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Swarthmore Celeb Author Likes His Quiet In Wasilla
BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 5-29-10

Posted on 05/29/2010 7:56:23 AM PDT by Tribune7

Expose author Joe McGinniss, whose long-time HQ was Swarthmore, Pa. has moved his base to Wasilla, Alaska right next door to Sarah Palin.

McGinniss was a sportswriter for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (the original one), then a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer before hitting the big time in 1969 with the Selling Of The President, which described the marketing techniques used in the successful Nixon campaign the year before. He is best known for his true crime books Fatal Vision, Blind Faith and CruelDoubt, all of which became TV miniseries.

McGinniss generally portrays his subjects rather unflatteringly.

McGinniss, who has written a critical magazine piece on Mrs. Palin, is allegedly writing a book about the former Alaska governor, but perhaps his move to Alaska is really motivated by a desire for peace and privacy. McGinniss has placed "no trespassing" signs all over the rented property and has threatened at least one news crew with arrest after they showed up at his door. The Palins have compassionately erected a 14-foot-high fence between the homes on his behalf.

McGinniss does appear to have a fixation on Mrs. Palin, almost like something of out a Robert Mitchum movie -- think Cape Fear or Night of the Hunter.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Alaska; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: palinfreeperping; sarahpalin
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1 posted on 05/29/2010 7:56:23 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...

A Pa connection ping


2 posted on 05/29/2010 7:56:55 AM PDT by Tribune7 (It is immoral to claim the tea parties to be racist)
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To: Tribune7

The person who rented to this jerk is worse.


3 posted on 05/29/2010 8:00:00 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Tribune7

It’s a Hillary-style “personalize the attack” intimidation op.

It’s also twisted, hateful and insane - but I already mentioned Hillary.


4 posted on 05/29/2010 8:00:48 AM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: Talisker
There is a lot of empty space in Alaska.

People go missing and the critters feast.

Ole' Joe may find true peace and quite.

5 posted on 05/29/2010 8:07:02 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: Tribune7
The Palins have compassionately erected a 14-foot-high fence between the homes on his behalf.

On HIS behalf?

6 posted on 05/29/2010 8:08:55 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Tribune7

Bear feast still on the leftist hoof ...


7 posted on 05/29/2010 8:08:59 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: FES0844; All
There is some evidence emerging that one of the anklebiters might have set this up. Check this story and thread...

Stalker, Joe Mcginniss Interviewed by his biggest fan Dave Weigel

8 posted on 05/29/2010 8:09:03 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: dirtboy

Yes, haven’t you seen his ‘no tresspassing’ signs?


9 posted on 05/29/2010 8:09:46 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: dirtboy
On HIS behalf?

I took this to be tongue in cheek .... as in Sarah is trying to help him with the privacy he seeks.

10 posted on 05/29/2010 8:13:05 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: Tribune7
Just call him

"Peeping Joe."


11 posted on 05/29/2010 8:22:00 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Tribune7
"Mr McGinness... someone's trespassing in your back yard!"


12 posted on 05/29/2010 8:23:41 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: dirtboy

The Palins are nice people and Joe clearly wants his privacy.


14 posted on 05/29/2010 8:50:34 AM PDT by Tribune7 (It is immoral to claim the tea parties to be racist)
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To: Tribune7

This guy should be on some type of medication that will help him reach adulthood.


15 posted on 05/29/2010 8:59:06 AM PDT by hgro (Jerry Riversdun)
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To: Tribune7

A city guy, used to a town like Swarthmore, and the Philadelphia area? I doubt he will make it through the winters in Alaska. Let’s see him try to fit in with the hearty folks there, LOL. Ain’t no WaWa’s or Starbucks on the corner.


16 posted on 05/29/2010 9:17:41 AM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: CitizenM

He’ll probably be gone once it starts to get cold though.


17 posted on 05/29/2010 9:49:07 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (FR - my online family. From Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
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To: CitizenM

He has the place for 5 monthes, just till October. However, October in Alaska can be nasty. But anyway the big brave stalker made sure he was going to be quite comfy while he makes the Palins lives very uncomfortable. Any stalker worth his salt would at least spend a winter there just to prove his worth. Cowardly s.o.b.


18 posted on 05/29/2010 9:51:53 AM PDT by beckysueb (January 20, 2013. When Obama becomes just a skidmark on the panties of American history.)
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To: Tribune7

Talk around town which is a SMALL town is that most people have his mugshot and know him by sight.

I also heard one person say that if it happened to him he would rent a wood chipper machine and fire it up every morning next door to this guy.

Funny thing is its summer in Alaska, daylight is as early as 3am and sunset around midnite and lots of people work building and doing construction 24 hours a day 7 days a week, myself I was delivering concrete last at 7pm here in Wasilla.


19 posted on 05/29/2010 10:08:06 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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To: Eye of Unk

Yes, now would be a good time for Todd to get to those much/always-needed engine repairs on the plane. And it’s always a good idea to double-check one’s work as often as possible.


20 posted on 05/29/2010 11:20:59 AM PDT by redhead
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