EXCLUSIVE: McCain's Olive Garden Dinner
(CBS)
(ORLANDO, FLA.) - When Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gets hungry, he goes to his "favorite" restaurant. And last night, he dragged along his pal, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, John McCain...to an Olive Garden.
While members of the press were not allowed to be inside, CBS News bumped into McCain's server later on.
According to our source, McCain had spaghetti with meatballs and sausage.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., had fried tilapia.
And Cindy McCain had portabella ravioli.
The campaign treated Secret Service, and the bill came out to approximately $450.00.
They gave a $90 tip -- twenty percent.
As for what Graham, who spearheaded the trip, had to eat, the waiter said he could not remember.
"When I saw them come in, I was like wow -- John McCain is at Olive Garden," he said.
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See all 52 CommentsTo See the footage just Google..."John Mc Cain''s Youtube problem just became a nightmare." and click the choice with John Mc Cain''s picture.
Whoever said Obama was getting unfair press coverage should see this Olive Garden story.
The Obama complaint came out when Obama managed to attract 200,000 people in Germany
and Mc Cain had to say something
so Mc Cain said the press likes Obama better than me.
When George Bush was absent during Katrina, he was celebrating John Mc Cain''s birthday. They were together and there is footage of the film.
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We will probably have our next president elected by the media and I believe we are in big trouble.
How creepy was it when Lieberman said he had personally inspected McCain''s bearings???
Posted by Xlib at
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No actually it says much more about the Republicans. That the Republican administration sat on their hands and watched half the residents drown. Then they somehow just couldn''t figure out how to put their promises to work and rebuild most of the city. Imagine all those Democratic leaning voters are still scattered all over the country and still being purged from the voter rolls.
First, the Edwards story dominated the news before being knocked out of the headlines by the Russia/Georgia conflict. Was the Edwards matter more important than the conflict in the Caucasus? If you think so, then your priorities are completely screwed up. Anyhow, as I said, it dominated the headlines and it''s still an ongoing story, so your complaint that it''s been undercovered is absurd.
Second, Edwards isn''t the Democratic nominee - so this story doesn''t have a lot of continuing relevance. His political career is pretty much over, since he lied to his supporters, the public, and then had his subordinates pay off the woman to buy her silence.
All of this I learned from reading the mainstream press... So much for an ''undercovered'' story.
Posted by Xlib
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Ever since the televised JFK/Nixon debates, the media has decided who the next President will be. Why should this time be different?
Also, if you think the Edwards'' affair was not covered, I beg to differ. You could not get away from it whether on cable, online or newspaper. Much, much more wall to wall coverage than McCain''s affair which came to light a few months ago.
Posted by barbaraf4
Here we go again with these off-base theories about the media choosing our leaders! All media has some bias in one way or another, but they DO NOT CHOOSE who our next president will be! Did the media cause the ballot situation in Florida in 2000? Did the media decide Bush should get re-elected! Get real!
that sounds like what french people would pick...
not fit to lead.
The Republican Party has put McCain on a very short leash. He has Lieberman and Graham feeding him information and quotes and he has that forever in evidence cellphone glued to his head. I''m sure at one time he was on top of his game, but that was at least 8 years ago.
It just disappoints me that out of the vast field of potential candidates that showed up at that first debate we have eliminated all but McCain and Obama. I am not sure either is a viable choice. McCain will be another Republican puppet and Obama will be a loose canon.
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Cindy McCain had a stoke a couple of years ago. I imagine she does have to watch her diet. As for me, I would leave John and give my blood pressure a rest.
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We got it the first three times. Give it a rest.
Posted by barbaraf4
How could the middle class possibly lose with McCain''s economic dream team? Lets see, there is Carly (I wrecked HP) Fiorina and Phil (you''re all a bunch of whiners) Gramm. Yep, I see nothing but good times ahead.
Posted by estabwary at 10:23 AM : Aug 18, 2008
I guess it is a good thing she isn''t running. I doubt she would get your vote anyway.
Posted by GOP_forever at 09:16 AM : Aug 18, 2008
It is a bit pricey for this Christian family. Old Country Buffet has a better selection of food and is better priced...
I guess it is a good thing she isn''''t running. I doubt she would get your vote anyway.
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She might for Miss Buffalo Chip.
Posted by Credibility2 at 10:39
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Whole foods market is more expensive than a lot of other places, but then they do treat their employees with respect and as part owners in the business, they have health care and regular benefits. So those of us who shop there do so because we care about our fellow man and our country.
Under Republican rule, we soon will all be forced to shop at WalMart where the standard of living is rapidly deteriorating for all but the top 1% most elite who hold 95% of the countries wealth and are still not happy.
Yes, the Olive Garden is mainstream where regular folks like the McCains can go (when they aren''t at one of their 8 homes that are filled with servants).
Such pesky little details.
How creepy was it when Lieberman said he had personally inspected McCain''''s bearings???
Is that some advanced form of toe tapping?
Posted by Element51''
Well, except for the International House of Jihad restaurant in downtown Karachi.
Whatever you do, don''t order the Death to America special!
So they had a nice dinner, but hardly news...what is this writer trying to pull? Olive Garden is hardly elitist fare! Do they have something against people''s need for food?
What makes you think the reporter is trying to pull anything? If anything it made McCain look good that he tipped 20%. Most people who spend that much on a large check leave *** for the tip..good for them!
Posted by anubis00187
ha ha for real - was it the one on International Drive? I''ve eaten there and it was packed. Did they have to wait for a table?
Cindy McCain told Playboy that *** with John "is like trying to shoot pool with a rope."
Now Cindy has a hand in a cast. I hope she doesn''t get a toothache or John will become even more ''bitter''.
Posted by makeitso928 at 11:13 AM : Aug 19, 2008
You mean the ones who actually know *** is going on...unlike you. At least he didn''t ditch them for a tip.....like another candidate who didn''t make the cut.
Do you? For that matter, does any American? Considering the schools can only teach ''state-sponsored'' topics now, I doubt it.
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