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‘Fatal Vision’ author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71
The Washington Times ^ | 03-10-2014 | HILLEL ITALIE

Posted on 03/10/2014 8:08:03 PM PDT by slumber1

NEW YORK (AP) - Joe McGinniss, the adventurous and news-making author and reporter who skewered the marketing of Richard Nixon in “The Selling of the President 1968” and tracked his personal journey from sympathizer to scourge of convicted killer Jeffrey MacDonald in the blockbuster “Fatal Vision,” died Monday at age 71.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fatalvision; joemcginniss; journalist; muckraker; novelist; obituary; palin
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This is the guy who moved into the house next to Sarah Palin in Alaska to write the unauthorized biography on her
1 posted on 03/10/2014 8:08:03 PM PDT by slumber1
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2 posted on 03/10/2014 8:09:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
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Someone fax me a crying towel.


3 posted on 03/10/2014 8:11:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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No better than a creepy stalker. Disturbed, misguided soul.


4 posted on 03/10/2014 8:12:21 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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Good riddance.

Probably the most unethical piece of human scumbaggery to ever exist in the world of journalism. And that’s sayin’ something.


5 posted on 03/10/2014 8:12:38 PM PDT by greene66
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Judas Priest, I had no idea it was that dude that moved next door to Sarah Palin.


6 posted on 03/10/2014 8:13:26 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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This is the prick who would sit outside and watch Piper Palin through her bedroom window..Hell got another tenant tonight good riddance to this POS


7 posted on 03/10/2014 8:18:28 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Get ready to see him canonized in the msm and us to be ‘haters’.

F’him. Hope it’s hot.


8 posted on 03/10/2014 8:20:02 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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I noticed my turd wouldn’t go down the toilet easily tonight...... Now I know why. This POS was clogging the toilet.


9 posted on 03/10/2014 8:20:40 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat they sh#t on.)
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Good f’ing riddance. One less stalker.


10 posted on 03/10/2014 8:21:09 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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Me either! Wow... strange doings.


11 posted on 03/10/2014 8:22:53 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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As a prime example of his total lack of ethics, anyone recall the bit about his attempt to tie Sarah Palin’s father to some pedophile teacher at a school where they both worked? No connection whatsoever, but his documented attempt to utilize it as yet another subject to smear the Palin name told everything one needed to know about what a thorough and dishonest sleaze he was.


12 posted on 03/10/2014 8:23:21 PM PDT by greene66
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Oh that guy. A real jerk. Sarah was as gracious as one could possibly be.


13 posted on 03/10/2014 8:25:20 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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This is the guy who moved into the house next to Sarah Palin in Alaska to write the unauthorized biography on her

I'm sure Sarah will take the high road when it comes to this, but screw the bastard.

14 posted on 03/10/2014 8:28:58 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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15 posted on 03/10/2014 8:33:59 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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I did like GOING TO EXTREMES though, and learned a good survival trick from it.


16 posted on 03/10/2014 8:34:10 PM PDT by ansel12 (Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism.)
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18 posted on 03/10/2014 8:39:22 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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I had to read SELLING OF A PRESIDENT in high school.


19 posted on 03/10/2014 8:45:51 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 ( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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One less piece of crap breathing our air. I will NOT miss him.


20 posted on 03/10/2014 9:42:43 PM PDT by matthew fuller (No, I don't miss GWB- I miss Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld.)
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