Posted at 11:00 AM ET, 08/01/2011

A sugar-coated Satan sandwich, with a side of peas, please

By Melissa Bell

The U.S. Capitol building on Monday morning. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

With a debt deal reached after weeks of negotiations, the country might be breathing a sigh of relief that an end to the political posturing is near. But what posturing it was.

We were going to cover the moon in yogurt. President Obama was a jilted lover left weeping at the alter. There were reports of hobbits and trolls infiltrating the Capitol.

Oh, the merry-making wordplay wound its way straight into this journalist’s heart. Thanks to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, the festivities have yet to end, despite a deal being reached.

Cleaver declared the deal “a sugar-coated satan sandwich.”

What is a Satan sandwich exactly? According to a 2004 Urban Dictionary definition, it’s “The chiefest of hell’s dark delights, it is said that just one bite of it arouses an unspeakable lust of terrific potency.”

I’m not sure that’s what Cleaver meant, or I’ve been following the debt debate all wrong. The Twitter peanut gallery is already gleefully embracing the new meal. It seems to be a bigger hit than Obama’s peas.

This Beelzebub Burger with Mephistopheles Mayo and Lucifer Lettuce on a Ba’al Bun really needs some Azrael Arugula cc: @daveweigelless than a minute ago via web  Favorite  Retweet  ReplyOlivier Knox
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Nono, he meant seitan. Probably. RT @AndrewKroll: can’t get over the fact a US congressman called a bill a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich.”less than a minute ago via Echofon  Favorite  Retweet ReplyBrian Beutler
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What’s the calorie count in a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich?” Worse than a Beelzebub melt, right?less than a minute ago via web  Favorite  Retweet  ReplyFrank Bruni
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Which restaurant in DC adds a “Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich” to its menu first? Imagining charred meat, mad hot sauce, crackly/sweat breadless than a minute ago via TweetDeck  Favorite  Retweet ReplyJoseph Weisenthal
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Melissa Bell  |  11:00 AM ET, 08/01/2011