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To: ETL

Donald Sutherland is possessed at 2:36 of that trailer. I’m not joking.


101 posted on 07/23/2011 1:58:49 AM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked..." - BHO)
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To: scott7278

As others have said, she said what she said and she did what she did, so reap what you sow.

If she has a legitimate “complaint” it would be that although there were many, many traitors in that period - she has become the symbol of the actions and words of many.

The fact that she went farther than others (actually going to NV) and the fact that she was already a powerful media symbol, the particular way she went about it is why this has occurred.

It’s not a lot different than Barry Bonds being a symbol for the steroid era in baseball. Which is not to directly compare BB to JF. But it is to point out that BB was not the only one to use steroids, but if you say “Quick who benefited from steroids” BB is who would most immediately come to mind and if you were to write a biography of BB there would be multiple chapters related to steroids and the aftermath.

Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Donald Sutherland, Bill Ayres and many, many others did horrible things back then. And yes, this has been pointed out multiple times. But for mostly understandable reasons it is Hanoi Jane around whom the association is strongest.

And, of course, aside from people like say David Horowitz, no one of these people has ever really apologized (in a meaningful way) with Hanoi Jane included.

So if she has a point - it’s that “I was a traitorous POS but I wasn’t the only one - just the most visible”.

But, I admit, it’s a fine point, and she’s never going to say that anyway. So, for practical purposes, she, like BB is going to remain a symbol of a shameful era.


162 posted on 07/23/2011 6:46:11 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
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