the rest of you guys who served honorably in Viet Nam......

Score one for the good guys!

Mo. Man Spits Tobacco Juice on Jane Fonda
April 20, 2005 5:03 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man spit tobacco juice into the face of Jane Fonda after waiting in line to have her sign her new memoir. Capt. Rich Lockhart of the Kansas City Police Department said Michael A. Smith, 54, was arrested Tuesday night on a municipal charge of disorderly conduct.

He was released on bond and is due to appear in court on May 27.

Fonda covers a wide range of topics in "My Life So Far," including her 1972 visit to Hanoi to protest the Vietnam War, during which she was photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. She has apologized for the photo, but not for opposing the war.

Smith, a Vietnam veteran, told The Kansas City Star Wednesday that Fonda was a "traitor" and that her protests against the Vietnam War were unforgivable. He said he doesn't chew tobacco but did so Tuesday solely to spit juice on the actress.

"I consider it a debt of honor," he told The Star for a story on its Web site. "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."

Fonda, who flew to Minneapolis Wednesday for another appearance on her book tour, issued a statement through Jynne Martin of Random House.

"In spite of the incident, my experience in Kansas City was wonderful and I thank all the warm and supportive people, including so many veterans, who came to welcome me last night," she said.

Fonda drew a crowd of about 900 at Unity Temple, said Vivian Jennings, whose Rainy Day Books of suburban Fairway, Kan., sponsored the event.

Jennings said the 67-year-old actress never got up from her seat and continued autographing books after the tobacco juice was wiped off.

"The important thing is that she was so calm and so gracious about it," Jennings said. "She was wonderful."

 

Good for him. I applaud the man for doing it.

 

IaintFondaJane

 

i see u have the earthlink news ticker as do i.......how amusing the things are that they put on there

Dom

 

You think maybe we should all show up at his trial...

A court room full of supporters might not hurt his case...

 

I don't know about that. I never heard of anybody beating an assault charge because "he deserved it". Don't misunderstand me, that wench deserved it.

 

The old "Texas Defense"......

Defendant: "Your Honor, that rotten sucker needed killin'"

Judge: "Well, okay, but don't you go killin' anybody that don't need killin', Case Dismissed"

 

How so very true.

 

Good for him. Need more people that stand up for their cause.

 

It's obvious she hasn't changed her ways and she deserves far more that what she got.

He, on the other hand will probably get the shaft from the courts and it will cost him a ton of money for lawyers and court costs because I highly doubt she'll ever drop the charges.

My thoughts are with him and I hope things work out to his benefit!

 

Actually, and I'll admit I'm surprised by this, she didn't want to press charges according to our hometown paper:

"Fonda declined to press assault charges against Smith, 54, but Kansas City police arrested him for disorderly conduct. Smith, who was jailed briefly Tuesday night, said he would plead guilty.

“Might as well. I did it,” he said."

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/11446349.htm

(The stupid thing might ask you to register. www.Bugmenot.com is the answer to that)

 

I'm sure that isn't the first time she has been spit on. Who let that (insert appropriate durogatory word here) out of her closet ??

PISTOL

 

I saw her on Letterman last week pushing her book. Her movies make her seem a lot more intelligent.

 

but in the movies she doesn't write the script for the most part. i always thought she should have been tried for treason.

 

Exactly!

Exactly!