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s Kitchen website. The cookie world is scandalized… Cindy McCain is in hot water — or perhaps we should say, in medium heat in a non-stick pan. The Republican presidential nominee’s wife has been caught up in a scandal dubbed ‘RecipeGate.’ Actually, the original RecipeGate broke two months ago when the Huffington Post (a website established by Arianna Huffington) revealed on April 14 that what Cindy McCain had claimed were ‘family recipes

s deferential manner puts her in the company of more traditional first ladies such as Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush.” However, if you like good home-cooking alongside your deference, Cindy may not be your choice - at least not if what has been dubbed “Recipgate” is any indication of her cooking know-how. It seems Cindy’s “elegant and healthful offerings” were in fact lifted from the Food Network website. Oh well, should we expect a millionairress to get her nails dirty in the kitchen? Perhaps it

we could see Rachel Ray in the White House.

A final note: The Washington Post's FactChecker gave the story only one Pinocchio, but at least they adorned the puppet with a chef's hat.

Stop the presses!!! Cindy McCain stole her "family recipes" from the Food Network! A woman who's not running for anything couldn't come up with her own method for cooking Farfalle Pasta with Turkey Sausage! Recipegate threatens to tear the McCain campaign down from the inside. How could he marry this

on the website. Her delicious Ahi tuna? Turns out it was copied directly from the Food Network. But the McCain team has pulled off the unusual coup of standing the standing the heat and getting out of the kitchen. The site pulled down the recipes then sent this email to the Fact Checker (dreaded truth taskmaster of all the candidates). Apparently a web intern added Rachael Ray to our policy team without her knowing it. He was swiftly dealt with and the page is down for revision. Our apologies to Food Network -- but

Decisions about Afghanistan would be made by others, he said. "I’ve been sort of focused on another task," Petraeus said when pressed about whether more troops should be diverted to Afghanistan rather than Iraq. John McCain lifted "family recipes" from popular food site: In an effort to demonstrate that the McCains are regular folks, "in touch" with ordinary Americans, the McCain website has been featuring a series of "McCain family recipes" for such dishes as Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey

Decisions about Afghanistan would be made by others, he said. "I’ve been sort of focused on another task," Petraeus said when pressed about whether more troops should be diverted to Afghanistan rather than Iraq. John McCain lifted "family recipes" from popular food site: In an effort to demonstrate that the McCains are regular folks, "in touch" with ordinary Americans, the McCain website has been featuring a series of "McCain family recipes" for such dishes as Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage and Farfalle Pasta with Turkey

swiped it from the TV. John McCain can't remember a thing; he changes his course like a bird on wing. Then he says that he said no such thing, Till the next time his thoughts take a swing. Hillary Clinton's

knew they didn't have original material in the first place? Can you really beleive anything they might put out from campaigns that are supposed to be personal and humanize candidates? What stupidity. Is this a standard practice of the campaign? 1. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/04/cindys_recipegate.html