Sarah Palin's Next-door Neighbor Is Controlling Her

Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and was asked how her summer was going with writer Joe McGinniss living next-door. She said, "We just avoid certain angles in the house and we avoid the front yard and we're doing a lot of things out and about around Alaska to have our summer fun and our outdoor recreation. Like Todd says, some people just need to get a life and bless his heart he needs to get a life."

Was Sarah referring to her husband, Todd, or to Joe McGinniss when she said that Todd said, "some people just need to get a life," and then said, "bless his heart he needs to get a life?" Does "his" and "he" refer to Todd Palin or to Joe McGinniss? Both? The Washington Post is running a story, "Palin: Next-door author changes way family lives," which says, "Sarah Palin says the best-selling author who moved into the house next door to her family while writing a book about her needs to get a life." Does that make it any clearer? Fox News makes its interpretation very clear, however, stating, "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said her family's had to change its behavior ever since a writer working on a book about her moved in next door. She said writer Joe McGinniss needs to 'get a life.'"

A Politico story, "Palin blames media for unfavorable rating," has additional damning notes of Sarah's TeaVee appearance:

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blames her upside-down approval rating among independents on one of her favorite foils: the media.

Palin, who serves as a paid commentator for Fox News, said on "Fox News Sunday" that "if I believed everything I read or heard in the media, I wouldn't like me either." [me?]

Fox host Chris Wallace cited recent polling numbers from Quinnipiac University that showed 50 percent of independents viewed the former vice presidential GOP nominee in an unfavorable light. Just a third said they viewed her favorably.

"I've never committed to running for president for one and I know that polls are fickle so we won't even talk about the approval rating or the favorability," she responded.

"As for the unfavorable, you know, I don't blame people for not really knowing what it is, in some instances, what I stand for or what my record is," she continued. [We weren't going to talk about it?]

Asked about how her summer was proceeding with journalist Joe McGinniss living next to her, Palin acknowledged his presence has altered her family's behavior.

Later, I'll look for a video/transcript of Palin's TeaVee appearance.