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Posted on 03/16/2006 2:39:51 PM PST by 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.
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If it was declared a war, her actions in Nam would have gotten her awarded with a hanging.
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This link will go with details on Janie's up-coming roast to be Larry King alive at the Georgia Aquarium... Roast her with napalm.
John Kerry hasn't either and he was worst than Jane Fonda.
Cindy did contribute something, she did have a son who served his country and was a hero.
Has Hanoi Jane ever apologized for her actions? Or does she think she is above all the little people?
No she has not and never has John Kerry.
No, I think the rule calls for Hanoi Jane urinal targets.
As I thought. So the two of them really don't think they did anything wrong. And yet they think they should be honored for their achievements.
Tokyo Rose - aka Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino - was pardoned by Gerald R. Ford on 19 January 1977.
There aren't many people in the world whom I will spend my hatred on. Hatred is emotionally expensive, but she's worth every bit.
For what it's worth, Benedict Arnold did help win the critical Battle of Saratoga during the Revolutionary War before he went on to his famous betrayal. (Kind of awkward that he has the same name as Pope Benedict, sigh)
I have heard of Jane Fonda's work preventing teenage pregnancies; while it can't make up for her betraying our brave soldiers, it proves even a scoundrel can commit ONE good deed.
I say, make her apologize to the troops IN PUBLIC, then maybe we'll reconsider the award.
Bull S**t.
Another sniveling piece of Hollyworm trash taken off her rotten pedestal.
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