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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Let me know when you all have had enough of this "gate" business. The  
Washington Post bills this as "top news." This is how low we have sunk:

Cindy's Recipegate
"Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch non-stick pan over medium heat. Add  
fish to pan and cook until rare, about 2 minutes per side.  
Alternatively, cook until done to your likeness. Slice thin and  
distribute among 4 serving plates. Serve with a generous portion of  
Napa cabbage slaw."
--Recipe for Ahi Tuna from FoodNetwork.com.

"Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch non-stick pan over medium heat. Add  
fish to pan and cook until rare, about 2 minutes per side.  
Alternatively, cook until done to your likeness. Slice thin and  
distribute among 4 serving plates. Serve with a generous portion of  
Napa cabbage slaw."
--"McCain Family Recipe" from johnmccain.com.


"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 Sausage. "Cindy's recipes"  
were part of a special section of the McCain website highlighting the  
accomplishments of McCain's wife, Cindy, the heiress to a beer  
distributing empire.

"The image of the picture-perfect Cindy McCain whipping up a quick Ahi  
tuna or passionfruit mousse for her husband in the midst of the rigors  
of the campaign trail was always a little jarring. It turns out three  
of the recipes on the McCain site were lifted, practically verbatim,  
from the Food Network site, while a fourth was a slightly modified  
version of a Rachael Ray recipe.

(There is more, if you can endure it.)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/?hpid=topnews