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In much the same way the same way that “Clymer” became synonymous for the epithet with which it was associated by Dick Cheney, the name McGinniss should become synonymous for pervert. I wouldn’t even call him a stalker. Stalking is an activity in which he is currently engaged. “To stalk” is a verb. The proper noun (or synonym) for “a McGinniss” is “a pervert” (or “degenerate” or any other noun that describes the person). Why put a limit on the descriptive noun for this creep that makes him seem less harmless? No one has really looked into his background to see what lurks there. But underneath a sewer cap, one generally finds.....a sewer.

In fact, I think it would be an interesting contest to see how many different nouns exist in the English language that are synonymous with “a McGinniss”.

I googled “Joe McGinniss””stalker” and “Joe McGiniss””pervert” and got 35,800 and 1620 hits, respectively. Googling Roman Polanski with the same words, I got 18,200 and 107,000 respectively. I think it is time for a “McGinniss Surge” on the internet to overtake and displace Polanski as the reigning pervert of the Western world.

But for the strange spelling of his name, he'd be getting a lot of hits for several associated unflatter words. Maybe he is. I don't use google.

Stacy Drake sums it by stating:

"Mr. McGinniss has no idea who the Palin’s are. He is testing their ability to put up with an enormous amount of crap from a deranged old man with nothing better to do than to harass a family that just so happens to have a mother that doesn’t agree with him politically. He’s trying to see if he can push their buttons enough to provoke a reaction he can write about in his book and generate more publicity for it’s release. He is going to fail and he is going to fail miserably. The Palin’s will not be provoked to do anything and he is simply going to have to rely on his old method of lying.
Joe McGinniss… Go to Hell and take Dave Weigel with you."

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McGinniss and his friends in the world of yellow journalism are delighted that he's writing a salacious, unflattering book on Sarah Palin in time for the presidential races, which they hope will either derail her or distract her.

After all, that's the point and reason for his book.