Longtime Beltway commentator and columnist Robert Novak says it's time for the press to probe Democratic presidential front-runner John Kerry's ties to "Hanoi Jane" Fonda just as thoroughly as reporters went after bogus allegations that President Bush went AWOL from the National Guard.
Novak has uncovered new evidence that the anti-American actress and the Massachusetts Democrat were much more closely associated than either Fonda and Kerry now admit.
He reports:
"A 34-year-old flier lists speakers for an anti-Vietnam War rally at Valley Forge State Park, Pa., Sept. 7, 1970. Included were two of that era's most notorious leftist agitators, the Rev. James Bevel and Mark Lane, plus actress Jane Fonda, a symbol of extreme opposition to the war. Leading off the list was a less familiar name: John Kerry."
After Valley Forge, Fonda adopted Kerry's group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, as her "leading cause," according to Kerry biographer Douglas Brinkley.
Minutes for a Sept. 11, 1970 meeting of the VVAW show reveal a plan to "coordinate with Jane Fonda's speaking tour," says Novak. She and actor Donald Sutherland, who was also on hand for Valley Forge, had dubbed their road show the "F*** the Army" tour, according to several books chronicling the anti-war movement.
Novak also reveals that "a later VVAW staff meeting decided to bar the American flag from the organization's offices." At the time, Kerry held the official title of the group's National Coordinator; Fonda was named Honorary National Coordinator.
So how probable is it that they barely knew each other, as Fonda and Kerry now maintain? Not very.
Concludes Novak:
"Documents show they shared the same platform and the same wing of the anti-war movement. That is surely as valid as investigating how many National Guard drills Bush attended."
Anyone think Judy Woodruff is gonna show disdain for Kerry? Or "concern" over certain allegations?... After all, it's the "seriousness of the charge" that warrants a full-scale (press) investigation, right?
Link: here
Novak has uncovered new evidence that the anti-American actress and the Massachusetts Democrat were much more closely associated than either Fonda and Kerry now admit.
He reports:
"A 34-year-old flier lists speakers for an anti-Vietnam War rally at Valley Forge State Park, Pa., Sept. 7, 1970. Included were two of that era's most notorious leftist agitators, the Rev. James Bevel and Mark Lane, plus actress Jane Fonda, a symbol of extreme opposition to the war. Leading off the list was a less familiar name: John Kerry."
After Valley Forge, Fonda adopted Kerry's group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, as her "leading cause," according to Kerry biographer Douglas Brinkley.
Minutes for a Sept. 11, 1970 meeting of the VVAW show reveal a plan to "coordinate with Jane Fonda's speaking tour," says Novak. She and actor Donald Sutherland, who was also on hand for Valley Forge, had dubbed their road show the "F*** the Army" tour, according to several books chronicling the anti-war movement.
Novak also reveals that "a later VVAW staff meeting decided to bar the American flag from the organization's offices." At the time, Kerry held the official title of the group's National Coordinator; Fonda was named Honorary National Coordinator.
So how probable is it that they barely knew each other, as Fonda and Kerry now maintain? Not very.
Concludes Novak:
"Documents show they shared the same platform and the same wing of the anti-war movement. That is surely as valid as investigating how many National Guard drills Bush attended."
Anyone think Judy Woodruff is gonna show disdain for Kerry? Or "concern" over certain allegations?... After all, it's the "seriousness of the charge" that warrants a full-scale (press) investigation, right?
Link: here
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