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mookiemookie

04-04-11 09:46 AM

The Senate Candy Desk

I had no idea such a thing existed:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Candy_desk.jpg

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The candy desk is a tradition of the United States Senate established in 1968, according to the Senate Historical Office.[1] The desk, located on the Republican side of the Senate chamber, was first stocked with candy and treats by Senator George Murphy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_desk

Betonov

04-04-11 10:41 AM

All that candy and no eating in the senate house. No wonder politicans are well... politicians :DL

Growler

04-04-11 12:25 PM

Well, those are suckers - one for each of us.

nikimcbee

04-04-11 01:03 PM

And the sad thing is, if they proposed to cut the candy desk, there would some group screaming, "you can't cut our candy, children will die.":shifty::haha:

vienna

04-04-11 01:16 PM

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The desk, located on the Republican side of the Senate chamber, was first stocked with candy and treats by Senator George Murphy

George Murphy! I had almost forgotten all about him. To those outside of California or not movie buffs, he was a one-term U.S. Senator from about the mid-60's to about 1970-71. He was also a movie song-and-dance man who appeared in a large number of musicals from 1930's to 1950's. I remember when he ran initially there was a lot of criticism about the qualifications of a "hoofer" to sit in the Senate. Little did California know what was to come with Reagan and Schwarzenegger...

DarkFish

04-04-11 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov (Post 1635542)

politicians

No obscene language please!:stare:

MothBalls

04-04-11 01:45 PM

Good to know they have candy because they damn sure don't need another cookie jar.

frau kaleun

04-04-11 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MothBalls (Post 1635678)

Good to know they have candy because they damn sure don't need another cookie jar.

I was gonna ask where they keep the pork barrel...

Freiwillige

04-04-11 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1635687)

I was gonna ask where they keep the pork barrel...

Right under the obscene piles of our hard earned tax dollars.:D

TLAM Strike

04-04-11 03:00 PM

So this is how Republican congressmen lure in young pages... :hmmm:

:haha:

Growler

04-04-11 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1635732)

So this is how Republican congressmen lure in young pages... :hmmm:

:haha:

The political Candy Van?

Platapus

04-04-11 07:04 PM

Republicans in the Senate, always looking for a [candy] handout. :D

Gargamel

04-05-11 02:21 AM

Gotta have the candy.... else the terrorists win.

vienna

04-05-11 12:50 PM

The NCA (National Candy Association) Lobby:

"You can have my candy when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands!!"

Platapus

04-05-11 08:22 PM

If you outlaw candy, only outlaws will have candy :know:

em2nought

04-06-11 01:33 AM

So the candy is in a lock box, but the national treasury isn't? :salute:

mookiemookie

04-06-11 08:26 AM

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but as time continued, and the Candy Desk became a more solid tradition of the Senate, lobby groups and organizations, specifically the National Confectioners Association, and the Chocolate Manufacturers Association, organized donations.

Damn dirty lobbyists are everywhere! :rotfl2:

gimpy117

04-06-11 03:32 PM

mine would be filled with beer.

before you knock it remember: The constitution was written on beer, Its american legislation tradition!!

vienna

04-06-11 06:37 PM

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The Democrats have also had a candy desk since at least 1985. A rolltop desk located on the front wall belonging to the United States Senate Democratic Conference Secretary, is also filled with sweets. This tradition began "sometime later" than the more well known Candy desk... Candy for this desk is paid for through a "candy fund" which senators that would like to partake in the desk's contents contribute to. Jay Rockerfeller then takes this money and purchases the candy.

I am somewhat amused and bemused that no one has pointed out the Republican Candy Desk has been stocked by candy corporations and lobbies, while the Democratic Candy Desk is sustained by contributions from the Democratic Senators themselves. One could say it was indicative of the respective party's psychlogies...

@gimpy117:

That's what America needs: A return to the Beer Party! Chug? Yes, we can!!

(not to be confused with Pat Paulsen's "Straight Thinking American Government" Party [S.T.A.G.]

TLAM Strike

04-06-11 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by gimpy117 (Post 1637310)

mine would be filled with beer.

before you knock it remember: The constitution was written on beer, Its american legislation tradition!!

...and the Russian revolution was started by an angry mob who wanted to raid the Tsar's wine cellar... :03:

'tis true... :haha:

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