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| Vietnam vet calls spitting in Fonda's face 'a debt of honor' |
| 2005-04-20 |
| Kansas City police arrested a 54-year-old man Tuesday night after he allegedly spit tobacco juice into the face of Jane Fonda at a book signing event on The Country Club Plaza. Michael A. Smith, a Vietnam veteran from Kansas City, was charged with disorderly conduct, a city charge. Reached by telephone this morning, Smith called Fonda a "traitor" and said her protests of the Vietnam War were unforgivable. He said he went to the event at the Unity Temple, 707 W. 47th St., for the sole purpose of spitting in her face. He said he doesn't normally chew tobacco, but he did Tuesday. "I consider it a debt of honor," he said. "She spit in our faces for 37 years
It was absolutely worth it. There are a lot of veterans who would love to do what I did." Smith said he receives disability payments from the government for injuries suffered in the Vietnam War. He said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and nerve damage caused by Agent Orange. Police said Smith waited in line for about 90 minutes, then passed a book to Fonda about 9 p.m. and spit at her. Smith then ran, police said, but quickly was arrested by off-duty Kansas City police officers hired to provide security for the event. Fonda declined to press charges against Smith, police said. |
| Posted by:Gir |
| #23 All right, I'll step to one side and strongly condone it. "Assault charges" and escalation? Maybe then I could file assault charges against the Left for beating the drums during their hateful protests up and down the street outside my house. Although the vision of three-inch leg hair and braided pits might be "assault" enough. Whatever. :) As I understand things, Paul Wolfowitz is *already* the target of pies and other things, if not for the attention of his detail. This isn't about tit-for-tat. |
| Posted by: Asedwich 2005-04-20 10:29:03 PM |
| #22 She waited 33 years to sort of apologize for treason. I guess I can wait another 33 years to sort of forgive her. I would have been more impressed with her if she had posed with the gun during Linebacker II when the Buffs finally got to go downtown. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-04-20 9:34:50 PM |
| #21 Can't add any more to that AC. That says it all. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-04-20 8:27:24 PM |
| #20 I thought I carried a grudge. :) Get 'em AC. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-04-20 7:52:13 PM |
| #19 I can't condone this either, and I was flying in Vietnam, in combat, on the very day that Fonda posed with the NVA AAA gun. I think she is too much of a lightning rod for those who are far more guilty and who, unlike Fonda, have never expressed regret over their actions. Though 33 years old at the time, Fonda had the childlike mentality of a typical 60s starlet. She was putty in the hands of the hard-core traitors who manipulated her into propagandizing for the enemy. These would include, first and foremost, the former Attorney-General and RFK/MLK assassination suspect Ramsey Clark. Clark accompanied Fonda on her infamous trips and was the actual instigator and organizer of the whole operation. Other knowing traitors of that era include the insufferably arrogant and stupid eastern establishment elitist John K. Galbraith, who is still wasting oxygen today at age 98, and the similarly fossilized Goebbelist Walter Cronkite, who betrayed the trust of the American people and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for the communists. We could also include any number of academics and currently respectable journalists and businesspeople who waged actual war against their own country, as well as against the Republic of Vietnam. The chickens are coming home to roost. Vietnam will again be free, and I will live to see it. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-04-20 7:06:45 PM |
| #18 Fred, we should set up a defense fund for this guy if he is prosecuted. Maybe you could name Page 3 after him, too. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2005-04-20 6:51:55 PM |
| #17 I can't help but wonder if this was all staged to get Hanoi Jane sympathy.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-04-20 5:22:42 PM |
| #16 eLarson: She talks out her ass so much, it can't get a word in edgewise! |
| Posted by: BH 2005-04-20 5:18:11 PM |
| #15 It's horrible, terrible, we are above such meanery. /LOL Why'd he miss her open eyeball? My granny could have taken her out from 15 ft. /critic |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-04-20 5:00:43 PM |
| #14 Jane's a pathetic old has-been. But if this escalates, then Paul Wolfowitz, who still has much work to do and much good to contribute to the world, may well become a target of the piss-pie throwers. Not worth squirting Hanoi Jane, IMHO. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-20 4:19:46 PM |
| #13 This was a stupid thing to do, in and of itself. Beyond that, I agree with lex -- this will result in escalation from the left. Not to mention that every assault they commit will be "defended" with "BUT THEY SPIT ON JANE FONDA!!!" The loser who did this should be up on assault charges. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-04-20 4:07:52 PM |
| #12 Was Fonda's vagina available for comment? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-04-20 3:53:38 PM |
| #11 then I'd say live and let live until she answers to her maker. Then can I go and piss on her grave? |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-04-20 3:50:03 PM |
| #10 Ok, I'd agree spit was not essential. But daily, constant, reminding in public is deserved. If she wants a public life then let her carry the full burden of public shame she's earned. On the other hand, if she crawls back in her hole without subjecting us to her media b.s. then I'd say live and let live until she answers to her maker. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-04-20 3:32:30 PM |
| #9 Let's have a thought for the millions of Vietanmese and Cambodians who died because of her. Let's remember that sentence of a communist leader: "We were on the verge of throwing the towel but we wetre conforted by the vision of Jane Fonda in a red dress". She is criminal against humankind. |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-04-20 3:32:05 PM |
| #8 I hear you, but is it worth the escalation from the other side that inevitably will happen? |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-20 3:18:14 PM |
| #7 The sad part is that he had to wait in line for 90 minutes. What's wrong with all those people in line in front of him? |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-04-20 3:17:52 PM |
| #6 Allowing somebody like Fonda to quietly enjoy the best of the freedoms our nation can offer after what she did isn't very good for those who serve and served and whom she directly and indirectly denigrated. In the absence of a sincere acknowledgement of the harm she helped inflict on thousands due to her own stupidity and inflated sense of self-importance, she damn well deserves and needs to be publically dogged and reminded every day. She should feel uncomfortable in public and if spit in the face is the worst of it she should be thankful. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-04-20 3:12:33 PM |
| #5 Red |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-20 3:09:14 PM |
| #4 Kansas City police arrested a 54-year-old man Tuesday night after he allegedly spit tobacco juice What brand of chewing tobbacco? ;o) |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-04-20 2:53:06 PM |
| #3 Hell, Jane's probably been waiting for this for 37 years. She's probably glad it's over with and all she got was spit on. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-04-20 2:43:40 PM |
| #2 As much as I would have relished seeing this in person, I can't condone it. This is the kind of Kos-style left-wing behavior now proliferating at the campuses. Escalation along a hate spiral isn't good for anyone. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-20 2:40:32 PM |
| #1 "Fonda declined to press charges against Smith, police said." A VERY smart move on her part. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-04-20 2:31:22 PM |