Should Jane Fonda be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
MidnightCowboy
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NPC 2012/05/09 04:08:38No






















RECIPIENTS OF THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
Bob Dylan, singer and songwriter of such hits as 'Like a Rolling Stone,' 'Blowin' in the Wind' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man.'
Madeleine Albright, former secretary of state
John Glenn, astronaut and former senator
Pat Summitt, basketball coach
Toni Morrison, author of such novels as 'Song of Solomon' and 'Beloved.'
John Paul Stevens, former Supreme Court Justice.
Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts.
Shimon Peres, president of Israel.
John Doar, who handled civil rights cases as assistant attorney general in the 1960s.
William Foege, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who helped lead the effort to eradicate smallpox.
Gordon Hirabayashi, who fought the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Jan Karski, a resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers of America.
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NO! SHE DOES NOT DESERVE Presidential Medal of Freedom!
FOR A LONG TIME, (YEARS) I WOULD NOT EVEN WATCH HER!
SAYING YOUR SORRY DOES NOT!!!MAKE UP FOR WHAT SHE DID DURING VIETNAM!!!
Fonda said, "I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I caused to deepen because of the things that I said or did. I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm...very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them and their families."
In 2005, Fonda published her autobiography in which she described in detail her decision to go to North Vietnam. She said it was primarily motivated by her desire to document the U.S. bombing of important dikes that, if destroyed, could kill tens of thousands of people and devastate the lives of millions. The U.S. had denied the bombings. In the book, Fonda is unapologetic about the trip or her participation in broadcasts on radio Hanoi but regrets the pictures taken of her at the gun emplacement. She said it made it appear as though she was celebrating armaments aimed at American planes, which was not how she felt and was not the context in which the pictur...
NO! SHE DOES NOT DESERVE Presidential Medal of Freedom!
FOR A LONG TIME, (YEARS) I WOULD NOT EVEN WATCH HER!
SAYING YOUR SORRY DOES NOT!!!MAKE UP FOR WHAT SHE DID DURING VIETNAM!!!
Fonda said, "I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I caused to deepen because of the things that I said or did. I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm...very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them and their families."
In 2005, Fonda published her autobiography in which she described in detail her decision to go to North Vietnam. She said it was primarily motivated by her desire to document the U.S. bombing of important dikes that, if destroyed, could kill tens of thousands of people and devastate the lives of millions. The U.S. had denied the bombings. In the book, Fonda is unapologetic about the trip or her participation in broadcasts on radio Hanoi but regrets the pictures taken of her at the gun emplacement. She said it made it appear as though she was celebrating armaments aimed at American planes, which was not how she felt and was not the context in which the pictures were taken. She reminds readers that the U.S. investigated her trip and found no reason to bring any charges against her. She also describes her longstanding support of, and interaction with, U.S. military personnel and says her only beef was with the U.S. government, not the troops.
a) Firing squad, or
b) One-way ticket to Viet Nam
or he does get it , and the liberal's are the ones that do not see what obomma really is..
Will NEVER forget the TRAITOROUS Witch and what she did ..