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To: Eastbound

From Wolf Blitzer Reports' Brian Todd in Washington

The association with Fonda is too much for some veterans, including two members of Congress.

Republican Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a former Navy pilot and the first "ace" of the Vietnam War, was shot down in 1972.

"It bothered us, anyone that associated themselves with Jane Fonda, with Tom Hayden, with the antiwar movement. We just wanted to do our job, complete our mission for our country that sent us and come back alive. And having people like Senator Kerry protest that was kind of a slap in the face to us," says Rep. Cunningham.

And Texas Republican Sam Johnson, a POW in Vietnam, told the Washington Times Wednesday, "I think it symbolizes how two-faced he is, talking about his war reputation, which is questionable on the one hand, and then coming out against our veterans who were fighting over there on the other."


52 posted on 09/07/2004 4:22:35 PM PDT by Calpernia ("People never like what they don't understand")
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To: Calpernia

Good docs.


60 posted on 09/07/2004 5:25:38 PM PDT by Eastbound ("Ne'er a Scrooge or a Patsy Be")
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