We reported earlier on the latest Cindy McCain recipe scandal. It seems she did it again. Yes, Mrs. McCain has again published one of "her" recipes that she actually lifted from somewhere else. Well, an intrepid AMERICAblog reader has investigated this issue further, and discovered that in fact the two recipes at the center of the latest controversy are quite different. See for yourselves:
See, in the all-important butterscotch chip category, the recipes are markedly different. Hershey's recipe calls for 1 3/4 cup butterscotch chips, while Cindy McCain's only calls for 1 2/3. This is important, let me do the slow-mo replay for you.
Hershey's... 1 3/4c
McCain... 1 2/3c
I hope this puts to rest the notion that Mrs. McCain is some kind of thief. And even if she were, come on guys, it's not like she stole drugs or something.
Oh, that's right. From Snopes:
In 1989, following two back surgeries, Cindy McCain became addicted to the painkillers Vicodin and Percocet. To keep up with her daily need of 10 to 15 pills, she used other people's names for prescriptions and stole drugs from the American Voluntary Medical Team, a mobile surgical unit she'd begun in 1988 to provide emergency medical services around the world. A 1993 DEA audit of the amount of painkillers her charity had obtained quickly uncovered her thefts. She avoided prosecution for those crimes through an agreement with the Justice Department in which she submitted to drug testing, paid a fine, performed community service in a soup kitchen, and joined Narcotics Anonymous. She also closed her medical charity.Never mind.
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