The intertubes are making elections so much more fun, aren't they?

Now, that's funny. Man, she could have gotten any number of craptastic recipes from Cooks.com and no one would have been the wiser. Or, they could have hired staff that wasn't ineffective.

If this involved Obama or Clinton, is there any doubt that this story would be on the cable networks non-stop for the next few days? I can hear the talking heads now, pointing out how the controversy of Recipegate raises serious questions about the honesty and authenticity of a candidate.

Considering that this involves the McCain campaign, I'll be surprised if the cable news networks mention this story at all. Surely, if they do mention the story, they will quickly add that it's no big deal. Hell, they might even spin it to make it look as if the Food Network stole from Cindy McCain.

Is this really worthy of our attention, when McCain is supporting the devastation of a whole region of the world, the terrorization of families, and the killing of innocents?

The Huffington Post regrets angering its base after breaking the "bitter" flap. That's why they are working overtime to discover "damning" information about Mccain, and have posted a parade of anti-Clinton headlines ever since angry Obama supporters flooded their inbox with nasty comments about Mayhill Fowler, and Arianna Huffington, who immediately posted an anti-Hillary hit-piece in response.

Don't expect the Huffington Post to EVER say anything negative about Obama again. That's how much of a joke the Huffington Post has become.

Apparently "recipe-gate" is all they have found to counter Obama accusing small-town Americans of clinging to guns and religion when they face financial hardship.

Not that I have any interest in defending McCain, but it isn't exactly "out of touch" to use other people's recipes - pretty common behaviour.

That being said, this is hillarious, hope it gets plastered all over the news!

cindy can't help it
she was born with a silver foot in her mouth

It's not serious but it sure is a good laugh in the midst of all the other drama. Particularly hilarious because, as fabooj pointed out, you really can't get a more 'elitist' family recipe that ahi tuna with cabbage slaw, finished off with passion fruit mousse.

I'm all for some fancy schmancy cookin' every once in awhile, but does anyone seriously have "family recipes" like this? I mean, my family's recipes are things like cheesecake, cookies, apple pie, lasagna, meatloaf. I thought the whole point of family recipes was that it's been passed down through the generations - how many of our great-grandmothers were making ahi tuna?

I use other people's recipes all the time, but I don't pass them off as my grandma's recipes. But even more, it just goes to show that people really don't understand the google yet. She could have at least changed around the order of the ingredients and paraphrased the instructions!!

I can't help but wonder what would happen to Hillary if she had cribbed recipes, or Michelle Obama. Screams of "elites out of touch" would be heard across the land.

But no mention of McCains 8 homes, or is it 10?

There are a lot of recipes in common use--many chocolate chip cookie recipes are fairly standard, for example--but good grief, ahi tuna with napa cabbage slaw as a cherished recipe for the regular ol' McCain family? I think the poor judgment shown by which recipes they lifted is even worse than lifting the recipes themselves! This would be such a great counterpoint to the "Obama/elitist" garbage that I hope it gets plastered all over the internets.

Kudos to Jeralyn over at TalkLeft for even posting this. Sadly, her post has only garnered 8 comments so far over there. Apparently, it ain't funny over at TL unless the funny is all about getting in a few chuckles at Obama's expense.

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/4/15/7540/39574

Maybe McCain is right -- she is a trollop?

Seriously, I hope the MSM will stop giving the sleazy McCains a big pass and start "vetting" them as well.

More fun ideas:

Cindy's drug scandal comes to mind
Vicki Iseman -- where is she?
McCain cheating on Carol McCain with Cindy

Napa cabbage is really good in stirfry, or eggrolls too. Apparently the "napa" (also "nappa") is a borrowed usage from Japanese, but I found no etymological data to support this.

Anyway, napa!