'Hanoi' Jane Defends Kerry in Photo Flap

NewsMax.com ^ | 2/11/04 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

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"Hanoi" Jane Fonda rushed to defend Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday after a photo published by NewsMax.com on Monday picturing her with the Democratic presidential front-runner sparked outrage across the nation.

"The American people have had it with the big lie," Fonda complained on CNN, suggesting that the photo showing her and Kerry at the same Sept. 1970 Vietnam war protest at Valley Forge, Penn., was misleading.

"Any attempt to link Kerry to me and make him look bad with that connection is completely false," the radical actress insisted.

While Fonda admitted that she and Kerry addressed the crowd that day from the same platform, she maintained that their contact was minimal, telling CNN, "I don't even think we shook hands."

Her account stands in stark contrast, however, to that of presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, who reported in his Kerry biography "Tour of Duty" that after Fonda and the top Democrat appeared at the same Valley Forge demonstration, she "adopted" Kerry's group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, as "her leading cause."

On Monday Brinkley said that while researching his book he came across additional documentation linking Fonda to Kerry.

"I've seen their names in a University of Wisconsin archive on [Kerry's VVAW]," Brinkley told "Radio Factor" host Bill O'Reilly. "Their names are on the same mimeograph sheets, where you can see them as principal speakers together."

Fonda defended Kerry's leadership in the VVAW, saying it wasn't true that the anti-war group was rooting for a Communist victory in Vietnam.

"This was an organization of men who risked their lives in Vietnam, who considered themselves totally patriotic," she explained.

After Valley Forge, Fonda reportedly bankrolled the VVAW's "Winter Soldier Investigation," an event staged in Detroit in Feb. 1971 where Kerry interviewed disgruntled veterans in an attempt to glean the most dramatic accounts of U.S. atrocities.

Later some "veterans" who participated in Winter Soldier were exposed as impostors.

NewsMax.com has learned that videotape of Kerry interviewing some Winter Soldier witnesses exists, and is likely to be made public during the coming presidential campaign.

Still, Fonda maintained that Kerry's attempt to spotlight alleged U.S. war crimes in Vietnam was a patriotic act.

"How can you impugn, how can you even suggest, that anyone like Kerry or any of these veterans were not patriotic?" she complained to CNN. "He was a hero there."

Eighteen months after Winter Soldier, Fonda traveled to Hanoi and sat atop an enemy aircraft battery, pretending to shoot down U.S. pilots as North Vietnamese cameras rolled.

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[Becki]

Picture didn't print but here's a link to that thread - go to post 205

Oh God! He was ugly even back then!

Becki

[XHogPilot]

To those who say that his military record gives him a free pass, I point out that Timothy McVeigh also served in the military and was Honorably Discharged. His military record didn't give him a free pass on his subsequent actions and neither should John Freakin' Kerry's!

Jolly Good old boy, this is spot-on.

[jonathonandjennifer]

Translation - We shook hands

..........at the very least.

[Snickersnee]

Dick Nixon had no balls. Another example of "The Greatest Generation" letting down the next generation.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

I hope John F...ing Kerry is ready for the endorsements of Hanoi Jane, Commie Babs, Michael "The Fellow Traveler" Moore, and all the rest. These are his people... but don't you dare call him a Massachusetts Liberal!

[CedarDave]

Sorry guys and gals, it's photo shopped. Go posts 254 and 256 on this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076057/posts?q=1&&page=201#254

[nutmeg]

Do you know which freeper found the pic? I'd like to thank that person!

I think it was Hillary's Lovely Legs.

[Hunble]

Was John Kerry one of the baby killers? Is that why he accused our soldiers of war crimes?

Did he have first hand knowledge?

Benedict Arnold, John Wilkes Booth and Jane Fonda. Names that will be associated with treason against the United States for a very long time.

These are the names that will be remember in historical records. For the people that lived during those times, the people who associated with and supported their political views, will be found just as guilty.

Vets like me have a long memory and will Never forgive their treason.

If John Kerry betrayed his government by supporting the people associated with Jane Fonda, then he deserves to be in prison instead of becoming an elected President.

[Alissa]

OK - that picture is fake. See the original by going to the link above for Kerry Dossier and look at post 254.

[nutmeg]

ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[maro]

Don't be mean to Barbarella!

[Hunble]

To those who say that his military record gives him a free pass, I point out that Timothy McVeigh also served in the military and was Honorably Discharged. His military record didn't give him a free pass on his subsequent actions and neither should John Freakin' Kerry's!

OUTSTANDING statement!

[CedarDave]

It was a good photo, no doubt about that. Registered may have had his hand slapped!

[He Rides A White Horse]

How can you impugn, how can you even suggest, that anyone like Kerry or any of these veterans were not patriotic?" she complained to CNN. "He was a hero there."

You were a hero also Jane. To the NVA.

[McGavin999]

I love having Hanoi Jane appearing to defend the "honor" of Kerry. This is bringing back all kinds of memories this country would be better off forgetting, but since they insist, they'd better be ready for the backlash.

[CedarDave]

Get your jollys quickly; it was just pulled from the other thread!

[harpo11]

If you want to know more about Hanoi Jane's traitorous activities and how our POW's were treated by the Viet Cong, I'd suggest reading this griping powerful book.

[Hon]

McVeigh even got a Bronze Star with a V for valor.

BTW, this thread applies:

3 Wounds + Two Medals = A Great Leader?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074954/posts

[gorebegone]

Dangthat was quick, didn't even have time to save it to my pictures. Was that picture that showed JFK sitting behind HJ in the bleachers a fake also?