Jane Fonda who went to North Vietnam, met with top officials, made several propaganda radio broadcasts and had her photograph taken while sitting in a North Vietnamese tank (surprisingly, she was not arrested for Treason on her return to the US although what she did clearly qualifies) is now trying to jump-start her career with a new book and movie.
She was at a book signing and one person who remembers her treason very well came up to her.
Local6 has the story:
Police: Man Arrested For Spitting On Jane Fonda
Police said they arrested a man for spitting on two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda (pictured, right) during a book-signing stop in Kansas City Tuesday night.
Fonda, 67, spoke at Unity Temple, in The Plaza shopping district, about her new best-selling book, "My Life So Far," and her new movie with Jennifer Lopez called "Monster-In-Law."
At about 9 p.m., police said 54-year-old Michael A. Smith, who had been waiting in line for about 90 minutes, passed a book to Fonda and then spit a large amount of tobacco juice into her face.
Fonda declined to prosecute Smith.
A Vietnam veteran, Smith was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, which is a city charge.
I would have used a pie but I can well understand Mr. Smith's sentiments...
Gee, let's see what was Jane really ever guilty of. At the time as a young woman Jane wasn't acting any different than half of America who were also pretty busy marching on Washington, D.C. Since then Jane Fonda has been unfairly singled out and scape goated by a small minded segment of our population who chose to ignore what was actually happening in our nation because of another tremendously unpopular war at that time. All that a young Jane Fonda ever really did then was simply echo the social and political current of a nation caught up in its own turmoil. The only people really guilty of treason in this case are the fools who are slow to change and choose to remain ignorant to the lessons history is plainly showing us.