[Hanoi Jane] Fonda role again draws heat

Boston Globe ^ | January 27, 2007 | By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff

[Jim Robinson]

WASHINGTON -- Actress and long time peace activist Jane Fonda, a favorite target of right-wing attacks since the 1970s for her high-profile opposition to the Vietnam War, will rejoin the ranks of the antiwar movement today at a major rally in Washington.

The return to the spotlight for the Hollywood star derisively known as "Hanoi Jane" for going to North Vietnam at the height of the war, was seen by some activists and chroniclers of the antiwar movement as politically risky. They said her presence could be distracting in a rally that organizers hope can capitalize on congressional opposition to President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq.

"I wonder if the appearance of someone like Jane Fonda is going to pull attention away from other messages," said Rhys Williams, a University of Cincinnati sociologist who has chronicled American anti war movements. "If I were an organizer, I would worry how much her presence is going to be dominating the news cycle."

Though it's been decades since she posed atop a North Vietnamese anti aircraft gun, many Vietnam veterans are still angry . Fonda later apologized -- but didn't say she was sorry for fervently opposing the Vietnam War.

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"The enemies of this nation are feeling so emboldened that they are confident enough to bring Jane Fonda to a MEMORIAL for the United States Navy," the conservative website Freerepublic.com decried in an "urgent" post. Fonda "posed with our enemy [in North Vietnam] on an anti aircraft battery used to shoot down our Navy pilots."

[melancholy]

I think that Hanoi Jane needs to go and talk face to face with the Taliban.

They probably mistake her for an ancient Buddah statue and blow her up!

[Yardstick]

The Left acts so stung when its patriotism is questioned, then it turns around and gives a commie-symp traitor like Fonda star billing.

[melancholy]

hanoi Jane; a traitor is a traitor, is a traitor.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It's next to the 'easy button.'

I got mine!

[operation clinton cleanup]

You only have access to it when you have been initiated into the super duper secret freeper society. That happens after you destroy a dixie chick's career.

Hmmm... I thought maybe it was one of the perks of being a monthly FR donor!

[Grizzled Bear]

Hmmm... I thought maybe it was one of the perks of being a monthly FR donor!
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There are somethings that money can't buy.

[Bigh4u2]

I got mine too!

[jslade]

I'd just like to get my hands around this traitors throat!

[TET1968]

On the cover of Time Magazine, holding a sword used in the beheading of a kidnapped victim

[DakotaRed]

As the bumper sticker says on the back of my truck, I WILL FORGIVE JANE FONDA WHEN THE JEWS FORGIVE HITLER

May she burn in hell for eternity.

[stockpirate]

I'll bet she doesn't go visit with any Terrorists and pose for pictures!

[cubreporter]

All three of them are old, stale, dried up and no one wants them for movies anymore so they have to get out there and protest. They have to get their "face time" somehow.

[El Gato]

Hollywood star derisively known as "Hanoi Jane"

That's so 60s/70s. She should henceforth be known as:

Jihad Jane

Or that doesn't float your boat

Baghdad Barbarella

[garjog]

I hate looking at this traitor's face in the news. Where are burkas when you need one?