# Latest Sarah Palin idiocy: Oh noes, I have neighbors! How awful!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 26, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810 "2010-05-26T13:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/21 "2010-05-26T15:31:52Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But you would agree that if he were standing on his deck, constantly staring down at her family, that would be creepy - yes? What if he was looking over at the Palin residence, then complaining in his blog about what he sees there? – Wait, isn’t that what Ms Palin is doing with the McGuinness residence? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/22 "2010-05-26T15:34:22Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > I hate the SD. It’s actually making defend Sarah Palin. > > A writer moving in next to his intended subject is just creepy. I’d be irritated too. For what legitimate reason related to writing could he possibly need to do that? Follow her around in public as she (inevitably) says asinine things, fine. But check into the local hotel and catch her on the way to work. This. And this: [QUOTE=BubbaDog] Anything but blind stupidity to rule out that he didn’t? Get real. If one was a writer,known to be writing a book on a public figure, and they moved thousands of miles to rent property that just happened to be next to their subject, would anyone on the face of this earth think that was a coincidence? [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/23 "2010-05-26T15:44:36Z")
Rufus, Facebook is already an unconscionable time-suck, even if you confine your activities to your own page and that of your RL acquaintances. Why in the world are you hanging out on Caribou Barbie’s? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/24 "2010-05-26T15:47:39Z")
I thik I agree that it is highly likely that he isn’t just there by coincidence. But still, I would think Palin in all her freedom-loving zeal she would think that this is America and he can live where he wants and if she don’t like it she could move or she could have bought the house next door herself. Of course she is also free to complain about it and I don’t see her doing anything other than vent about it, which I have no problem with (and I really don’t like SP). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/25 "2010-05-26T15:51:20Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Rufus, Facebook is already an unconscionable time-suck, even if you confine your activities to your own page and that of your RL acquaintances. Why in the world are you hanging out on Caribou Barbie’s? I followed a link. FWIW, I don’t have a Facebook page of my own - I’ve got little enough spare time as it is, without adding another time sink to my life. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/26 "2010-05-26T15:52:37Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But you would agree that if he were standing on his deck, constantly staring down at her family, that would be creepy - yes? He has a right to stand on his own deck. What constitutes “staring down” at her family? Is it creepy for him to ever look in that direction at all? Her intimation that he is focusing on them with any kind of intensity, or staring at her kids or anything (notice how she always works the kids in there, whether she has the slightest basis for doing so or not) is unsupported. I don’t see a clear allegation that he’s even so much as glanced in their direction. It’s all insinuation on Palin’s part. She probably stands on her own deck. You admit that would be pretty creepy if she was staring down at him and his family, wouldn’t you? Is there any reason to accuse either party of doing that, though? If Palin has a direct allegation to make, lt her make it. Otherwise she’s out of bounds with her insinuations. Maybe she should stop trying to peep up at her neighbors’ decks and mind her own business. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/27 "2010-05-26T16:06:25Z")
1. I think it’s a bit over-the-top for a journalist to move into the house right next door to his subject, presumably in an attempt to spy on that subject. If, of course, that’s what he’s done. Dude, get a life. 2. I think the idea of a Presidential hopeful constantly portraying herself as a victim is equally pathetic, if not more so. I don’t elect political officials because I feel \*sorry \*for them. I want a leader, not a fainting lily. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/28 "2010-05-26T16:12:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Rufus, Facebook is already an unconscionable time-suck, even if you confine your activities to your own page and that of your RL acquaintances. Why in the world are you hanging out on Caribou Barbie’s? > [@RTFirefly](#): > > I followed a link. > > FWIW, I don’t have a Facebook page of my own - I’ve got little enough spare time as it is, without adding another time sink to my life. Word on that. So how about posting a link to the site that provided the link to you? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/29 "2010-05-26T16:13:38Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > He has a right to stand on his own deck. What constitutes “staring down” at her family? Is it creepy for him to ever look in that direction at all? Her intimation that he is focusing on them with any kind of intensity, or staring at her kids or anything (notice how she always works the kids in there, whether she has the slightest basis for doing so or not) is unsupported. I don’t see a clear allegation that he’s even so much as glanced in their direction. It’s all insinuation on Palin’s part. She probably stands on her own deck. You admit that would be pretty creepy if she was staring down at him and his family, wouldn’t you? Is there any reason to accuse either party of doing that, though? If Palin has a direct allegation to make, lt her make it. Otherwise she’s out of bounds with her insinuations. > > Maybe she should stop trying to peep up at her neighbors’ decks and mind her own business. I agree that her muddled language makes any kind of conclusion impossible. Sure, it would be creepy if she were staring down at his family. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/30 "2010-05-26T16:16:56Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Anything but blind stupidity to rule out that he didn’t? > > Get real. If one was a writer,known to be writing a book on a public figure, and they moved thousands of miles to rent property that just happened to be next to their subject, would anyone on the face of this earth think that was a coincidence? This. While I have no love for SP, I CAN understand the creepy factor. However, there is no concrete evidence that she should have valid concerns unless something is published about her or her brood that could not possibly be known without direct day-to-day observation. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/31 "2010-05-26T16:17:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Rufus, Facebook is already an unconscionable time-suck, even if you confine your activities to your own page and that of your RL acquaintances. Why in the world are you hanging out on Caribou Barbie’s? All the fertilizer she spreads is great for Farmville. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/32 "2010-05-26T16:19:05Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But you would agree that if he were standing on his deck, constantly staring down at her family, that would be creepy - yes? It would be creepy. It would also be the sort of thing that neighbors all over the world have to put up with. I have a neighbor that doesn’t like my politics (expressed through my lawn signs) and is notably creepy about it. The think I STILL don’t get about Sarah Palin is that if she didn’t WANT to put her family through this, she should have said no and remained an obscure governor of a small state. Anyone who has paid attention to the way the media operates could have taken one look at Palin’s situation - the ethics investigation, the pregnant unwed teenage daughter, the conservative Christian background and said “oh, this is going to be a media circus.” Why Palin thought she’d be treated any differently than anyone else makes my head spin. Either she is terribly naive, or she repeatedly lets her family be victimized for “points.” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/33 "2010-05-26T16:19:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Word on that. > > So how about posting a link to the site that provided the link to you? You mean the one in the OP at the top of this page? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/34 "2010-05-26T16:21:25Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Was She surprised at his lack of a Russian accent? > > -Joe Yeah, she’s acknowledge that the entire country of Russia overlooks her house. That didn’t creep her out? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/35 "2010-05-26T16:27:37Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > It would be creepy. It would also be the sort of thing that neighbors all over the world have to put up with. I have a neighbor that doesn’t like my politics (expressed through my lawn signs) and is notably creepy about it. > > The think I STILL don’t get about Sarah Palin is that if she didn’t WANT to put her family through this, she should have said no and remained an obscure governor of a small state. Anyone who has paid attention to the way the media operates could have taken one look at Palin’s situation - the ethics investigation, the pregnant unwed teenage daughter, the conservative Christian background and said “oh, this is going to be a media circus.” Why Palin thought she’d be treated any differently than anyone else makes my head spin. Either she is terribly naive, or she repeatedly lets her family be victimized for “points.” I think we have two opposing slimeballs here. SP’s tactics and story are the stuff of trailer trash legends but whatzisname the writer is just another slimeball paparazzi. Had the “victim” been a more lovable public interest figure like an actress or musician then I think it would be quite apparent that writer-boy is a turd. Just because his subject is a media laughing stock doesn’t mean that his ethics are clean. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/36 "2010-05-26T16:30:33Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Anyone who has paid attention to the way the media operates could have taken one look at Palin’s situation - the ethics investigation, the pregnant unwed teenage daughter, the conservative Christian background and said “oh, this is going to be a media circus.” Why Palin thought she’d be treated any differently than anyone else makes my head spin. Either she is terribly naive, or she repeatedly lets her family be victimized for “points.” It’s possible that McCain’s people told her the media attention wouldn’t be a problem, either because they were too inept to foresee otherwise or because they themselves hoped to benefit from the [Wounded Gazelle Gambit](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WoundedGazelleGambit). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/37 "2010-05-26T16:31:51Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > A writer moving in next to his intended subject is just creepy. > [@BubbaDog](#): > > Get real. If one was a writer,known to be writing a book on a public figure, and they moved thousands of miles to rent property that just happened to be next to their subject, would anyone on the face of this earth think that was a coincidence? Do either of you have any evidence to show that McGinniss is actually writing a book about her? Or are you just jumping to conclusions without actually knowing what in hell’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/38 "2010-05-26T16:36:02Z")
Is there any information on this that doesn’t come from her blog? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/39 "2010-05-26T16:36:29Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Unless there is some evidence that he’s actually trying to spy on her or is violating her privacy, there’s nothing creepy here. Seriously? Alaska is fucking huge. HUGE. He goes all the way from MA to Alaska, big-ol-giant-Alaska, and just so happens to move in RIGHT NEXT DOOR to Sarah Palin’s family? C’mon. Like I said int he MPSIMS thread I posted about this: no doubt this is somewhat Palin’s fault- my friends who live in Alaska don’t have Palin money, but they all own acres and acres. So, there’s no reason she can’t get a more secure “compound” for her family. That said, of allllllllllllllllllllll the properties in allllllllllllllllllll of Alaska, this guy happens to rent the one right nextdoor to his subject? _C’mon._ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810/40 "2010-05-26T16:37:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Who reads Sarah Palin’s Facebook page? Is that stuff, by definition, stupid? Are we sure it isn’t a joke, run by someone other than Palin? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-sarah-palin-idiocy-oh-noes-i-have-neighbors-how-awful/540810.md?page=3)