Sarah Palin deserves privacy from muckracker Joe McGinniss

Irish Central ^ | May 29, 2010 | Niall O'Dowd

[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.

[GOPJ]

And the good news? He’s gone...

[trisham]

I’m an evil capitalist. I have no problem with it at all.

[humblegunner]

You are possibly the worst person here at FR

Possibilties abound.

Me, I don't think much of cheerleaders so we're even.

Rah rah and all that.

[humblegunner]

And the good news? He’s gone...

Not so much, no.

But thanks for playing!

Johnny, let's show him what he's won!

[ReneeLynn]

Oh, it’s not for me to ask ‘you’ questions, but you can ask the questions? Uh uh, babe. I don’t think so.

Why would anyone want to move in next door to Moore, which would probably be impossible anyway, when everyone already knows what a scumbag he is? And he’s childless.

You go on and stick up for the stalker/perv tootsie. I’ll take the sane approach.

ps. I already answered your question in my post about how I would feel concerning the President’s two children. But you changed it to MM. Who no one gives a damn about anyway.

[trisham]

1.) You are possibly the worst person here at FR

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I don't know about that. He's got some competition.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"Me, I don't think much of cheerleaders so we're even.

Rah rah and all that."

So you don't like Jim Rob's support of Mr. DeVore, is that what you're saying?

[humblegunner]

So you don't like Jim Rob's support of Mr. DeVore

Please, oh please, show me where I have mentioned DeVore.

Show me where I have made an oblique allusion to DeVore.

Show me a single post I have ever made about DeVore.

And further, crying to teacher because someone said something you didn't like is pretty weak, Sally Anne.

Go play with your dolls instead.

[El Sordo]

Good fences make good neighbors.

[jla]

1.) You are possibly the worst person here at FR

LOL How dare you ask a reasonable question! (It wouldn't surprise me if some of these people have graven Palin idols in their homes)

[humblegunner]

You go on and stick up for the stalker/perv tootsie. I’ll take the sane approach.

Obviously you have missed the point.

I'm not surprised, though.

Let's review:

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.

Would you be offended? Outraged? Supportive of his rights?

Or are those things reserved for folks you like, as in Mrs Palin?

If so, I leave the conclusion as an excercise for you.

Thoughts?

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’m sorry, did my logic elude you? You said you didn’t like “cheerleaders”, meaning that I was a Palin pimp. I then asked you if that extended to the site owner who is backing Mr. DeVore in California and you tried to twist that into your mentioning Mr. DeVore in a thread. That’s not what I said, and if you have the brains to pour piss out of a boot, you know it.

[silverleaf]

actually, Michael Moore has a young daughter about Piper’s age

It would be repugnant to think of any “biographer” renting space 15 feet from her bedroom and watching her and other children play, swim, fish, and garden and watching and listening to the family conversations 24/7

Hollywood people live with this lack of privacy problem all the time, we don’t gloat about it

[ReneeLynn]

I gave you my thoughts, but I’m guessing you missed those.

What I do get is that you don’t like Sarah Palin or those who like her. This is blinding you to the fact this man is wrong in what he’s doing. Why do you think it’s not wrong? Because you don’t like Sarah Palin?

[ReneeLynn]

He’s got a daughter? That’s just terrible. That he procreated, I mean. Poor kid.

[humblegunner]

I then asked you if that extended to the site owner who is backing Mr. DeVore

No, you cried to teacher hoping for help.

That’s not what I said, and if you have the brains to pour piss out of a boot, you know it.

I know you couldn't handle things on your own and cried for help.

There is no shame in that, some folks are just naturally weak
and in need of assistance from authority. Be of good cheer.

You said you didn’t like “cheerleaders”, meaning that I was a Palin pimp.

Aren't you?
Look, Boo Boo, I think Mrs. Palin is awesome and would vote for her IF she ran and IF she were nominated.

Otherwise.. she's an author. Not such a hot potato that every thing that
happens in her life or that she posts on Twitter is worthy of note.

Thinking that is some kind of sin? Really?

[Raycpa]

Let's review: 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.

Would you be offended? Outraged? Supportive of his rights? Or are those things reserved for folks you like, as in Mrs Palin?

Perhaps not. For example, if someone stole from someone I liked I would probably be more outraged then if someone stole from someone I disliked. However, my reaction to an event is not the measure by which society judges others actions. In this case both the writer and the Palins have the right to enjoy their property.

However, one of these neighbors is coveting what the other neighbor has (information about the family) and his intended use of his property is solely to obtain something from the Palin's that he could have not obtained otherwise. Although it is legal for him to use his property this way it is morally wrong to covet what another has and it is morally wrong to use his property to invade someone elses privacy for personal gain.

In short, I would not be outraged if Michael Moore's privacy were invaded however that doesn't make an invasion of privacy for personal gain any less wrong.

[onyx]

Would he be wrong in doing this if he moved next door to someone you don’t like?

The question *is*......

Would the press think he was wrong if he moved in next door to a politician with a young family they love to write a salacious, unflattering book?

[humblegunner]

I would not be outraged if Michael Moore's privacy were invaded however that doesn't make an invasion of privacy for personal gain any less wrong.

At least you're honest.

[onyx]

What Is Sarah Palin Building, and What Does It Mean?

~snip~

Even the most concrete new development in the Palin family, an enormous structure rising beside their existing 3,400-square-foot house on Lucile Lake, is something of a mystery. Based on the limited evidence in the planning department at Wasilla City Hall (the city does not require building permits), the building's footprint alone is 6,000 square feet, but much of it is two stories. Various sources have said the project includes a television studio (Fox News, [Sarah Palin's father Chuck] Heath said), apartments for Mr. Palin or the Palins' older children (Bristol Palin, 19, has said, however, that she is living on her own with Tripp and paying her own bills with the help of handsome speaking fees) and a well-appointed office for Ms. Palin.

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I like to think she's building the NORTHERN WHITE HOUSE!