It took bloggers a matter of hours to discover that Cindy McCain’s “family recipes” posted on her husband’s campaign website were ripped off from the Food Network, but only a matter of minutes for the campaign to blame an intern for what’s now being called “Recipegate”.
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.”
Naturally, Dems wonder why an intern would have been tasked with finding the McCain “family” recipes, which is an admittedly valid question.
The incident came to light even as McCain continued debating with Clinton and Obama over who is “more in touch” with American voters. I can’t help wondering, though: just how in touch can McCain’s campaign be if they don’t grasp the sheer number of bloggers out there who are fact-checking every statement made, including recipes, and how the internet makes it so very easy for them to do so.
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April 16, 2008 at 9:12 am
It really wasn’t webloggers scouring over JohnMcCain.com. It was someone who noticed Food Network and JohnMcCain.com pages kept coming up when doing Google searches. I think the recipes were up on JohnMcCain.com for months with no one noticing. Sure there are plenty of webloggers around, but I don’t think anyone had the intuition to cross-check every single page on JohnMcCain.com.
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April 16, 2008 at 10:36 am
Wow! I’m so shocked that a politician would lie or make up stuff or steal recipes. Great line from Hunt For Red October (the movie)… “I’m a politician, which means I’m a cheat and a liar. And when I’m not kissing babies, I’m stealing their lollipops.”
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April 16, 2008 at 9:44 am
So sad…Maybe they don’t have any real family recipes. Or, maybe they’re selfish and don’t want share their family recipes. Either way, it’s embarrassing I think.
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April 16, 2008 at 10:48 am
What’s more in touch with real America than passing off someone else’s recipe for your own?
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April 16, 2008 at 10:49 am
God, that’s a great line.
April 16, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Well, that just tears it. No way could I vote for a recipe thief. But then, I’m probably just bitter about my economic circumstances.
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April 16, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Yep, I’m so upset that I think I’ll buy a gun and go to church. Oh, wait. I already own a gun and I already do go to church.
Guess that means I’m just bitter for no reason.
April 16, 2008 at 9:26 pm
The first time I read that, I read, “…I already own a gun and I already do it in church.”
That says something about one of us, I’m certain. Probably me.
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April 16, 2008 at 9:27 pm
You mean, the McCain campaign says that the McCain family eats things they might have found the recipe for on the *gasp* FOOD NETWORK!!!!!
Oh the horror. Oh, the humanity.
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