Bacongate!

The latest Obama food-related scandal is brought to us by ProfessorWinebox Althouse:

Supposedly, "The View" had its "Best of Breakfast" segment set up before it booked Michelle Obama as a co-host for today's show. (I've blogged all the relevant details here). But such a huge deal was made out of the Obamas' lust for bacon, that I've started wondering if it was intended as a denial of the rumor that Obama is a Muslim.

Is the Obama campaign in danger of overdoing the I-am-not-a-Muslim routine? After all, it's not bad to be Muslim.

I don't know if this will have the traction of OrangeJuiceGate, but a Kid can hope.

Can't Win for Losing

MSNBC's David Shuster and Insanity's Bruce Tinsley need to get their stories straight. Is Barack Obama an elitist because he drinks coffee, or is he an elitist because he doesn't drink coffee?

"[I]t's just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, 'Here, have some coffee,' you say, 'Yes, thank you,' and, 'Oh, can I also please have some orange juice, in addition to this?' You don't just say, 'No, I'll take orange juice,' and then turn away and start shaking hands."

Orange Juice Gate III in 3D

He's in on it!



And what is that on his plate? Waffles? We're through the looking glass here, people!

h/t P. O'Neill

John McCain is 100% Disabled

Via First Draft, it turns out that John "My Wife Bought Me 8 Mansions" McCain is not only a kept man, he is also a Welfare Queen.

Sen. John McCain has long said he is in robust health and is strong enough to hike the Grand Canyon, but he also is receiving what his staff Monday termed a "disability pension" from the Navy.

When McCain released his tax return for 2007 on Friday, he separately disclosed that he received a pension of $58,358 that was not listed as income on his return.

This shocking news will probably have a massive impact on - wait, what's that? It's Wafflegate!

“Today, Obama continued to dodge questions from the media, responding that he just wanted to eat his waffle,” the Republican National Committee said in an email sent to reporters that included press accounts of the waffle incident at the Glider diner.

... and when the Republican National Committee sent the 'jump' email, the "liberal media" responded, "How high?"

Update: The waffle

Orange Juice Gate II: Electric Boogaloo

Right now I'm watching Bill Maher's HBO show, and Chris Matthews has ONCE AGAIN insisted that Obama can't walk into a diner and just hang with the reglar folks. It's a favorite refrain of his, as Media Matters noted:

Matthews: Obama "can't walk into a dinette with five or six guys there, white guys, in some cases ... He can't just shake hands and hang out"

Note to Chris Matthews - here is Barack Obama walking into a diner and hanging out (and drinking orange juice!):



And this is what a dinette looks like:




Until you can figure these things out for yourself, please get off my TV.

Arugulagate!

In a desperate bid to turn a forgettable comment into an "Al Gore says he invented the internet" meme, Michelle Malkin accidentally discovers the reductio ad absurdum of pundit stupidity:

Like Bates asked: “What is it about Democratic presidential candidates and upscale leafy vegetables?”

I dunno what it is, it could be.. wait.. what's that.. it's

Ahi Tuna-gate!

McCain "Family Recipes" Lifted from the Food Network

On a section of McCain's site called "Cindy's Recipes," you can find seven recipes attributed to Cindy McCain, each with the heading "McCain Family Recipe." Ms. Handel quickly realized that some of the "McCain Family Recipes," were in fact, word-for-word copies of recipes on the Food Network site.

Left unstated in the scandal, is why straight-shooter John "My Wife Bought Me Eight Mansions" McCain would dine on such elitist fare as 'Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw' and 'Passion Fruit Mousse.' But I guess the life of a kept man, even a straight-shooting maverick, is a comfortable one.

Pizzagate

Bwahaha! Look at that weirdo slice of pizza McCain ordered in Brooklyn! It's got all kinds of friggin' weirdo stuff on it! Bwahaha! Doesn't he know how we order pizza in Brooklyn? "Gimme a regulah slice. A REGULAH SLICE." Instead McCain orders some pussy slice with all kindsa crap on it! BWAHAHA!!!

BREAKING PIZZAGATE UPDATE:

Then, he walked down the street to Verrazano Pizza, where he had trouble following instructions on how to fold the slice of pizza properly.

Juicegate: Day Two

Suicide orange juice attacking the World Trade Center

Media Matters breaks the story that is almost too hot to handle:

On Hardball, while remarking on Sen. Barack Obama's reported request for orange juice after being offered coffee at an Indiana diner, David Shuster asserted: "[I]t's just one of those sort of weird things. You know, when the owner of the diner says, 'Here, have some coffee,' you say, 'Yes, thank you,' and, 'Oh, can I also please have some orange juice, in addition to this?' You don't just say, 'No, I'll take orange juice,' and then turn away and start shaking hands." Host Chris Matthews agreed, "You don't ask for a substitute on the menu."

Why won't Barack Hussein Obama drink coffee? You know what they call people who don't drink coffee? Mormons, that's what! Now let's dig a little deeper. Our crack WNDU team is on the case:

Obama has breakfast at Sunrise Cafe
South Bend, IN

Barack Obama is not just hungry for votes. Before leaving South Bend Thursday morning, Obama made a surprise stop at the Sunrise Café.

The Illinois senator dropped in for a quick glass of orange juice and impromptu meet-and-greet with customers.

Obama sat at a booth with a steelworker whose plant was shut down, and a woman whose factory was moved to Mexico.

The customers and restaurant workers were all excited to see the presidential candidate.

“It was exciting he shook hands with everybody, introduced himself sat down and talked with people about what was going on. It was nice, got autographs, pictures,” said Jill Hunt.

In a show of generosity, Obama even broke out his money clip and picked up a diner's tab.

You know what it's called when people who have money buy stuff for people who don't? Communism, that's what.