the ONLY part i'd add to this story

is, i am CERTAIN sarevil didn't know who mr mcginniss is. i'm CERTAIN someone had to tell her. we all know she doesn't read

Palin's new neighbor turns out to be a legendary journalist

By Garance Franke-Ruta
Sarah Palin has a new neighbor in Wasilla, Alaska, and he's not just any old regular joe.

The former Alaska governor posted on her Facebook page Tuesday a shot of the back of a blue-shirted, chino-clad man who she says is famed author Joe McGinniss.

"Yes, that Joe McGinniss," Palin writes. "Here he is -- about 15 feet away on the neighbor's rented deck overlooking my children's play area and my kitchen window. Maybe we'll welcome him with a homemade blueberry pie tomorrow so he'll know how friendly Alaskans are."

McGinnis is perhaps best known for his youthful book on the Nixon campaign, "The Selling of the President 1968," which has become a classic of political journalism. But he has also written a book on the oil pipeline in Alaska, and his "Fatal Vision" from 1984, on the Jeffrey MacDonald murder trial, became a popular cause celebre............