Sunday, September 30, 2012

Joe McGinniss responds to the possible reopening of the "Fatal Vision" trial, and to the book written to smear his reputation.

As many of you might remember Sarah Palin recently had an article ghostwritten for her pimping the Errol Morris book that essentially claims that McGinniss is responsible for Jeffrey MacDonald's continued incarceration.

Here is how Joe responded to those allegations courtesy of CNN Justice:  

MacDonald's appeals received renewed attention with the release this month of the book "A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald." Written by Academy-Award-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, the book paints MacDonald as a man wrongly convicted on the basis of incomplete and corrupted evidence, as well as prosecutorial misconduct. 

"We've been sold a bill of goods about this case," said Morris. "It's as phony as a three-dollar bill." 

Asked about the controversy, McGinniss was pragmatic in his response. "It doesn't matter what I think of what Morris thinks," he said. "MacDonald was convicted by a jury in a court of law. He's not in prison because of me and he's not going to get out of prison because of Errol Morris." 

McGinniss also tried to put the rest the notion that he was a passionate believer in MacDonald when he embarked on "Fatal Vision." He says he was embedded with the defense team because he was looking for a different angle. 

"I thought it would be fascinating to write about the trial from the point of view of how the defense and defendant were experiencing it. I learned everything from the first time in court. I didn't have my mind made up." McGinniss said what he heard in court was overwhelmingly convincing. 

"There came a point in the trial when much to my dismay I started to feel this evidence is piling up and MacDonald isn't doing anything to dispute it. By the end it was still very confusing. I said to myself, 'I think this guy did it,' but he was so charismatic and likable and had such a strong personality. This was before I learned about the psychopathic personality."

Well I think that is a pretty clear. Even though McGinniss personally liked the defendant, the evidence against him was just too strong to refute, so in response Joe came to believe he was guilty.

That is what trials are designed to do. Prove their case with the evidence.

Did anybody else notice what or who Joe McGinniss did NOT bother to mention?

Yep the Lunatic from Lake Lucille herself!

Here she goes and has a vindictive diatribe written for her attacking Joe, and he did not even bother to mention her name once in this interview.

You know Joe once told me that he looked forward to the day that he never had to even think about Sarah Palin again. It looks like that day has arrived and he has already moved on.

Sadly for some of course, there will NEVER be any "moving on."


64 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:45 PM

    Sadly for some of course, there will NEVER be any "moving on."

    So, so true Grphyen...when she's in her 60's she'll still be spewing the same old lies.

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    1. Anonymous5:32 PM

      When Gryphen's 70, he'll still be the disgruntled defunct blogger who is desperate to depict others' lives as something they are not. It's sad.

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    2. Anonymous5:51 PM

      Sarah's wasting away and probably will not last until she is 60. Too many Plastic Surgeries and too many Drugs used.

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    3. Anonymous10:15 PM

      5:32PM. Wrong again! At 70, Gryphen will be running circles around all of us and still manage snark, brains, humor and compassion.

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    4. Anonymous11:53 PM

      Dear troll: please take a second to look up the meaning of "defunct." It doesn't bother us, because its misuse immediately identifies you, but you might want to look a little brighter in your posts. I know you're mature, happy, private and vibrant and all, but a good vocabulary will only add to the reality of your stardom, and might even boost you IQ a point or so, if you make a dictionary your pal.

      Gryphen does a public service. His non-Palin postings are very informative; his Palin postings keep us alert about the potential danger to our country that is Sarah Palin. Luckily, through her own strenuous efforts, and Gryphen's reporting, the Sarah Threat Level is now the palest color yellow, sort of like Julianne Moore's Emmy dress. But we must keep on the alert until she slinks away to Lake Lucille for good, and is truly "defunct."

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    5. Anonymous5:32 PM
      When Gryphen's 70, he'll still be the disgruntled defunct blogger...It's sad.
      ============================
      You have no idea what the word "defunct" means. It's sad. Actually, it's funny. You're a moron.

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  2. She is a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel ankle biter (and motor mouth).

    So who is the modern King Charles II; her master? Go back and read Forever Amber and guess; it could be a great discussion. Is Sarah the aging Castlemain with a boatload of kids (not all… most…not his) when Charles II wants out? The possibilities!

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    1. Anonymous12:18 AM

      OMG, you owe a huge apology to Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, who are the most loving, least yappy, never biting!, fearless, and perfect little guys ever. Thrilled to romp outside with a jogger, thrilled to nap by your side for days, if needed.

      But I see your point, except it's too complicated relative to our Sarah: she is a pretty simple piece of work: a liar (yes, a motormouth liar).

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  3. Every time I see that photo of her, I instantly hear her screechy voice:

    "ind ya know, normally I put awn these rill big boowbs ind it just looks much better but stew-pid Tahhhd, he fer-gahht to pack them. . ."

    But as to the matter at hand- I'm glad Joe simply pointed out the truth, which was that he wrote the narrative ABOUT the trial after it happened- not influenced the outcome OF the trial.

    Ultimately I think these three hairs which the defense is hanging their hopes for a new trial on will be shown as belonging to one of the dozens of investigators or pathologists who have handled the evidence over the years.

    The defense claims the hairs must be from the "real" attacker(s) because of their location- implying that because one of the hairs was on the hand of the little toddler, it MUST have been "ripped" from the head of the attacker.

    However, when a hair is ripped from its follicle, the root comes out with it. In this case, the hairs have no root- they are broken off with no root structure whatsoever. This indicates passive breakage- the same type of breakage which occurs when our own hairs break away and fall off dozens of times a day.

    I think ultimately Joe will be vindicated, but not before Palin and spawn (did you SEE Bristol's asinine blog post attempting to malign McGinnis?) try to spread lies about him as often as possible.

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    1. Anonymous6:46 PM

      Bristol is the same bitter, nasty, mean-spirited, spiteful, vindictive, vicious person her mother is.

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  4. Anonymous4:12 PM

    McDonald was guilty.Joe had it right.Anybody ever heard of people chanting "acid is groovy,kill the pigs".This guys story had more holes then cloth.Figures palin would back him.Losers flock together.

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    1. Anonymous5:30 PM

      Can you say with 100% accuracy the verdict is correct? To me, it appears to be similar to the JonBenet case where mismanagement effed the whole thing up and they're basically going back to the beginning.

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    2. Anonymous6:42 PM

      Yep, I believe in my soul he is guilty. The authorities arrested and charged the right person. I have read all the evidence and followed the story.

      "acid is groovy,kill the pigs", that chant is so much BS. MacDonald got that idea from the Manson family murderers.

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    3. Anonymous7:35 AM

      Yep, my exact thoughts.
      He is guilty as sin and Joe M had nothing to do with his conviction, but stupid sarah see's herself as a "VICTIM" of Joe M so she is siding with a convicted killer against Joe (her "enemy"!
      What a Flippin retard!
      And speaking of retards...can Krusty get anymore retarded?
      Blabbling the BreitFart talking points like her puppet sara?
      She is so sick! Its actually funny that someone is so loony in a wacko way.
      Only in AmerrriKa with its xtian soldiers saving hearts & minds one by one!
      GAG me!
      What a bunch of fucking BS! Fuck you Krusty, and sarah your already fucked, lol!
      Did anyone here watch "Saving Grace"?
      Before it ended a new "Character" showed up, he was "EVIL" or the devil. Since I don't believe in "The devil" (except on a tarot card) I saw him as "Evil" or dark energy, just like Sarah. She is Evil on this planet!

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  5. Anonymous4:20 PM

    But she's in her '60s, Lucas Oil won't be paying for her and Todd to show up in Las Vegas.
    She'll either become an Aimee Semple McPherson, or be selling her very-own designed Alaska gear on QVC.

    And her kids, any of 'em, all of 'em, will be senior vice presidents in Sarah Palin, Inc. And their children and grandchildren.

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    1. Anonymous7:16 PM

      Nor in her 50's, for that matter. She's Toast.

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    2. AKRNHSNC11:07 PM

      Other than the PeeZoo, nobody is interested in Sarah now except to see her get the trashing she deserves for all the divisive lies she has spewed for the last four years. She's known for the joke she truly is, along with Toad and Bristol, representing a family that will do anything on TV for a buck!

      I used to live a few miles from QVC and have several friends that work there, some of them as buyers. Palin came up in a recent conversation when we were talking about how great it is not to have to hear about the soap opera lifestyle of a V.P. candidate like we were subjected to with Palin. Hell, I don't even know all of Romney's or Ryan's kids first names and definitely don't see them trailing around behind their parents everywhere they go. I mentioned that I often see people post things about Palin ending up on TV hawking junk on one of the shopping channels. They laughed and said she'd NEVER be invited to QVC because she's such a divisive personality. It doesn't matter if they have half the country behind them, it's the half they could potentially turn away permanently by having her on the air. I don't think the other channels are as particular about what they sell or who they represent but she'll never have anything to sell on QVC.

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    3. Anonymous7:37 AM

      " but she'll never have anything to sell on QVC. "

      Thanks for that anon! A big Eff You to sarah!!!!
      Bwhahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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  6. Anonymous4:23 PM

    Twisted stupidity should subtitle that photo. She is nothing more than an ignorant mean spirited grammar school shrew. Hateful dumbness will be her "legacy."

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  7. Anonymous4:24 PM

    I think ultimately Joe will be vindicated,

    I don't think Joe needs to be vindicated.

    Vindictive Sarah is attacking another person she sees as an enemy. Joe does not need to do anything except ignore the incessant gnat buzzing.

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  8. Anonymous4:32 PM

    Guess What Sarah Is Saying Caption Contest

    Top Photo (beside Joe McGinniss' pic):
    Sarah: "Hold that thought for just a second while I swallow."


    2nd photo of Sarah at lectern:
    Sarah: " Of course, this being, my impression of a DICK, er of Vice-President Cheney..."

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  9. Anonymous4:44 PM

    o/t RE: filming in California/ CHILDREN
    California Governor Signs Law To Protect Child Actors
    http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/california-governor-signs-law-to-protect-child-actors/
    FILM TAX CREDITS
    http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/governor-oks-california-film-tv-tax-credit-program-until-2017-jerry-brown-production-georgia-louisana/

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    1. Anonymous6:13 PM

      o/t Gov. Jerry Brown bans gay-to-straight therapy for minors
      http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/09/governor-jerry-brown-gay-therapy-minors.html

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    2. Anonymous6:37 PM

      Wrong thread.

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  10. Anonymous5:03 PM

    He's taking his notes on how Barack doesn't ever mention the nasty one from Wasilla and it's what drives her batty.

    We're in the thick of political season and she hasn't been spewing her vileness on Fox as of late. Yay, us!

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  11. lostinmn5:12 PM

    Joe is doing the way Obama will do with Mitt. Let her yap, state your position and ignore her. Obama's never taken her bait, made a couple of small smackdowns and moved on. He's doing the same with Mitt. Mitt will bark and growl and he's not going to win over the American people if he comes off as childish and pouty. People wants facts Mitt- if they want one liners they'll go to a comedy club.

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    1. Anonymous6:35 PM

      President Obama has never acknowledged her.

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    2. lostinmn7:42 PM

      He made one crack at the White House correspondents dinner and I think a couple of others. Not directly at her, but certainly referencing her.

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  12. Anonymous5:14 PM

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=416828661707555&set=a.408839512506470.93361.394403993950022&type=1

    Facebook post re the chucks book signing

    FAIL

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    1. Anonymous5:57 PM

      That is sad.

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    2. Anonymous7:03 PM

      Sounds like typical Palin excuses for a weak showing in "one of Sarah's biggest fan base areas", or so they thought.

      This book tour now has an official mantra:
      "How we went broke traveling the country trying to sell shit that people don't want."

      They didn't learn a goddam thing from the humiliation that Sarah and Bristol both should've felt after selling fewer than two dozen books with BOTH Sarah and Bristol appearing together at the largest Mall in North America. They actually ended up closing their book-selling area an hour and a half early because no one else had come even bought a book for the prior half hour.

      In fact, fewer persons bought their books than the number of people standing around laughing and talking about how much Sarah's popularity had sunk like a rock in only two years. That's why Bristol was able to talk her Grifter Mom into shutting down their "book sale" very early.

      As of Friday, there were only 6 tickets purchased for advance spots in line by a Republican group that was hawking the for "Our Sarah" event. Most people politely declined when asked to go over to B&N to help with "the appearance" of a larger crowd.

      But I was caught off-guard, and accidentally laughed in the guy's face who asked me if I were going over to meet Sarah's dad and brother.

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    3. Anonymous7:46 PM

      Well, in their defense, it looks like it was a very sunny day. I don't think Sarah's supporters are able to tolerate sunshine, no? Perhaps a midnight signing would have been better.

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    4. Anonymous8:51 PM

      lol, Don't eat in NYC when you can eat at Applebees. For less.

      That's sad. Where did the rat patrol eat when working after 9-11?

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    5. Anonymous11:46 PM

      Rat Patrol Grilled Rat in parking lot. Yum. Wrapped in bacon. Tastes like chicken.

      Applebee's or anywhere else is too expensive in NYC compared to Rochester and Wasilla.

      Cardboard Sign:"Please buy a book so I can eat dinner. If you buy two, both my son and I can enjoy a fun family meal at Applebee's. God Bless You for Helping.

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  13. lostinmn5:16 PM

    Is that last photo of her reaching for her breast and screaming out at the audience to look at them and do what she says?

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    1. Anonymous7:13 PM

      Crowd: "Show your tits!"

      Todd: "Hey folks, you'll be disappointed."

      Sarah (pictured saying):
      "How about I bite your little dick and squeeze your little balls just like THIS, Todd?"

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  14. Anonymous5:53 PM

    I think the Grizzled Granny Grifter has finally reached rock bottom in terms of mental health.


    Sarah is the most despicable human being I know of, and some day this blog, and many other determined people ARE going to make you sit the hell down, and shut the fuck up PERMANENTLY!

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  15. Anonymous5:58 PM

    you just know she's pissed he didn't mention her. I love it. Joe got under her skin without even a whisper of her existence. Ha!

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  16. Anita Winecooler5:59 PM

    Two things:
    Anyone who actually read "fatal vision" knows the process that came to the moment Joe came to the realization that McDonald was guilty. He approached his writing of the book with an open mind, and the pieces fell into place before the jury came to it's verdict.

    And 2) The squirrell on Joe's Deck has more brains than the dingbat on the dead lake.

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  17. Anonymous6:30 PM

    I read about this crime decades ago, read all the evidence the prosecution put out there, and I too think MacDonald did it. The evidence points to his guilt.

    Also Palin is a damn fool for getting involved with this, and blaming McGinnis for the incarceration of MacDonald. A jury convicted MacDonald, and sent him to prison. McGinnis had nothing to do with it.

    Palin is one vicious, spiteful, vindictive, vengeful person. FULL of poison.

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  18. Anonymous7:01 PM

    There is no one more elumbated than Sarah Palin and her mammothrept brood of withershins duds.

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  19. Anonymous7:19 PM

    Sarah was begging and drumming up votes for Bristol's DWTS on facebook and now she is doing the same thing for Creepy Chuckie Sr and Jr book signing.

    Who is next to come out with a Sarah Palin book and book signing? Piper or Tripp?

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    1. Anonymous7:40 PM

      Sarah's mama is probably next?

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    2. Anonymous1:09 PM

      "How I endured years with a pedophile" then I found god and ignored all of them, any of them!~Sally Sheereen Heath

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  20. I can't think of any reason for Joe to mention Palin in regard to the MacDonald case or his book. It has absolutely nothing to do with her.

    Her yapping and screeching about a book someone wrote decades after the trial, again, has nothing to do with Joe or the case or either of the books.

    Her opinion doesn't mean any more than anyone else's commenting on a book they have heard about (not read, mind you).

    Joe had no decision making in this trial. Nor does this other author. They each wrote a book about a notorious murder case. Will it be brought to trial again? I'm not a lawyer so I don't know how this would work. If the new jury were to reach a different conclusion, does it mean that Joe was wrong? No, it would mean that a new jury with new evidence or modern forensics reached a different conclusion than the first jury.

    Does Joe then owe MacDonald anything? No, he does not. He wrote a book. He did not pass sentence. The judge and a jury of MacDonald's peers did that.

    I don't think we should give Palin the satisfaction of thinking that she is in any way qualified to flap her gums over this issue.

    She is nothing in regard to the MacDonald case.

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    1. Anonymous8:47 PM

      "I don't think we should give Palin the satisfaction of thinking that she is in any way qualified to flap her gums over this issue."

      "She is nothing in regard to the MacDonald case."

      Maybe Joe sees something familiar in certain behaviors.

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    2. Anonymous7:57 AM

      I doubt she has read the book about McDonald or the book he wrote about her. She gets her talking points off BreitFart or fox. Period.
      Beerfart had some wingnut headline yesterday that Mojo took down something, Soros, rMoney is winning, some Bullshit. Said it happened on Thursday.
      Bwhaaahaa,
      MoJo? Who every heard of MotherJones BOR says, now their trying to disqualify him like they always do b/c of the awesome Video of rMoney he exposed! Fuck BREITFART & Fuck Sarah Palin and all the RWNJ LIARS of the world!

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  21. Anonymous7:39 PM

    At Amazon.com I seen brand new hard cover copies of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue An American Life (Hardcover)on sale for 51 cents.

    America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag (Hardcover)
    by Sarah Palin brand new hard copies are going for $1.80

    Just imagine all those people who paid over $25 for that book. Some even bought multiple copies, what a shame.

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    1. Anonymous8:05 PM

      @7:39 p.m.

      Thanks for your comment! What a great way to end the evening!! I laughed out loud!!

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    2. Anonymous8:45 PM

      My Lawn tractor has a flat tire. Need to hold it up while tire place gitsrdun. Jack $19.95 or 6 copies America by Heart $3.06. Need tinder for the woodstove, and tp for the deerstand.

      Thanks!

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  22. Anonymous8:15 PM

    He did mention her, just not by name:

    "this is before I learned about the psychopathic personality"

    Where he learned about it is quite obvious.

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    1. Anonymous8:00 AM

      No he learned from MacDonald. But after he wrote "Pipedreams"
      The "hit piece" the toad and stopid whine about he saw that SHE is a narcissist and psychopath like Jeffery also,too!

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  23. Anonymous10:13 PM

    Photo caption..."Last week, I had melons out to here!"

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  24. she's a fraud, folks11:03 PM

    Only the most pathetic small-minded morons - and the guilty - 'shoot the messenger.'

    Which explains why Palin and other idiots like her do it all the time.

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  25. Anonymous12:07 AM

    There is a connection between Joe McGinniss covering the MacDonald trial and writing about Sarah-- besides the obvious personality thing. Both subjects were found guilt through a legal process, and both have declared that they are totally innocent in spite of mounds of evidence.

    No, Sarah didn't kill anyone, but she was found guilty of abusing her office as governor in trying to get her former brother-in-law, Trooper Wooten, fired. The Branchflower report made it very clear that Palin had abused her office, along with Todd, who had no official capacity to be sitting in her office, using a government phone to threaten people if they didn't fire Wooten. Sarah claimed that she was exonerated, and that just isn't the case.


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  26. Anonymous4:33 AM

    Morris' hypothesis is that the case should be overturned based on the word of a woman who's dead and who, at the time of the murder case, was taking heroin and acid every day and who changed her story -- first she wasn't there, then she was. That's pretty much the gist of his argument, that this wasn't presented before the jury. As if the jury would have changed their minds based on this person. But because a person existed who fit the very vague description MacDonald had for the invaders -- a woman in a floppy hat -- he's innocent?

    And -- wasn't MacDonald involved in drugs, too? That little bit of info is absent from Morris' little spiel he's giving to the media, I notice. They also don't mention the precision of the wound that he got, how it was done in a way to make sure he wasn't really hurt -- drug-crazed wackos chanting about acid did that? Yeah...not so much.

    When I was a kid, my dad read this book and he was obsessed with it -- he's an ass and he called my sister and I by the little girls' names -- but his point was always -- how come these people killed the wife and kids and let the husband live after he saw them? Wouldn't you go for the big, strong man first? And then go for the wife and kids? Especially when the husband was supposedly sleeping on the couch and they would have encountered him first.

    The dude killed his wife and kids in a drug-fueled rage in response to his daughter wetting the bed -- period.

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    1. Anonymous8:03 AM

      He was taking speed, bennies I believe just like sarah.
      Only now the amphetamine salts are called "Adderall".
      And yes "the girl in the floppy hat" way to much emphasis was put on her, he probably saw her as he drove home every day. The Tate-LaBianca murders gave him the idea to kill his wife. Oh and he was having a affair also,too!

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  27. Anonymous9:23 AM

    Bristol Palin Sports Tiny Grey Shorts

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2211063/Bristol-Palin-looks-slender-Dancing-With-The-Stars-rehearsals.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

    Bristol looks nasty wearing boots with shorts that looks like granny panties. If the pictures were taken from the front it would probably show her camel toe.


    Comments from site above:

    I guess her appetite moved downwards because in picture 3, her booty is hungry and eating those short away.
    - ReadingAll , TN, U.S.A., 01/10/2012 15:49


    She's looking thinner but she still shouldn't be wearing those skimpy shorts, her thighs are not in shape. Regardless, I also feel that the surgery she had done to her face which thinned it out makes her look thinner too.
    - Pak31 , USA, 01/10/2012 14:59


    Dancing with the stars...remind me again why this woman is a 'star' (yes i know she was the pregnant teenage daughter of a certain politician from Alaska)....and why on earth is she on it twice in 3 years?! Surely the US hasn't run out of genuine wannabees or has beens....
    - jmh99 , London, 01/10/2012 14:22


    Still redneck trash.
    - Some random person, Somewhere, 1/10/2012 4:38


    They really need to change the title of this show because most of these people are not "stars." She's only famous because she was the pregnant teen daughter of a woman who ran on the losing ticket in 2008 and served half a term as governor. I don't dislike her personally, but really, her 15 minutes of fame are over. Do you see Chelsea Clinton, the Bush twins, or any other politician's children on reality tv shows? No. Because they're aren't actually stars.
    - Sarahkm967, Houston, 1/10/2012 3:17


    I reckon she's had lipo as her legs have no muscle definition whatsoever. So she certainly hasn't lost weight through rigorous work outs.
    - Hannah, Amsterdam, 1/10/2012 2:49


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    1. Anonymous9:49 AM

      She does look trailer park trashy. Good news, Bristol's face is getting wider. Hopefully it will offset her longer face due to her chin extension.

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    2. Anonymous9:54 AM

      It's October, is Bristol starting to get her Alaskan winter fat?

      Starting to see more folds in her neck.

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    3. Anonymous10:04 AM

      Why does Bristol's folds go up her neck and slightly behind her ears? Does it have anything to do with the work she had done to her chin? I'm heavy and my neck doesn't do that.

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    4. jcinco1:06 PM

      she may have been going for the kartrahian look but she looks like casey anthony in those pictures, only with fat-ass legs...

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    5. Anonymous1:13 PM

      She probably got preggo again!
      You know Sunny, darling Sunny Levi's new *Wife* just had a adorable little bebe.

      That's doesn't sit well with barstool. She's preggo again. Its the paylin way! Who's baby is anyones guess!
      Where's the DWTS "godchild"?

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