Posted on 05/29/2010 11:59:24 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Joe McGinniss is wrong to move next door to Sarah Palin in Alaska in order to gather material for his book on her due out in 2011.
McGinniss is well known for pushing the envelope when it comes to his subjects.
His 1983 book on the Jeffrey MacDonald murder trial result ended in a lawsuit by MacDonald alleging he had been set up by McGinniss. There was an out of court settlement.
His next book on the Kennedy's brought similar reaction from that clan who felt that McGinniss had greatly altered the key facts.
Now Palin is his subject and he is clearly enjoying himself .
“I am writing a book about Sarah Palin,” he said. “Why not live right next to the story? Unless I do something that is an active violation of their privacy, where is the harm?”
Not true. Sarah Palin has a large young family and she and her husband, Todd are entitled to the privacy at their family home in Wasilla.
The very idea of having muckraking journalist living next door, trying to peer into every aspect of their lives must be horrifying, especially as far as their children are concerned.
My sympathy is all with Palin on this given the reputation that McGinniss has for sharp practice when it comes to his writing.
McGinniss said he had glimpsed Ms. Palin for “about three seconds” and that he doesn’t expect to get a lot of material from living there but he has already had a nasty encounter with Todd Palin and there could be more standoffs.
As Palin explains it her desire for privacy when away from the political trail reads true:
“None of our houses have ever had air conditioning, and so you leave your windows open all summer long,” she said. “It’s the only way to keep cool in the midnight sun because the sun essentially doesn’t set for many of the days in the summer, leaving the windows wide open. Well, now, things like that, that’s got to change because the guy’s sitting right there.”
McGinniss is clearly enjoying the publicity stunt but he should move along.
There is nothing to see.
Would he be wrong in doing this if he moved next door to someone you don’t like?
Somewhere there is a video news report of it. Those houses are really close to each other.
1.) You are possibly the worst person here at FR (2.) Yes he would.
They think it’s going to hurt Sarah to say that Todd got PO’ed at this guy? Todd is a man, this piece of crap is, well...
“Would he be wrong in doing this if he moved next door
to someone you don’t like?”
Let me answer that:
Yes he would be wrong. However, since this jerk decided
to take this path there is nothing more I would rather
see than for someone move next door to him and give him
a dose of his own medicine.
....Although we’re not perfect, as conservatives we
al least strive for consistency unlike our liberal
“friends”.
What do you think about this? Is it okay to move into a house 15 feet from someone because you’re writing a book about them? Is it wrong to peer at their children at play? To be able to peer down into a little girl’s bedroom and have that little girl know that you’re there?
Even if this was the Obama’s I’d say it was wrong. Sasha and Malia should not be spied on from 15 feet away by some old perv. They’re innocent in the politics. And so are the Palin children.
Or don’t you agree?
His next book on the Kennedy's brought similar reaction from that clan who felt that McGinniss had greatly altered the key facts.
Now Palin is his subject and he is clearly enjoying himself." <<<<
Pervert stalker ping
Is Palin’s house the smaller one on the left?
I believe it’s the big one on the right.
Nancy Doherty is the name of his wife:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/031105/doherty.shtml
Telephone number & home address allegedly at her website:
http://editornancydoherty.com/
Wow. I wonder how many square feet it is.
The houses are rather close together.
It's not for you to axe me questions, toots.
My point is would there be similar outrage if some "writer"
moved in next door to Michael Moore with the aim of showing
that he is a crackead fag that drowns kittens in his
birdbath every morning. And then grills them.
Would there be similar outrage? If not, why not?
Well she’s got a large family and she’s done quite well for herself lately so why not be comfortable?
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