Jane Fonda's back on the antiwar circuit, planning a tour this time in a veggie-oil powered bus. This comes not long after she her not-very-convincing apology for her incredibly stupid trip to Hanoi during the Vietnam war, the one that galvanized mainstream American resentment against the antiwar movement.
Newsday columnist Sheryl McCarthy is correct when she calls the Fonda bus ride an "ego trip."
"If she was so opposed to the war, why didn't she do her bus tour two years ago, when the Bushies were beating the war drums, giving false evidence about Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons and marching our troops off to battle? Oh, I forgot, she was too busy writing her autobiography," McCarthy writes.
The Philadelphia Daily News, in an editorial, says Karl Rove "should send a thank- you note to Jane Fonda, or to whoever dreamed up her recently announced anti-war tour - in a bus fueled by vegetable oil, no less. With the return of 'Hanoi Jane' to rant about, the prevaricators who got us into the Iraq war can point to her colossal misjudgments of 30 years ago - and away from the disastrous reality that the Bush administration has unleashed there."
Santa Fe, NM, columnist Joe Gandalmen called Fonda the gift that keeps on giving (to Republicans).
"Just when you thought we might have a Congressional election based on the actual issues facing the country, actress-and-60s-anti-war-activist Jane Fonda is handing the GOP a thoughtful gift:
"Herself.
"On a bus.
"Next March.
"Crossing the country.
"In an anti-war tour.
"That'll be a huge issue on talk radio."
Fonda should stick to what she does best: Taking off her clothes in tacky movies.
I never realized just how powerful Jane is. She can get your knees jerking wildly in an instant. Go Jane!
If she is a representative of a strong, liberal woman, she's a poor one, IMO.
This gal has had an over-inflated opinion of self since the 70's.
If "Hanoi Jane" really cares about the outcome of next year's election, she will lay low and contribute some of her enormous bank account to credible Democrats (and Bernie Sanders) who must take the Congress back and save this country from total disaster.
And while she's handing out cash, maybe she could gift her unspeakable co-star Jennifer Lopez with enough to stop slaughtering fur creatures to gaudy-up her already tacky clothing line.
As I recall the only movie she ever made I found of interest was "KLUTE". The balance of her life and career appears to have been one mistake after another, one faulty judgment after another. Stay home, Jane.
Other than 'Klute' I doubt she ever made a movie that held my interest. For the rest, one poor judgment call after another. Stay home, Jane.
the best movie IT ever made was 'Cat Balou' snd that was only because Lee Marvin and that drunken horse was in it. As for what she has to say, "heard it before and saw what IT did" NO THANKS,
Danny
a Viet Nam Veteran
"Hanoi Jane"is just on another psyco power trip or should I say,found some way to get back"into the spotlight."I think that she should do a remake of the song-THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING and take a HIKE to seek Professional Help.