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| 60 Minutes: Jane Fonda Regrets Her 1972 Photo Op |
| 2005-03-31 |
| Jane Fonda regrets her visit to a North Vietnamese gun site in 1972, the The actress defended her trip to Vietnam in 1972, which won her the nickname "Hanoi Jane." But she said her visit to a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun site used to shoot down U.S. pilots was a "betrayal" of the U.S. military. "The image of Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Henry Fonda's daughter ... sitting on an enemy aircraft gun was a betrayal," she said, calling the act, "The largest lapse of judgment that I can even imagine." Wow, it only took her 33 years to figure that out.... But she said she did not regret visiting Hanoi, or being photographed with American prisoners of war there. "There are hundreds of American delegations that had met with the POWs," she said. "Both sides were using the POWs for propaganda. ... It's not something that I will apologize for." Three decades on, Vietnam continues to be a divisive issue for Americans. During last year's election campaign, some Republican supporters of President Bush called his Democratic rival, Sen. John Kerry, "Hanoi John" for protesting the Vietnam War after fighting in it and receiving five medals for combat duty. I thought it was only three.... |
| Posted by:Desert Blondie |
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| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-31 10:41:05 PM |
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| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-31 10:41:05 PM |
| #14 AP - I think there is a sympathetic judge in Florida. (and 9 in Washington D.C.....) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-31 7:48:41 PM |
| #13 How about pulling her feeding tube and denying her water? Just have to shop around for a sympathetic judge. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-03-31 6:01:54 PM |
| #12 Deacon Blues, my bad! I stand corrected. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-03-31 5:23:18 PM |
| #11 Wrinkles, the best revenge. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-03-31 5:19:50 PM |
| #10 I would suggest she simply be stomped within an inch of her life with emphasis on the face and large mouth. After that we repo all her cash and possessions earned here and put it toward viet vets charities. Finally we deport her unceremoniously to some god forsaken third world backwater, like vietnam! At that point the rehabilitation would be complete. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-03-31 4:30:26 PM |
| #9 Okay, I'd give her the sword, but I wouldn't watch it on CBS. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-03-31 4:18:44 PM |
| #8 Sorry but she tried to impale herslf on a sword I would disarm her. I don't want her to suicide, I want her in the electric chair. Not merely for treason but for helping the Vietnamese and Cambodian genociders to win the war. She has a lot of Vietnamese and Cambodian blood on her hands. She is a criminal against humankind. |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-03-31 4:17:29 PM |
| #7 Desert Blondie, Hanoi John "won" 3 Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-03-31 4:13:24 PM |
| #6 I wouldn't watch that traitor even if she confessed to treason and impaled herself on a sword. Damn, Tom. I would not only watch Fonda impale herself on a sword, I would watch it on pay-per-view. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-03-31 4:08:12 PM |
| #5 Jane Fonda, worthy recipient of the Medal of Honor. The North Vietnamese, that is. If she didn't get it then it's because the North Vietnamese liked treason, but not the traitor. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-03-31 4:07:18 PM |
| #4 But she does not regret actively supporting and giving aid and comfort the enemy of the United States does she. How many G.I. died because she convinced the North to continue after their defeat? I bet its far, far, more then have died so far freeing the Iraqi people. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-31 4:04:27 PM |
| #3 was this her Vagina apologizing? Sounds to me like she was talking out her ass. Wow! The wondrous tricks her orifices can do! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-31 3:52:44 PM |
| #2 If this is CBS's idea of how to shed its image of liberal bias, they need to think again. I wouldn't watch that traitor even if she confessed to treason and impaled herself on a sword. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-03-31 3:46:14 PM |
| #1 Article: "There are hundreds of American delegations that had met with the POWs," she said. "Both sides were using the POWs for propaganda. ... It’s not something that I will apologize for." She regrets the bad PR but not her views. I don't really see what's so newsworthy about this - she sees it as nothing more than a PR blunder. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-03-31 3:42:51 PM |