Sarah Palin Builds Fence as Joe McGinniss’ Son Denies ‘Stalker’ Claim
Wild and wooly politics gets weird in Alaska, as Sarah Palin complains about being stalked by journalist Joe McGinniss — who rented a house next door to the Palin family, which is actually kind of weird: cbsnews.com
On Tuesday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote a sarcastic note on her Facebook page complaining about the fact that nonfiction author Joe McGinniss had moved into the house next door.
Palin complains that McGinniss, who is writing a book about her, will likely be unfair. She also casts his behavior as creepy: “Wonder what kind of material he’ll gather while overlooking Piper’s bedroom, my little garden, and the family’s swimming hole?”
At the end of the post, Palin wrote that her family is planning to build a tall fence to keep McGinniss from seeing much of anything. It appears she has kept that promise. Fox News anchor Greta Van Susteren, who is known to be friendly with Palin, posted a photograph on her blog of the new fence, which Van Susteren suggests is “to protect against the ‘Wasilla Stalker.’”
Meanwhile, McGinniss’ son shared with Politico’s Ben Smith an email in which he wrote that “no one is stalking anyone.”