The Senate Candy Desk

Growler · 04-04-11, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

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

The political Candy Van?

Platapus · 04-04-11, 07:04 PM

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

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

em2nought · 04-06-11, 01:33 AM

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

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!

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!!

TLAM Strike · 04-06-11, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by gimpy117

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...

'tis true...

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.]

04-04-11, 07:04 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Republicans in the Senate, always looking for a [candy] handout. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-05-11, 02:21 AM	#3
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Gotta have the candy.... else the terrorists win. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

04-05-11, 08:22 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,379 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	If you outlaw candy, only outlaws will have candy __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So the candy is in a lock box, but the national treasury isn't? __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

04-06-11, 03:32 PM	#8
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	mine would be filled with beer. before you knock it remember: The constitution was written on beer, Its american legislation tradition!! __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

04-05-11, 12:50 PM	#4
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The NCA (National Candy Association) Lobby: "You can have my candy when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands!!"