Andrew Sullivan Calls On Levi Johnston To Aid Joe McGinniss

by Glynnis MacNicol | 10:21 am, May 27th, 2010

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There appears to be a tempest in a teapot media showdown brewing in Wasilla, Alaska. Ever since Joe McGinniss moved in next door to Sarah Palin — the subject of his upcoming investigative book — certain circles have been debating whether as a journalist he is within his rights or overstepping them. Thus far the two camps have fallen on fairly predictable battle lines with most journalists taking the side of McGinnis. Over at Slate Jack Shafer summed it up thusly:

Taking up residence next to Palin doesn’t even approach violating her legal right to privacy. She has no legal right to blind eyes looking at her property from an adjoining property or even from the street. If McGinniss didn’t live next door, he’d be completely within his rights to interview Palin’s neighbors about her. In fact, he’d be remiss if he didn’t grill them about her…Compared with the journalistic investigation that I assume McGinniss has commenced of his subject, sharing a property line with her is trivial. Right now I’ll bet that McGinniss or a research assistant is combing the complete Palin paper trail of court filings, property records, tax assessments, and official documentation of her governorship and mayoralty, including e-mails.

Subsequently, it will likely not surprise anyone that Andrew Sullivan is on team McGinniss. To put it mildly. Here is Sullivan’s reaction to this month’s Harper’s Bazaar Bristol Palin feature:

I’m not sure there’s a single word of truth in this profile – apart from the notion that her parents never talked to her about sex or abstinence, even as she shared a room in their house with her boyfriend. The phoniness is, apparently, inheritable. C’mon, Levi, McGinniss needs you.

C’mon Levi! Commence the Wasilla summer-long three ring circus.

Andrew Sullivan, Bristol Palin, Jack Shafer, Joe McGinniss, Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin

http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

C’mon Andrew, you need Levi.
badr

They make a perfect trio of classless stooges.
Moderate

Journalism has stepped to a new low.
Liberty – Not Redistribution

This is truly disgusting of both Palin and Levi. They attempt to tear each other apart, but share a common bond for the rest of their lives – the baby. If I was one of them, I’d simply just tell reporters “Listen he/she is the father/grandmother of my baby/granddaughter. We have disagreements but I’m not going to disparage her/him in public. That’s unfair to the baby.”
Barney

Wow..I seem to recall that Randy Andy Sullivan complained that his privacy was violated when he was exposed as “rawmuscleglutes”.

Google it find find out what fun Andy wants to have with the “milky loads” of diseasd hairy men he wants to meet via the internet
ImNotBlue

As for the first argument… it’s fun to argue straw men, I suppose. Did Palin ever say McGinniss was doing something “illegal” or violating any rights? Nope. Just that it was creepy. She has a right to complain, and a right to boycott, and a right to be upset.. but none of those translate (despite the false narrative that was quickly made up by the usual suspects) into Palin calling for legal action.
Phocus

Well, it’s about time that Levi Johnston comes out ot the closet…and who better to invite him ‘out’ than Andrew Sullivan. Now, when you look at Levi, you will see what we should have seen all a long and maybe why Bristol threw him overboard. As for McGinnis…bottom feeder.
Nachi

Levi. Now there’s a Wingnut you can believe in. Troglodytes of the World, unite!

Oh. You already have.
Sunnyr

Sounds like Andrew Sullivan is trolling for Levi Johnston. Careful, Levi, old Andy advertises for partners who are ‘Poz.” Doesn’t that mean HIV-Positive?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

Yeah, Andrew Sullivan & Levi Johnston are two of a kind; the only difference being, Levi likes girls. But neither has any guts, morals, or decency.