Why is Sarah Palin afraid of author Joe McGinniss? Author Joe McGinniss rented the house next door to the Palins. Author McGinnisss has been critical of the Palins and is writing a book on Sarah Palin.

Author McGinnisss told the reporters that Todd Palin visited the house and became “increasingly hostile.”

According to the Washington Post, Sarah Palin accused Mr. McGinniss of moving into the house to spy on her family. "Wonder what kind of material he'll gather while overlooking Piper's bedroom, my little garden, and the family's swimming hole?" she wrote on her Facebook page. And she posted  Mr. McGinnissin picture on Facebook.

Boy, does she have a nasty mind! And she is kind of vicious too. She called in her goon squad. On Glenn Beck's radio talk show, she said of Mr.  McGinniss, "He's an odd character, if you look at his history, and the things that he's written, and the things he's been engaged in." Beck called Mr. McGinniss. "creepy." Other Palin goons accused him of stalking Palin.  Another of Palin's goons right wing nut and radio host Mark Levin gave out Mr. McGinniss’s email address, which caused his in box to be flooded, effectively shutting down the account. Mr. McGinniss said, "By being here, I have learned things, and I've gotten an insight into her character, into her ability to incite hatred, that before I only knew about in the abstract."

The Palins' encounter with Mr. McGinniss is going to have a lot of legs. One of the lesson Mrs. Palin may learn is that it is not smart to try to intimidate reporters.