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McCain Website Pilfers "Family Recipes"
April 15, 2008 5:20 PM
ABC News' Jan Simmonds Reports: While most of the political world has been focused on controversy surrounding Barack Obama's "bitter" comments, there has also been another scandal brewing in the political kitchen.
A savvy New York Attorney noted and cited a report on the Huffington Post website yesterday that a batch of recipes listed on John McCain's campaign website, under the headline "McCain Family Recipes", were actually taken word for word from the website of the Food Network.
The recipes in question – including Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw, Passion Fruit Mousse, and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage, Peas and Mushrooms — were all credited on the website to McCain's wife Cindy. Another recipe also appears to be very similar to a recipe of TV personality and chef Rachael Ray.
When questions over the pilfered recipes were brought to the attention of the McCain Campaign, they noted that an intern was at fault.
"Apparently a web intern of ours appointed an unknowing Rachel Ray to be our Senior Director for recipe policy," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds in a statement. "The intern was dealt with swiftly and the site has been taken down for revision. Our humble apologies to Food Network."
ABC News' Brett Hovell contributed to this report.
April 15, 2008 in Hunter, Duncan | Permalink | User Comments (50)
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thanks ABC,
You will nevvvvver see this on all the other darling of the media McCain outlets
Posted by: jAYjAY | Apr 15, 2008 5:39:20 PM
I'm not fan of McCain at all, but this is a really boring scandal. I can't imagine people actually care about this.
Posted by: Kit | Apr 15, 2008 5:50:32 PM
"NO ORGANIZATION OF ANY NOTE WOULD HAVE AN INTERN PUBLISH WORK ON A WEBSITE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF A REAL EMPLOYEE."
Meanwhile, a statement of support from the Black Panther Party was allowed to stay up on the Obama campaign website until news outlets brought attention to it. Yeah, let's talk about organization....
Posted by: Bilford | Apr 15, 2008 5:55:55 PM
Who is Norman Hsu?
Posted by: Dan Tana | Apr 15, 2008 6:01:03 PM
Why not steal recipies? He is stealing all of the President Bush plans to continue the war and sticking it to the middle class.
Posted by: FormerRepublican | Apr 15, 2008 6:14:11 PM
Sounds like the big three Hillary, McCain, and Obama are filled with lies and pandering. It only illustrates how sad it is that one of these three will be the next president. If Americans really wanted someone with principles and integrity, Ron Paul or someone of that mold would be the frontrunner. We get what we vote for I suppose.
Posted by: Ben Straub | Apr 15, 2008 6:30:37 PM
Obama copied multiple speeches from Duval Patrick.
Just words remember.
Talk about hypocricy from the left.
Posted by: Jason | Apr 15, 2008 6:50:53 PM
Apparently McCain's web team needs instruction on protecting intellecutal property and the managers need some basic management guidance.
While a minor point and somewhat comical, it might be symtopmatic of a bigger problems on teh depth of knowledge of his campaign team.
Posted by: scott jeffries | Apr 15, 2008 6:51:34 PM
The real question should be:
where the recipes any good?
Did anyone try them?
John McCain will not back down on recipes if they are good ones, regardless of their source.
He's the man!
Posted by: YeahBut | Apr 15, 2008 6:52:36 PM
Hey Obama worshippers
Wait until Obama kisses Mashaal, Nasrallah, and ahmadijjan. I would like to see your comments here. Wake up naive Americans.
The Patriot
Posted by: Tony | Apr 15, 2008 7:15:32 PM
"Still, its better than what interns did in the Clinton white house!"
so Bob I did not say where he would be kissing them.
The patriot
Posted by: Tony | Apr 15, 2008 7:19:46 PM
This is 'NUTS" ........... PERIOD! This oldman has nothing better to offer.
Posted by: Che-3 | Apr 15, 2008 7:23:24 PM
# 1 Recipe for disaster: Obama 4 prez.
# 2 Recipe for disaster: Hillary 4 prez.
Posted by: Lance | Apr 15, 2008 7:31:49 PM
Man this is boring. - Be careful boring may get hitched to his name "Old and Boring"!. Silence is often golden - We can't wait to see the Republicans out of the picture and they are going, going, going..come November.
Posted by: Sherrie | Apr 15, 2008 7:37:51 PM
Bet if you asked Clinton, she'd claim they were here recipes that her grandmother passed down through Sir Hillary - or some other BIG whopper of a story. Obama would definitely find fault and let us know he knows so much more than any of us about recipes and cooking!
Posted by: Mary | Apr 15, 2008 7:44:25 PM
In shoes of our repub friends I wouldn't have been so cocky: the digging hasn't started yet. Since our dem friends are busy drowning each other full time, nobody pays much attention to Mr. McCain's existence. And there is a LOT to dig out on him if do it right; Obama's Rev. Wright excepts would look like Sunday School staff compared to McCain personal, military and voting history...
Posted by: toroid | Apr 15, 2008 7:44:50 PM
Ha Ha- a fake as the rest of McCain's facade--
Posted by: John S | Apr 15, 2008 7:46:05 PM
As a card carrying democrat and one who will not be voting for McCain I have to say, who cares?
Posted by: Harry Tuttle | Apr 15, 2008 7:47:46 PM
OMG this is so important. Here is the recipe for a glass of milk. Get a nice tall cool glass fill with milk. Now comes the good part. Pick up glass and drink it.
Now if McCain uses this recipe remember you saw it here first. haha.
Maybe McCain likes the recipes to eat. So this guy looks up the recipe and copies it from the internet and puts it into a blog.
If this is the worst we have on McCain he will win in a landslide for sure.
I am a Democrat.
Posted by: DemocratForever | Apr 15, 2008 7:49:56 PM
Mr. disabledOIFvet,
In any of your IRAQI freedom tours, did you ever noticed Obama fighting side by side with the insurgents?
Posted by: Tony | Apr 15, 2008 7:55:39 PM
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