Save The Last Dance For McCranky

Word has leaked out that Cindy McCain was eager to sign up for the next season of "Dancing With The Stars" but that her hubby, Sen. John McCranky, put a stop to it. So it was OK for McCranky to embarrass her at last year's Sturgis, SD biker/beer/buffalo chip fest by suggesting she enter the "beauty" contest, but not OK for her to dance on TV. We don't remember him thanking her in his concession speech, either.

(photo: Swingin' Cindy on the cover of Harper's Bazaar)

More Sobering Numbers

... $313,100. That's the cost of suds heiress and McMansion's meal ticket Cindy McCain's wardrobe ensemble from Monday night - dress, diamond earrings, pearl necklace, Chanel watch, etc. They're feeling your pain, Mr. and Mrs. Middle America!

(Photo: Cindy McSuds in a modest $3900 ensemble, suitable for wearing when you're piloting your private jet.)

Another Cindy McBush Recipe for Disaster

Poor Cindy McBush! She's been caught with her hand in the cookie jar again. You may recall back in April she foisted some "family recipes" off on the McBush web site which turned out to be from the Food Network. Luckily, they found a poor schlub to blame and fire. Now, it seems the same thing has happened, this time it's an oatmeal-butterscotch cookie recipe from Hersheys that she offered (without attribution) to the Family Circle magazine.

Meanwhile, here's an easy way to tell if a recipe has actually come from Cindy McCain's household: before each step in the recipe, it would say, "Tell the cook to..."

(Photo: "The Trollop* with a Dollop.")

* John McBush's characterization of his wife.