I don't want to be overly judgemental but are we sure that Megyn Kelly actually WENT to law school? (Yeah I guess she did. AND she was the editor of the Albany Law Review? Wow I guess when they say too much peroxide kills brain cells they are not kidding are they?)
Well since she has some knowledge of the law then there is simply NO excuse for this incredibly shoddy attempt to smear Mr. McGinnis by jumping to ridiculous conclusions.
Let's take another look at this picture that they so completley misrepresent.
Okay now this picture was taken from the edge of the Palin property. As you can see Mr. McGinnis is all the way on the OTHER side of his balcony, literally only a few feet away from the property line, and as far away from Sarah and her family as his deck allows him to go. Now the geniuses on the Fox legal panel make the accusation that he is looking through binoculars. In fact he is talking on his CELLPHONE and had no idea his picture was being taken. (By the way Mr. McGinniss is a college graduate so I am pretty sure that he could figure out that he would need to be facing the Palin house while looking through the binoculars in order to spy on them. But once again kids, it is a CELLPHONE!)
And you know Megyn Kelly has a history of this kind of ridiculous hyperbole. As some of you may remember she gave similarly poor legal advice suggesting the Palins go after your favorite blogger, and mine, just last summer. (By the way, and I always feel I need to explain this, the comments about "dressing my boys up in skirts" was a completely tongue in cheek response to rumors that the Bush administration was going to reinstate the draft and to news that they were lowering the recruitment requirements for the US Army to allow in people with substance abuse issues and mental health problems, yet they were still kicking out gays at an amazing rate. And I should also mention that my only biological child is a 23 year old female, and to be honest I could not even get HER to wear skirts after she turned four years old.)
Trust me Joe McGinniss is NOT going to do ANYTHING which would justify the Palins taking any legal action whatsoever. He is here to write a bestselling book, and I believe that is exactly what he is going to accomplish, despite any attempts by the Palins to scare him off the story.
I saw this a few days ago. EPIC fail. Kelly is a twit and a tool.
ReplyDeleteFor security maybe Joe should give Mike Wooten free room and board.
ReplyDeleteAfter Megyn beats this story to death... maybe Hannity can use it as a new basis to call for Obama's impeachment.
Beck will see the initials JM on the liberty bell and say it proves Joe is taking away Sarah's freedom.
Joe.. stay safe and please dig up all the dirt.
Sarah needs to take a few of her million$ and move to a secluded residence. She can't put herself in the headlines every day and still expect to live like a private citizen. Let's get realistic!
ReplyDeleteThe really cool thing is that if Sarah hadn't required the landlord to build that deck that Sarah later refused to pay for, Joe wouldn't have nearly as nice a view!!!! Karma or what?
ReplyDeleteSo who took this picture? Isn't that invasion of his privacy??
ReplyDeleteThis incident proves again that Sarah cannot be POTus. She does not think ahead. She has known that the house was 15 feet away, that she cannot control who lives there because she does not own it and yet she did not act or apparently even think about what might happen if she got a neighbor that she did not like. Any thinking person solves problems before they arise. Any POTUs must be especially alert for problems and try to avoid them.
ReplyDeleteLook how silly the USA would look if she carried on about something this insignificant, or something that had been so easy to avoid, in such an hysterical way on the international scene if she were elected. Good GOD Sarah. ANyone would have bought the property next door since it was so close to avoid any problem. this reflects most badly on her decision making rather than on Joe. Shame on you Sarah.
PS I thought Bristal was in fear of her life because their compound was so isolated. Now we find out there is a neighbor 15 feet away. Lies and tantrums. No substance in this family. Go away.
The one actual solution to Sarah's problem is something she is incapable of doing: ignore him.
ReplyDeletei have no doubt at some point she will try to have him arrested for ,,, something, anything.
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Sooo....when we were all kids and were learning that lesson about ignoring people who give us negative attention, where was Sarah? Somehow I get the impression that the Heath family has never been much into ignoring people who bug them. They are about dishing it out, not turning the other cheek.
ReplyDeleteHoly Moly. Did she really say "Unfortunately, it's not stalking or harassment, at least not yet."
ReplyDeleteBe sure to alert Sarah's tax assessor that her new fence has increased the value of her property.
ReplyDeletePalin's just pissed because the meth lab was shut down and she has to look further for her fix.
ReplyDeleteThis "legal" reporting is merely positive narcistic supply for victim Palin from surgar daddies (and mommies) at fox. Fox is protecting their very expensive investment in Palin by feeding her mental illness. Fox personnel are cheerful in their moral and intellectual abyss because they want and get big dollars to wallow.
ReplyDeletePalin's facebook post on McGinniss and the hilarious hillbilly fence were steps in the right direction. Palin's handlers were NOT in control. The Memorial Day tweet mess and lame facebook pull-back also appear to be lax handler control.
What we can not tell from outside the Palin bubble is whether Palin's pyschosis is eluding the handlers or whether the handlers are relaxing the leash deliberately. Either scenario is just fine with me. Joe McGinniss's contribution is greatly appreciated.
I am not a lawyer nor do I work in law enforcement. I do have common sense.
ReplyDeleteWhere is a blown up photo zooming in on McGinnis on the deck furnishing evidence of Fox reporters or Palin alleging e syed with binoculars? Where are the police reportss the Palin's filed due to actual peeping, spying, stalking activities? Where are the "continued hit pieces?". To my knoweledge McGinnis wrote two unfavorable pieces.
Have the other people who bid in the auction been accused of "stalking"? Has it been investigated if any bidders also attended book signing tour?
Who received thousands of emails and death threats consequential to Palin posting her concerns, allegations of voyeurying children, used recording device (camera)? Palins or McGinnis? Who went public, radio, tv that resulted in harm, threats of bodily harm to whom?
Who contacted and gave permission to ABC to use recording devices from the lake, the Palin property and to go on the rental property? Who is guilty of invasion of privacy using recording devices inclusive of cameras and microphones that they solicited? Did ABC barge in or first contact the Palins?
By definition of the laws for criminal and civil suits Fox presented, if I was a juror the Palins would be guilty both civilly and legally of "stalking" as defined by the law.
How did the Palins handle the situation they allege was "going to happen"...for no one is guilty of acts they have not committed. Yet persons who commit the acts as defined by law as civil and legal crimes need to be held accountable. Where are emails harassing the Palin's from Joe, the "ongoing harassment" they accuse him of, threatening letters.Did the police search Joe's house finding the alleged binoculars, recording devices..evidence of sexual perversions..the Palin's nationally ave alleged e intends to commit sexual offenses?
Another misrepresentation: the deck does not overloo from the Palin'sk the Palin's kitchen window.
ReplyDeleteI detect rage, venemous rage as if they are victims to erect a more private fence, ever draw their blinds, be responsible for their privacy like any one else living in a neighborhood. Oops, they lied under oath they live in an isolated area "middle of no where" so it makes sense they'd be angry as if it's Joe's fault they got caught in their lies under oath to tell the truth! How dare Joe humiliate them therefore he deserves a heavy dose of veiled accusations of pedophilia voyeurying and "hit pieces". Now, in Palin world Joe must be punished for what the Palin's have done. O my, ppoor Sarah Palin..poor Trig...can't be in danger of lawnmower rocks taking an eye out or worse! The Palin's must have alot to hide.
These women are just some of the enablers who have contributed to perpetuating Palin's nonsense.
ReplyDeleteOf course, FOX Noise has a long list of enablers of Palin's psychotic behavior. If she goes off the deep end about something as trivial as having a neighbor she doesn't like, she is not only providing a poor example for her kids to follow in similar situations. She is also the one subjecting them to unwanted attention with her ugly, unfounded accusations about McGinnis spying on them. What she would have faced here in Washington, DC, would be at least 100 times worse. The Palin family sideshows would have been an undesirable distraction, and the rest of the world would have looked at this country as a never-ending source of laughter.
She is impulsive, immature, and just plain dumb. The women in this video are just as stupid as she is, and their unwarranted sympathy for a woman who keeps digging a hole for herself reflects just as poorly on them as it does on her. Has it occurred to any of them that McGinnis would have been on solid ground if he had decided to lodge complaints against the Palins and their human pit bulls like Glenn Beck for threatening to harm him?
There is NO way she's going to be able to keep it together for five months with him right next door? So how do you think she'll deal with it? Move? Increase her meds? Make up some preposterous story about him? This is like one of those old magazine serials, I can't wait for the next chapter to see what happens.
ReplyDeleteRecovering addicts next door for three years- no problem. Meth lab in the basement of the house next door- no problem. Secret Service next door during 2008 campaign- they really had to watch the Palins and listen to everything- no problem. Levi living in the Palin house- no problem regarding Willow and Piper.
ReplyDeleteOne legitimate writer known for doing good background research on his subjects- freak out!
Sarah is so busy playing the victim and calling attention to herself that she forgets how stupid it looks. She could never hold any kind of high political office where she would be subject to even more scrutiny. By playing the victim and acting crazy, she diminishes any value that her political endorsements might have had. Speeches- oooh, it's that crazy lady, she will be sure to attract attention!
I'm glad that Fox won't let this die. Joe's future book sales will no doubt double or triple based on Fox's made up controversy.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin says:
ReplyDelete"I think it's appalling and a violation of our freedom of the press." —Speaking about the negative media coverage of Republican congressional candidate Vaughn Ward, Boise, Idaho, May 21, 2010
But she was really talking about coverage of her- if it's not positive, it ain't legal.
You betcha.
What is the name of Joe's book going to be ? I want to place a pre-order. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteFox News has not had one of their reporters go completely insane right on camera, falling off their chair and rolling around in their own vomit...YET.
ReplyDeleteThis Kelly girl we saw on the video...has not had a sex tape with her and three black men, show up on YouTube...YET.
Glenn Beck has not made an utter fool of himself...YET. Oh, wait, yes he has.
What a smear job they are trying to do on Joe...that HAS to be illegal, doesn't it?
I emailed Kelly@foxnews.com re: erroneously reporting the deck. I linked to the ABC video corruborating the deck does not "overlook the kitchen". I copied a photo of the front of the rental house which clearly shows the deck was not built to the edge of the house next to the Palin's house. I also copied an aerial view of the Palin compound that the Palin's have more property to ensure their privacy instead of confining the children to the fifteen foot space between the houses. As I looked at the aerial photo, considered the BS about how the Palin's won't be able to go outside at their own home I started laughing at how ludicrous this is albeit their right to their discomfort at McGiniss's proximity. Wow, the need to control and say things, publish one photo misrepresenting physical facts to recruit people to intimidate and drive Joe off speaks a thousand words.
ReplyDeleteIt is true, it is not so much what happens, but one's response to it. Given the Palins' response and actions (which others limit to so what they only built a fence)it's a good thing neither she nor Todd are in a governing position.
Ms. Kelly went too far reporting on hypothetical and alleged future crimes void of what has actually transpired on both parties parts.
Golly gee, I'd love to see pics of the children's play area between the fence and the house next to the storage sheds and the garden!
It may be an inconvenience for Sarah to not mow part of the lawn but they have a hell of alot of property for her to tend to out of view in the nude if she chose.
Joe's book is tentatively titled "Sarah Palin's Year of Living Dangerously".
ReplyDeleteThanks Gryphen, but a search at Amazon shows no such book; nor does a search of Joe McGinniss list such a title. I'll keep checking back at Amazon and see if it shows up. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGiven ANY COURT ON EARTH, even to the level of night-court that hears parking violation cases in a suburb of Detroit would toss this line-up of clowns OUT! They do not have a single inclining of a clue what they are talking about...
ReplyDeleteJust more Ailes dribble....
I have no doubt that at some point in Joe's 5 month stay at the house next door, he will have grounds to file a harassment suit or worse against the Palins. They are going to fester, fulminate and stew in their trumped up outrage until they do something stupid and/or felonious to this man who has done nothing but move in next door.
ReplyDeleteI betcha Megyn's and Kelly's carpets does not match their drapes. Those skanks probably does not have carpet.
ReplyDelete1. How can Bristol claim they are in the middle of nowhere when this guy is 12' away from SP's kitchen window?
ReplyDelete2. Yes, it is unnerving to have a guy who is writing a biography on you camped next door, but who cares? Pretend you don't see him, it is time to show off how all American you are and be a little cheesy.
3. William Shatner needs to read SP's stuff. He is better at it.
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ReplyDeleteHigh Court: Justices to consider 'funeral protests' in free-speech case
Maybe Fox News and its "legal experts" should concentrate on something meaningful that actually involves harassment of families and friends grieving over the loss of a son or daughter killed in the line of duty, instead of wasting time on Sarah Palin's whining about a journalist moving in next store and maintaining herself a a serial fake victim.
One day we are going to have to face the truth about these scoundrels and it won't be pretty.
ReplyDeleteHow Bush's DOJ Killed a Criminal Probe Into BP That Threatened to Net Top Officials Wednesday 19 May 2010
Mention the name of the corporation BP to Scott West and two words immediately come to mind: Beyond Prosecution.
West was the special agent-in-charge at the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Criminal Investigation Division who had been probing alleged crimes committed by BP and the company's senior officials in connection with a March 2006 pipeline rupture at the company's Prudhoe Bay operations on Alaska's North Slope that spilled more than 200,000 gallons of oil across two acres of frozen tundra - the second largest spill in Alaska's history - which went undetected for nearly a week.
Exposure to crude oil and dispersants are a public health risk
Why Not The Death Penalty For Egregious, Reckless and Widespread Corporate Pollution?
Joe McGinniss wrote an article that riled the former shadow gov and former employee of Bristish Petroleum, Todd of BP. The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman covers the Palin's ass in a tricky way and can get by with that in Wasilla, Alaska. But it is not enough.Others carry on the tricks and lies to smear a respected author.
ReplyDeleteThe working title for the book McGinniss is working on is "Sarah Palin's Year of Living Dangerously" and according to the San Francisco Sentinel:
McGinnis, who Mrs Palin described as a “twisted” and “yellow” journalist, normally hails from Massachusetts.
The forthcoming book will not involve muckraking, and isn’t going to be particularly intrusive, they claimed. Instead, it will “examine Sarah Palin’s significance as both a political and cultural phenomenon and as an embodiment of the contradictory forces that shaped Alaska as it moved into its second half-century of statehood.”
McGinnis is “well regarded for his in-depth, up-close reporting,” they added, promising that the author, who has written several real-life crime novels “will be highly respectful of his subject’s privacy as he investigates her public activities”.
The Palin family has yet to be convinced, though. McGinnis is also a committed environmentalist who has written books condemning oil and gas exploration in Alaska, and is particularly critical of the energy policy Mrs Palin pursued as Governor.
So they suspect a hatchet-job is in the works.
The book is to examine Palin's significance as both a political and cultural phenomenon, the Palin's are buying that. What do they do? JUST MAKE THINGS UP AND HAVE THEIR FRIENDS HELP SMEAR HIS REPUTATION!
But wait! Is Professor Brinkley on to something? Douglas Brinkley: Sarah Palin 'Has Been a Mouthpiece for the Oil Industry in Alaska' Could the former shadow gov, Todd of BP, want to distract from the latest nightmare that BP is subjecting Americans to? Does Todd Palin have reason to fear Mr. McGinniss?
Douglas Brinkley Rips BP For Its Terrible Safety Record
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Does everyone watch Fox News? Carrie Prejean's fav nemesis is even falling for the stalker lies!
ReplyDeleteWild'n in Wasilla
The Sarah Palin Family Memorial Day Movie Marathon, Courtesy of Joe McGinniss
Sarah Palin has no place to hide
Other than compound photographer and fence helper, what work does Track Palin do these days? Dr. Laura's son got very special attention when he posted the bloody murdering pedophile cartoons, does Track get the same special treatment? Is he on medical leave from the Army? Is he in an ankle bracelet or something? Why would he hang with the old folks when his lover is baby sitting his sister in Anchorage? None of that makes sense.
Todd, dont go getting all red now. Your time is limited as Mrs. Palin.
ReplyDeleteRemember that tiny article in the National Enquirer last summer that reported how devastated Sarah was when she thought you were having an affair? Those are trial balloons my dear and only an introduction to your future hell. They rate people's sympathy toward Sarah and in this case, you lose. Sarah is going to drop you like, well, like a piece of fruit handled by a Black person. And, you will never know its coming.
Who could it be?--Franklin Graham maybe?..His wife is getting a little long in the tooth.... What a great Christian team that would make!!! The adulation is intoxicating.
And you will be left fighting her words over yours in every paper in the US.
I am actually getting pissed at you right now for violating her love and trust!! Why would you do that to Trig???
Anyway, Whomever she chooses will provide her a great divorce attorney. You won't get a dime. No wait, maybe 500k as long as you sign an agreement never to discuss her again, thus ending the gravy train. However, that wont last long because you have to pay child support!! Chuckles will be reporting to everyone what a horrible Dad you are. Unless, Sarah insists that Mr. X adopts the kids so you will be out of the picture forever...
Now I know that there are no snakes in Alaska but Todd, think about this, what happens eventually when you sleep with a snake? Good boy!!
Don't forget that Joe McGinniss is a terrific writer.
ReplyDeletePipe Dreams by Joe McGinniss Mar 17 2009
He was well respected and established his working techniques long before the Palin was on the national scene. He has children, grandchildren and a family that do not deserve to have the likes of Meghan Kelly or others call him a stalker or pervert.
McGuinniss does research and can back up what he writes. Unlike The Frontiersman, Fox News, SarahPac ghostwriters and all that dance to their tune and DO NOT stay with the facts. Who is the actual yellow journalist?
"Support Well Known, Respected Author Joe Mcginniss...NOW!" links
By PRIOR/RESPONSE:
ReplyDeletePRIOR: The forthcoming book will not involve muckraking, and isn’t going to be particularly intrusive, they claimed. Instead, it will “examine Sarah Palin’s significance as both a political and cultural phenomenon and as an embodiment of the contradictory forces that shaped Alaska as it moved into its second half-century of statehood.”
RESPONSE: I think Joe has a right to live next door, and as best I can tell, he seems to have intended to do so honorable and legally. Nonetheless, if the above is a description of Sarah Palin's influence and Alaska forces, which name it, even tentatively, SP's Year of Living Dangerously. That sounds a book of Sarah Palin's folly. An appropriate subject for a book, but not the description given above.
I read somewhere that Joe McGinniss received death threats after Palin posted her article on FaceBook along with the photo of Joe on his deck. I hope Mr. McGinniss files a suit AGAINST HER for invading HIS privacy and for putting HIS life in danger!
ReplyDeleteIn an editorial posted on its website Sunday night, Sarah's Palin's hometown newspaper in Wasilla, Alaska, warned author and journalist Joe McGinniss (who has moved next door to Palin as he conducts research for a book on the former governor) about a state law that allows the use of deadly force to defend one's property.
ReplyDeleteMay 31, 2010 2:31 PM
Wasilla Paper Warns Palin Author of Deadly Force Law
Managing editor Tom Mitchell, who wrote the editorial, said that it was vetted by the Frontiersman's publisher, Kari Sleight, and a reporter at the newspaper.
"I didn't see it as being controversial. It's just a statement of fact," Mitchell told CBS News. "Plus, it was intended to be more humorous than anything."
I sure hope "Mrs. Todd Palin" and his bastard son dont get hurt. That poor high talking, cowardly, simple rat bastard has nothing going for him except hurting someone or something. Why is he so easily threatened==no balls.
ReplyDeleteOne day the real story will be out. The details will be revealed. Gryphen will be exonerated. And Schadenfreude will be soooo delicious!
ReplyDeleteTodd remember, if you hurt this guy, you will go to jail, and while you are there, who do you think will be comforting your wife? Riding your snowmobiles, being a daddy to your kids?
ReplyDeleteRemember how Sarah played Ted Stevens!
Do you think the focus will be to get you out of jail or for Sarah to get more "victim attention"? And, she cant be a victim if you are'nt in jail!!
Perhaps she will start a Todd Jail PAC?
So, protect this guy. It is in your best interest.
Chuckles doesnt care about you no matter what you have done for this family. He owes you and he would rather not. If you are in jail--out of sight, out of mind.
"I didn't see it as being controversial. It's just a statement of fact," Mitchell told CBS News. "Plus, it was intended to be more humorous than anything."
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I call BS...you knew EXACTLY what you were saying, Weasel Mitchell!
Wasilla seems to be a frighteningly backwards place.
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