Something Fishy In McCain "Family Recipes"

Washington Post: Bloggers Find Recipes Attributed To Cindy McCain On Web Site Were Plagiarized

(Washingtonpost.com)  This story was written by Michael D. Shear.

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Ahh, the home cooking of Sen. John McCain's wife, Cindy. You can almost smell her Ahi tuna with Napa cabbage slaw or her rosemary chicken with warm spinach salad as you peruse the recipes on her husband's campaign Web site.

Or you could have, until yesterday, when that part of the site was taken down after bloggers revealed that several of the "McCain Family Recipes" were, in fact, copied word for word from the Food Network.

Cindy McCain's tuna recipe was actually developed and submitted to the Food Network by cookbook author and former "Cooking Thin" host Kathleen Daelemans. The recipe for farfalle pasta with turkey sausage, peas and mushrooms was a "quick pasta classic" from the TV show "Everyday Italian." That old McCain standby -- rosemary chicken -- was a creation of TV chef Rachael Ray and was lifted, with a few changes, from the same Food Network site.

All three were listed on a McCain Web page titled "Cindy's Recipes."

"Apparently a Web intern added Rachael Ray to our policy team without her knowing it," McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds deadpanned yesterday. "He was swiftly dealt with, and the page is down for revision."

But not quickly enough to avoid becoming the latest "gotcha" of the presidential campaign. McCain's advisers dismissed the gaffe as irrelevant; it was revealed on the same day that their candidate gave a wide-ranging speech about his economic philosophy.

But it was unearthed as McCain and his rivals -- Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton-- continued to argue about who is more in touch with working-class Americans, in the wake of Obama's comments about "bitter" small-town voters at a fundraiser last week.

Even if the recipes had been Cindy McCain's own, it's hard to see how the campaign thought it could win over Middle American voters with dishes such as crab scampi served over whole-wheat spaghetti.

A blogger for the Huffington Post, freelance writer David Weiner, first reported the plagiarism, mocking the incident as "Farfallegate? The Rosemary Chicken Dome Scandal?" He attributed the discovery to Lauren Handel, a New York lawyer who had been searching the Internet for recipes and found identical ones on the Food Network and McCain campaign sites.

"Personally, I'm not sure how an intern can be responsible for messing up the McCain 'family' recipes," Weiner wrote. "Did the intern lose Cindy's recipe box only to haphazardly try to replace them with Food Network recipes?"

Daelemans, who is developing a new cooking show for public television, said yesterday that she created her Ahi tuna recipe after living in Hawaii for five years. She said she ran to her cookbook to compare her recipe with McCain's when she heard the news.

"Am I offended?" asked Daelemans, a Democrat who said she voted for Clinton in the Michigan primary. "Absolutely not. I'm flattered. I'd love to cook it for them personally."

[b-easy63]

CORRECTION:

Who cares if Cindy used other''''s recipes? Many cooks do--that''''s why so many cookbook authors are famous. It is not plagARIZING to cite a famous recipe as one''''s "favorite recipe" and since Cindy was not writing a term, research paper or publishing, she should not have to cite every single source or use ibid and other notations to point out she did not think of them herself. Favorite recipes right? Not original?

[b-easy63]

The same woman that told middle class Ohioans to forgoe College as they would only get themselves into too much debt. She went on to say the country needs workers in the service sector. Oh, Mickey D''''s for the white middle class. Then she gives speaches to inspire Blacks of all classes. Whos the real liar. In my opinion its the Obamas, both.

Posted by kmccliment at 03:38 AM : Apr 17, 2008


1. forgo
2. speeches
3. Who''s

If she did indeed give speeches to suspend the idea of college for a while, that in no way excuses your decision to forgo an elementary school education.

[b-easy63]

Who cares if Cindy used other''s recipes? Many cooks do--that''s why so many cookbook author''s are famous. It is not plagarizing to cite a famous recipe as one''s "favorite recipe" and since Cindy was not writing a term, research paper or publishing, she should not have to cite every single source or use ibid and other notations to point out she did not think of them herself. Favorite recipes right? Not original?

On another note, and to me and those who may end up supporting McCAin if our Dem candidate loses--is something far more relevant: Does Cindy actually cook? And if so, what type of clothing and meals does a woman utilize when one of the public names bestowed by her husband to her is "****"?

After all, if McCAin see''s her as a ****, when is she ever on her feet in private, instead of continually on her back?

[glock4me]

Who cares if McCain''s wife is rich from beer money? She is pretty good looking, blond, and associated with beer... 20 years younger in a bikini and it would be like a beer commercial!!

[zerato-2009]

It is no big deal the recipes were copied, what is so interesting, is that the mccains blamed it on someone else. The only way Mccain could blame it on the intern is that cindy never cooks and asked to place some recipes online to show she is not some rich elitist. Either way it is dishonest.

[abbe91]

"Hmmm, which one seems to be the least benign?
Posted by Glock4me at 08:46 PM : Apr 16, 2008"

The one who told her husband it would be fun to "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" ?

[kmccliment]

Sooo tell me what does Shelly Obama whip up in the kitchen? NADA. NADA. NADA. The same woman that told middle class Ohioans to forgoe College as they would only get themselves into too much debt. She went on to say the country needs workers in the service sector. Oh, Mickey D''s for the white middle class. Then she gives speaches to inspire Blacks of all classes. Whos the real liar. In my opinion its the Obamas, both.

[dinodavid220]

IF THIS IS ALL HYSTERICAL AMERICANS B-I-T=C=H''S CAN DIG UP ON THE MAN.....MAYBE HE SHOULD BE PRESIDENT

[rwnb2]

Certainly after years of close association with a known liar, McCain must have been affected, and therefore must be a liar too. And, since he has not denounced Mrs. McWright and moved out of the house, he obviously supports lying and should no longer be considered as qualified for president.

[randynason]

These people just don''t know how to live life without stealing and lying. It''s "in their nature" to connive and smirk their way through life with little regard for morals, scrupples and ethics. I KNEW there was something- about how wide her eyes are set apart- that gave me a clue. Kinda like John''s chops. -heh-

[gce65]

Read little more about what McCain thinks about his wife and how his temper has been known to boil over.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html

[gce65]

The recipes were not just plagiarized, they were outright LIES!
Do you really think Stepford Wife Princess Cindy cooks that stuff? Hardly. It''s all a LIE to make her look more domestic and motherly. The truth is she''s a rich daddy''s little girl who inherited everything from her parents beer distributorship, cheated with John McCain while he was married to his first wife, and stole drugs from her own charity and then threatened it''s head if he went public with the story. It''s not hard to find the actual facts, but the mainstream news just won''t cover them.

Then McCain''s campaign has the nerve to blame this whole thing on an overzealous intern who gets fired. Welcome to big business, big media politics as usual.

[cattlekate]

So last week on CSPAN, a bright caller to an editor of the Washington Times asked if they could do a two-page spread about where the candidates stood on the issues which affect us.

The WT editor seemed...........uh.....confused with such a novel idea.

The WT guest seemed unprepared to answer such a straight-forward question.

He spun. Mumbled. Was lost.

Such is the state of the MSM Spin Media.

At what time do they really have knowledgable, non-talking-point-spewing guests who will talk about what affects our real lives and not engage in minutia which means nothing to how we survive day to day?

[element51]

cattlekate....Your post is right on track. But the neos will never face up to the facts. Too messy, those facts just get in the way. Just wait till you go the site about Obama''s tax returns. The attacks are unbelieveable. To those people Obama could jump off the Brooklyn bridge and they would fine something to fault him about.

[element51]

ixoye_02....VERY WELL SAID.

[ixoye_02]

To DemWatcher: At least the Dems are talking about issues the republicans, who don''t have any balls, wouldn''t even touch. Certainly there is a risk with the Clinton-Obama feud where the tone between them could turn-off voters. But in the end, the democrats are talking about real issues that matter to working class and ordinary Americans. The CEO-class and American monied-elite have had their champions in government too long. And it''s time to take care of the rest of America. The republicans are just about scaring everyone over islamo-fascism and giving tax breaks to businesses and wealthy people. (And none of that wealth trickled down!!) Americans deserve real debate from their politicians. The republican campaigns didn''t really draw out debate on issues facing ordinary Americans....all the republican candidates could talk about is who is more conservative and how to solve a political problem militarily in Iraq. I know that whenever the democrats are showing perceived weaknesses, the republicans and other neocons salivate at the prospect of democratic party self-destruction. There are still a lot of independents who hate republicans and the damage to America caused by stupid and stubborn leadership. As an independent, I can forgive Clinton and Obama for their imperfections....but at least I know that Clinton and Obama care about my issues. John McCain is too busy trying to appear presidential and downplaying his policy parallels with Bush.

[cattlekate]

Posted by Glock4me at 08:46 PM : Apr 16, 2008

Glock4me - Cindy McCain is of the Elite - an heiress to beer money who has never had to be like you or me - paying bills, juggling children and a job and a house. She has had all of the favors, time and money in the world.

She has never had to work in her life. She is a Trophy Wife who absconded with a married man who''s wife raised 3 children and waited for him during Nam.

She has never had an empty checking account, hungry children and a burst pipe or a disabled car. Never.

Michelle Obama was raised in a one-bedroom apartment in Chicago, and is a self-made woman who went to Princeton and Harvard, and has lived amongst us real people, not the heiresses and heirs of the top 1,000 families who run our country.

[flajoe1]

Liberal lemmings---

Posted by DemWatcher at 09:00 PM

Like "Conservative lemmings" are any different

[flajoe1]

McCain: did not acknowledge references for cooking recepies.
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Posted by Glock4me at 08:46 PM

As a Dem I could have voted for the John McCain that was running in 07. But now that he has to pander the Republican base on issues like tax cuts and how to handle the war I''m not sure I can vote for the 08 John McCain. Come on, the guy voted against all of Bush%u2019s tax cuts then in 08 he suddenly agrees with them. PANDERING!!!

I''m not thrilled with my parties'' choices either. I%u2019m afraid this November I''ll have to step into the booth, hold my nose and vote.

[demwatcher]

If this is the BEST you little Liberal lemmings can do, you ARE SO GOING DOWN in November.

All we have to do is let Hillary and Obama destroy each other by showing the world why neither of them are qualified to be President off the United States.

I am SO enjoying watching the Democrat Party self destructing!