Weigel: Palin Facebook post is 'despicable'

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Perhaps the only thing even more creepy than Joe McGinniss moving all the way from Massachusetts to fifteen feet from Sarah Palin's house in Alaska to stalk her are the reactions of Ben Smith and Dave Weigel to Gov. Palin's Facebook post about McGinness' extreme exodus. Weigel, a liberal, was hired by the Washington Post to blog about the conservative movement and the GOP, two things he doesn't have the first clue about.

At leftist Politico, Smith characterized the Palin attitude toward the stalker next door as "a recurring preoccupation", while Weigel, at his WaPo blog "Right Now," went even deeper into left field, saying the governor's post about being creeped out by McGinniss' obsession with her was "strange, unprofessional and paranoid."

Say what?

Jim Treacher, in a Daily Caller op-ed, schools Smith and Weigel:

I don’t know if Ben Smith or Dave Weigel have any kids, but I wonder how they’d put up with the sorts of things that have been said about the Palin family. I wonder how Ben Smith or Dave Weigel would like it if some jerk moved in right next door to them for the express purpose of writing a book about them. I wonder if Ben Smith or Dave Weigel would think their concern for the safety and privacy of their own children was “despicable” or a “preoccupation.”

I’m guessing they wouldn’t.

Anyone who doesn't recognize what McGinniss has done as obsessive and more than just a little scary needs professional help.

- JP