Cindy McCain, Bill Clinton Shoplift Cookie Recipes
Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s wife, Cindy McCain, has once again cooked up controversy - by shoplifting a recipe.
And this time, Bill Clinton is also implicated!
Cindy and Bill, along with Michelle Obama, submitted cookie recipes for the 5th Presidential Bake-Off in Family Circle magazine.
It appears, however, that the former president and Cindy McCain swiped their recipes from well known sources, The Huffington Post says.
The July issue of the magazine features a recipe for “Cindy McCain’s Oatmeal-Butterscotch Cookies.”
“They are an absolute must whenever the whole family gets together,” Cindy McCain raves to Family Circle. Mmm hmm.
The only problem? It appears copied from Hershey’s website.
Following the lead of Cindy McCain in cookie-gate is none other than our 42nd President! Although Bill Clinton attributes his oatmeal cookie recipe to a longtime family cook, the recipe is identical to a Betty Crocker recipe.
Really. Again, The Huffington Post published both.
This isn’t the first time Cindy McCain has come under fire in the kitchen - earlier this year, a McCain intern ripped off some of Rachael Ray’s recipes, posting them as “Cindy’s Recipes” on her husband’s campaign site.
See, and people say Michelle Obama is not American enough. At least she can come up with her own recipe … or be stealthy enough not to get caught.
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June 18th, 2008 at 9:12 am
The irony to Mrs. Clinton’s statement during her husband’s first campaign for president that she could have stayed home and baked cookies is palpable!
October 7th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
The contest was to submit their favorite cookie recipe, not to submit an original recipe.
Obama’s cookies are very common too, a standard Amaretto Shortbread, or ‘butter cookie’. Like all good cookie recipes, there are a hundred minor variations, and many of them will be published in various places multiple times over. There’s just not much in the way of originality with good cookie recipes.
GG Huffington Post