'Hanoi Jane' Fonda Honor Withdrawn

NewsMax ^ | 17 March 2006 | Carl Limbacher

[Aussie Dasher]

The sponsor of an effort to honor Jane Fonda in the Georgia state Senate withdrew her resolution Thursday, after a rocky reception from some colleagues and a phone call from the actress' office.

Sen. Steen Miles, D-Decatur, said a representative for Fonda, who is out of the country, asked that she avoid the controversy the effort had stirred.

"This, ladies and gentlemen, should not be occupying our time," said Miles.

The resolution cites the Atlanta resident's work as founder of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, donations to Atlanta-area universities and charities and role as goodwill ambassador with the United Nations.

But the two-time Academy Award winner's political activities protesting the Vietnam War, including a trip to North Vietnam in 1972, have long made her a target of veterans of that war.

The measure, which Miles said is one of several she has pushed honoring Georgia women during Women's History Month, cruised through the Senate on Wednesday before some members realized it was part of a stack of mostly non-controversial resolutions approved because no one objected to them.

Sen. John Douglas, R-Social Circle, later asked that the vote be reconsidered.

"I can think of no living American who is less worthy of this honor," Douglas, chairman of the chamber's Veterans and Military Affairs committee, said Thursday. "She is as guilty of treason as Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose."

Miles said she is sympathetic to concerns of military members. She said her brother and ex-husband both served in Vietnam and her daughter currently serves in the Army reserve. But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.

"I have a deep and abiding respect and love for our men and women warriors," she said. "We should not ignore the past, but we should not be inextricably bound to its mistakes."

The Senate voted 48-1 to reconsider the measure - a necessary procedure before Miles could withdraw it. Sen. Michael Meyer von Bremen, D-Albany, cast the only vote against reconsideration.

Miles then withdrew the effort before senators considered the resolution itself.

[Aussie Dasher]

I'm staggered any elected representative of the American people could even think about honouring this treacherous cow!

[Chode]

HA ha...
and the RATS take another one in the...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"This, ladies and gentlemen, should not be occupying our time," said Miles.

She has a clue!

[vetsvette]

""I can think of no living American who is less worthy of this honor," Douglas, chairman of the chamber's Veterans and Military Affairs committee, said Thursday. "She is as guilty of treason as Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose."

I guess that about covers it! They should charge whomever proposed to bestow this honor on Hanoi Jane with treason after the fact.

[U S Army EOD]

We will never forget.

[L98Fiero]

"She has a clue!"

Then why did she sponsor the bill to honor Jane?

[chilepepper]

Forget? HELL!

[Mr. Lucky]

Isn't there a ruling which requires the posting of a nudie picture on each Jane Fonda thread?

[Bean Counter]

yah

I almost puked my coffee this morning, as this was what was on Fox when I clicked on the TV.

I find it hard to believe that any politician in this country would be stupid enough to pull a stunt like this, and have the audacity to cry on television when she withdrew it.

Some things are bad enough that saying "I'm sorry" just isn't enough. Hanoi Jane is such a case. Merely mentioning her name in public insults every Vietnam Vet, and especially our former POWs; no matter how many charities she supports.

[jazusamo]

[But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.]

Miles is a typical moonbat, she's right in there with many judges and lawyers in believing a person is not responsible for their actions.

Congratulations to Senator Douglas, he understands treason.

[GrandEagle]

but we should not be inextricably bound to its mistake.

IF she, Hanoi Jane, considered it a mistake because of what she did, I could accept that; however, the only reason she considers it a mistake is because the real Americans here in our nation have a LONG memory and a very short tolerance of treason.

I agree, there is no one in this country less worthy of any award than Hanoi Jane.

Cordially,
GE

[NonValueAdded]

ping

[danbo]

Love your pictures!

[BenLurkin]

The word "honor" and her name do not belong in the same paragraph.

[Aussie Dasher]

The word "bitch" and her name do!

[tet68]

she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.


If she'd been hung thirty years ago, this wouldn't be a problem.

[mirkwood]

[GrandEagle]

The word "bitch" and her name do!
Nope, still too good. Insults female dogs everywhere.

[xarmydog]

What a waste of taxpayer money.I was in the inf.when that bitch pulled her stunt.She is lucky she never visited my unit!I will never forget and none of my family will as long as I live.The real sad part is,there are a lot of her clones in the govt.

[Cinnamon Girl]

But she said Fonda's good works for the past three decades outweigh any negatives associated with her Vietnam-era actions.

This is the same rationale the nuts used to argue that Tookie Williams shouldn't have been executed because he supposedly wrote some children's books.