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Hanoi Jane Donates $100K to Defeat GOP Rep. Darrell Issa

[Free Beacon] Jane Fonda has donated $100,000 to a political group solely aimed at defeating California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the country.

Fonda's contribution amounts to nearly one-quarter of the group's total $440,000 haul for the year.

The group's top donors include Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio, comedian Bill Maher, actor Ted Danson and former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.). Maher donated $15,000, DiCaprio and Boxer doled out $2,500 each, and Danson cut a $1,500 check, according to a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Jay Leno also contributed $2,500 through his JDM Foundation, an organization that Leno funds along with contributions from auto-racing companies.

Flip the 49th! Neighbors in Action, the group in question, did not immediately respond to a question about whether Fonda's funding could backfire by motivating more veterans or current members of the military to turn out and support Issa.

Fonda, now 79, earned the nickname "Hanoi Jane" from Vietnam veterans for visiting Hanoi in 1972 as an anti-war protester in 1972 where she posed for photos on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft battery.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-12-16 06:44|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Issa is vulnerable. He had a tough time in the last election.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-12-16 09:45|| 2017-12-16 09:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Doug Applegate played up his military resume, never was called on being a Democrat Tool Trial Lawyer™

Posted by Frank G 2017-12-16 11:26|| 2017-12-16 11:26|| Front Page Top

#3 UT and local tv stations would never do that, Frank.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-12-16 11:48|| 2017-12-16 11:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Democrats have been running military folk for about a decade in Republican districts. A lot of them seem to have spent their time as JAGs rather than fighting. The one lawyer with military experience who actually fought, that I am aware of, is Ohio’s treasurer and hopefully future replacement for Senator Sherrod Brown (2018 election), Josh Mandel. After he got his law degree he served eight years in the Marines in Afghanistan.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-12-16 11:55|| 2017-12-16 11:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Piss on her.

Posted by newc 2017-12-16 20:02|| 2017-12-16 20:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Isn't this racist against arabs?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2017-12-16 21:00|| 2017-12-16 21:00|| Front Page Top

#7 According to Wikipedia

His father was a Lebanese American of the Maronite Catholic faith[citation needed][10] and his mother is of German and Bohemian (Czech) descent.[11][12] In 2006, he was one of four Arab-American members of Congress.

But he is Christian, not Muslim, as most Arab-Americans were before the Obama deluge, so he doesn’t count.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-12-16 21:52|| 2017-12-16 21:52|| Front Page Top

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