocktail Party Facebook page is part of an actual website by the same name and further expands on its philosophy in a year when we are just getting hammered by attack ads and misquotations.

All this got me thinking after Tuesday night’s city council what if the Cocktail Party decided to make a run for the White House, who would the candidates be?

Obviously, my choice for presidential candidate would be the fictional Don Draper of Mad Men fame. Who better to be torchbearer of the Cocktail Party than a shrewd creative director and partner in his own advertising firm? His womanizing and secret identity well documented, there would never be a dull moment in Washington. He keeps his office as well stocked as any home bar I’ve ever seen. “They say as soon as you have to cut down on your drinking you have a drinking problem,” he said in The Summer Man episode of the show.

Who would his running mate be? Unfortunately, Dorothy Parker is dead, but should she miraculously be reanimated, the self-professed leader of the Algonquin Roundtable would out-quip Biden and Quayle and do it with style and biting humor. It is said she once quipped: "I like to have a Martini, two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.”

Of course, with the way politics go, a second party would emerge opposed to the shaken, not stirred platform of the classic Cocktail Party, which, under the name the Designer Cocktail Party, would promote a horrific platform of an Appletini in every hand and a Blue Motorcycle in every bar.

Candidates for the Designer Cocktail Party would be any cast member of Jersey Shore or The Real Life.

Me? I’ll stick with the Draper-Parker 2012 ticket and raise a Gibson to the Cocktail Party — Lance Martin

Lance Martin is editor and publisher of rrspin.com