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Too Little, Too Late: Fonda ‘Will Go to My Grave Regretting’ ‘Hanoi Jane’
newsbusters.org ^ | 9/25/2018 | Gabriel Hays

Posted on 09/25/2018 10:22:25 AM PDT by rktman

Jane Fonda has a new biopic being released on Netflix this week called Jane Fonda in Five Acts, so of course sat down for a tell-all with USA Today to talk about her life in the limelight, her struggles with insecurity, and that infamous anti-war photo prompting millions to dub her “Hanoi Jane” -- something she says she deeply regrets.

Published on Monday, the article presented the profile of a woman, who hadn’t (until recently) ever felt comfortable in her own skin. Fonda detailed how the early suicide of her mother, the aloofness of her father, and the pressure of life behind the camera led to a difficult and insecure life.

Maybe the fact that she grew up a bit unmoored and unsure about herself contributed to the fact that she got behind lefty progressive activism. USA Today wrote that “Fonda is often identified with her progressive political activism, most memorably expressed in her opposition to the Vietnam War. Fonda’s visit to North Vietnam drew fierce pushback that exists today.”

As it should. She gave aid and comfort to America’s enemies in the form of a PR coup. She broadcast communist propaganda to U.S. military personnel, and the NVA stopped beating seven even American POWs long enough for her to be filmed meeting them.

Then, of course, there’s the infamous picture of Fonda sitting behind a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun peering up the sights just like her hosts did when U.S. warplanes appeared over head. It went beyond anti-war and into treason.

It’s taken decades, but “Hanoi Jane” has admitted that it was a dumb move. She told USA Today, “I’m naive and I make mistakes,” adding that “It was a betrayal … I will go to my grave regretting that.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy
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To: rktman

Where she’s likely to go, she’ll probably be regretting it a whole lot more after she gets to her grave.


21 posted on 09/25/2018 10:35:07 AM PDT by sitetest (No longer mostly dead.)
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To: rktman

Her new “documentary” must have really tanked.


22 posted on 09/25/2018 10:36:08 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: rktman
Fonda's support of the communists went far, far beyond the backlash-inducing photo op she now pretends to regret.

Here are the transcripts of 19 propaganda speeches she made on Radio Hanoi.

23 posted on 09/25/2018 10:37:07 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Thanks. I knew it was something. I guess she’ll need an entire hour for her own revision.


24 posted on 09/25/2018 10:37:39 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: rktman

Hanoi Jane can regret it all she wants, she’s still a traitor.


25 posted on 09/25/2018 10:37:53 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: rktman

only took 50 years. smh


26 posted on 09/25/2018 10:39:52 AM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: miss marmelstein

Sincere regrets “has a new biopic being released on Netflix this week”. Sure.


27 posted on 09/25/2018 10:39:54 AM PDT by OLDCU
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To: rktman

Did she apologize for saying “Communism is beautiful”? Thought not.


28 posted on 09/25/2018 10:40:26 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Her family better be able to afford a 24/7 armed guard at her grave. :)

I’d like to live near that spot. I’d get a dog and train him to ‘go’ there daily!! :)


29 posted on 09/25/2018 10:41:17 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: jazusamo

She only regrets it because we still remember it.
Then again I doubt she regrets anything.


30 posted on 09/25/2018 10:44:22 AM PDT by just me (God bless President Trump and the USA)
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To: rktman

And the horse she rode in on.


31 posted on 09/25/2018 10:45:06 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (So what!)
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To: rktman




Burn In Hell Slut!


32 posted on 09/25/2018 10:47:22 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: chuckee

“Will she regret Barbarella too?”.
Regret? What’s to regret? That’s a great skin flick!!


33 posted on 09/25/2018 10:47:51 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: rktman

Jane,

We’ll be sure to visit your grave site often after long evenings of beer drinking.

Regards,


34 posted on 09/25/2018 10:48:01 AM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: DoughtyOne
This harridans mother took a look at the hell spawn she bought into the world and couldn't live with what she'd done. Who gives a rip Hanoi Jane. Crawl off and die somewhere.
35 posted on 09/25/2018 10:48:47 AM PDT by jmacusa (Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: proust
only took 50 years. smh

If was even sincere. Will bet she is still hobnobs with the Hollywood left and remains highly regarded. She was a faithful and useful warrior.

36 posted on 09/25/2018 10:50:26 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Obama's "Remaking of America" continues apace in the absence of effective political opposition.)
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To: rktman

“...I will go to my grave regretting that...”

Dear jane,

OK, go there.


37 posted on 09/25/2018 10:52:29 AM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: rktman

Not only is it on Netflix. It is also on Comcast cable. I couldn’t stomach watching it.


38 posted on 09/25/2018 10:57:56 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Please go there sooner rather than later.


39 posted on 09/25/2018 10:58:44 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: DannyTN

Can we replace those stickers with former Sec. Of State John Kerry??


40 posted on 09/25/2018 11:02:04 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.i)
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