Hanoi Jane for Qom Obama
Anyone surprised? Paparazzi vid.
LA Times’s Top of the Ticket: There goes the crossover vote. There was one?
Many people question the value of celebrity endorsements, whether they actually….
attract anything other than simply more publicity, not to mention votes. The imprimatur of Fonda, who’s been an antiwar activist for decades, certainly supports Obama’s antiwar credentials.
Less examined is whether some celebrity endorsements may actually cost a candidate votes. This could be one of those less desirable votes for part of the country, especially if Obama was hoping to attract some crossover Republicans if he’s the Democratic candidate come fall.
Obama, who was recently named the most liberal member of the Senate by the nonpartisan National Journal, has sought to portray himself as the earliest anti-Iraq war opponent and tagged his sole remaining opponent, Sen. Hillary Clinton, with voting to authorize the use of force in Iraq.
The problem for those of a certain generation that endured the Vietnam War and the sometimes violent domestic conflict that accompanied it at home is that during Fonda’s controversial wartime visit to North Vietnam, she was photographed at a Communist anti-aircraft gun battery.
According to the photo caption distributed at the time, she joined North Vietnamese soldiers there in singing an antiwar song while preparing to shoot at attacking Americans.
Meanwhile, Obama’s being stalked just like a celeb.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 7:11 am on Thursday, April 3, 2008
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April 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 am
American traitors sure get good press, don’t they?
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
It’s hard to overstate the loathing for Jane Fonda that exists among a lot of Americans. She has a right to her preference, but she can only be a detriment to the candidate of her choice.
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
It sure would have helped if Hanoi Jane had taken citizenship in Vietnam. She could have helped with the reconstruction.
I imagine that she could have received an important position in the government in exchange for that help among other things. She lost all that by choosing to stay in a country that minimized her. Shucky darn! Oh well.
How does one exist in a country that considers one’s name to be synonymous with being a traitor?
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Hanoi Jane for Obama.
OK, are there still doubts about where Barry O is coming from?
April 4th, 2008 at 2:12 am
America-hating traitors support Obama.
That’s a shocker.