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This is going to turn out a whole lot of nothing. It's like the photo of Mrs. Carter and John Wayne Gacy; just because you're in a photo together doesn't mean you agree 100% on any issue. And they aren't sitting right together either, so there's nothing to it other than they both attended an anti-war rally at the same time. LOTS of people attended those rally's.

We need to go after this horse-face for his stands on taxation (never met a tax he didn't favor), his votes against military and intelligence, and his extremist views.

This is going to turn out a whole lot of nothing.

We will see, but there is a lot more than just a picture (see below)

Kerry Kin Denies 'Hanoi Jane' Connection

....Ms. Fonda and Sen. Kerry worked together on at least two anti-war protests in the early 1970s.

In September 1970, both Kerry and "Hanoi" Jane addressed a widely covered protest rally at Valley Forge, Pa., where Fonda denounced the Nixon administration as "cold-blooded killers."

According to Douglas Brinkley's Kerry biography "Tour of Duty," Fonda's celebrity and Kerry's performance helped turn the Massachusetts Democrat into a star of the anti-war movement.

From there, the Democratic presidential front-runner collaborated with "Hanoi" Jane on the "Winter Soldier Investigation," which encouraged Vietnam veterans, some of whom later turned out to be impostors, to detail war crimes they had committed.

During Monday's broadcast, Thorne became a bit more candid about Kerry's ties to Fonda when Sean Hannity asked him if he would "be surprised if there were pictures of 'Hanoi' Jane and John Kerry together."

Sounding suddenly nervous, Thorne admitted: "Not at all. John was pictured with a lot of different anti-war people at that time."

Asked specifically about Kerry photos with Fonda and Ramsey Clark, Thorne sheepishly acknowledged, "Yes, he was pictured with all those people."

I can't agree that this photo is going to be a "whole lot of nothing," because it significantly undermines one of Senator Kerry's big issues, i.e., his war hero status. Given Senator Kerry's emphasis on his military background, he really invites an inquiry into his post-war activities relative to that background. I do think the photo would be largely irrelevant if Senator Kerry wasn't so deliberately and repetitively playing the Vietnam/military service card. I also believe that this situation is very different from the Mrs. Carter/Gacy photo. My recollection is that event was just a photo op, "wait on line and stand next to Mrs. Carter" type of thing where the subjects of the photo did not necessarily even know one another. In this instance, it's not as if Senator Kerry was a fan who saw Jane Fonda on the street outside a restaurant in L.A. and asked someone to snap a photo. Jane Fonda and John Kerry are at a specific political event that highlights their shared viewpoint (even if they didn't agree fully on every point, the main thrust of the event has been pretty well documented). John Kerry and Jane Fonda, unlike Mrs. Carter and Gacy, aren't together just by happenstance. And while they aren't sitting right together, they are probably within a row or two of one another. It would seem to me that you'd have had to be something of a VIP in the anti-war movement to get that kind of seat in front, near Jane Fonda. Or is that unlikely?

just because you're in a photo together doesn't mean you agree 100% on any issue. And they aren't sitting right together either, so there's nothing to it other than they both attended an anti-war rally at the same time.

You're absolutely kidding yourself if you think that picture isn't a campaign manager's worst nightmare. No, they're not sitting side by side, but they don't have to be. They're in the frame together, obviously attending the same rally, looking at the same speaker. The inferrence is more than enough to tarnish him badly.

This is going to turn out a whole lot of nothing. It's like the photo of Mrs. Carter and John Wayne Gacy; just because you're in a photo together doesn't mean you agree 100% on any issue

Hard to argue with that kind of reasoning. Kerry and Fonda appeared together as speakers at Valley Forge "Operation RAW" (Rapid American Withdrawal), the September 1970 march featured Fonda, Kerry and a motley band of anti-war vets in an 86-mile trek from Morristown, N.J., and Valley Forge, Pa. – two Revolutionary War sites. They also were in Detroit together at the Winter Soldier Investigation. Whether they agreed 100% on the Vietnam War is irrelevant. Their active association is important and indisputable.

Frankly, I don't care if the photo is doctored. We know that both of them were principal participants in the events mentioned previously. Kerry was a co-founder of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. I suggest you read the Holzers' book, "Aid and Comfort" to learn about Fonda's connection with and support of Kerry's organization. Fonda raised funds for Kerry. In an interview with Hanoi Radio, George Wald cited the Vietnam Veterans Against the War as a "strong element" in the anti war coallition and noted, that these veterans were now "the most bitter opponents of the war" and "ashamed of their part."

This isn't guilt by association or appearing together coincidentally in the same photo. Fonda and Kerry were allies in spreading anti-American propaganda and giving aid and comfort to the enemy, which was still killing Americans on the ground. The North Vietnamese never won a major battle against us and lost 20 times the number of personnel. They won politically, thanks in part to the efforts of useful idiots like Kerry and Fonda. Some might even call it treason.