Passion Fruit Mousse: one of seven plagiarized recipes that Cindy McCain claimed as her own

The pressure on potential first ladies and gentleman these days is through the roof. Why else would Cindy McCain resort to stealing a recipe for Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw from the Food Network website and calling it her own?

It seems that Cindy McCain, John McCain's perfect, blonde beer-baroness wife is about to find herself painted as the latest example of plagiarism on the campaign trail. This past Sunday, Lauren Handel, an eagle-eyed attorney from New York, was searching for a specific recipe from Giada DeLaurentis, a chef on the Food Network. Yet whenever she Googled the different ingredients in the recipe, the oddest thing happened: not only did the Food Network's site come up, as expected, but so did John McCain's campaign site.

It also turns out that Mrs. McCain submitted "her" Passion Fruit Mousse recipe to the New York Sun for an article that ran on January 16th. Just like on the McCain campaign site, there is no sourcing other than McCain herself. [from Huffington Post]

How difficult would it have been to have an intern transcribe a few recipes scrawled on an index card by Cindy or John's grandmother?

We hear that's the strategy that Hillary's people are using to keep the interns occupied and away from potential first man, Bill. Cindy may be stealing the recipes for Passion Fruit Mousse and Farfalle with Turkey Sausage, but it's Bill whose trying to finger-feed the mousse and sausage to Hillary's underpaid, hard working staff.

If this isn't a good enough reason to vote for Obama, we're not sure what is. He married a woman who said, "Yeah, you know, cooking isn't one of my huge things." We're guessing that Michelle will make a better first lady since she doesn't waste her time pretending to have favorite dishes to cook for her husband.

To compare and contrast Cindy's recipes with those of the Food Network, continue reading.
The proof, as they say, is in the pudding. Or in this case, it's in the mousse recipe.