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Poll Shows Veterans Doubting Fonda Credibility
Kansas City, MO, Aug. 11, 2005–Shortly after anti-war activist Jane Fonda announced she would begin a spring 2006 anti-war bus tour, VFW members and online guests were asked in an online poll if they believed her comment about veterans encouraging her to break her silence about the war in Iraq. (See related story)
According to vfw.org’s 10-day online poll, not many respondents believed her; out of more than 10,000 voters, her credibility did not climb above 6.6%. And when it came to naming the bus, survey respondents were even more critical with names for her bus tour ranging from Camelcade, Traitor’s Trolley, Traitor Janes’ Ride of Sham and Hanoi Jane’s Rickshaw Roadkill to Hanoi Jane Part II, Tour of Flashbacks and Delusions and Fonda’s Baghdad Express.
The results are as follows: The vote tally is 10,400 with 9,714 respondents voting no, they did not believe Fonda when she said numerous veterans were encouraging her to speak out against the war in Iraq. There were 686 votes agreeing with the Fonda statement.
Among VFW members who responded, 7,886 said they didn’t believe her while 534 VFW members thought her statement that veterans were encouraging her was true. vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.newsDtl&did=2734
Kansas City, MO, Aug. 11, 2005–Shortly after anti-war activist Jane Fonda announced she would begin a spring 2006 anti-war bus tour, VFW members and online guests were asked in an online poll if they believed her comment about veterans encouraging her to break her silence about the war in Iraq. (See related story)
According to vfw.org’s 10-day online poll, not many respondents believed her; out of more than 10,000 voters, her credibility did not climb above 6.6%. And when it came to naming the bus, survey respondents were even more critical with names for her bus tour ranging from Camelcade, Traitor’s Trolley, Traitor Janes’ Ride of Sham and Hanoi Jane’s Rickshaw Roadkill to Hanoi Jane Part II, Tour of Flashbacks and Delusions and Fonda’s Baghdad Express.
The results are as follows: The vote tally is 10,400 with 9,714 respondents voting no, they did not believe Fonda when she said numerous veterans were encouraging her to speak out against the war in Iraq. There were 686 votes agreeing with the Fonda statement.
Among VFW members who responded, 7,886 said they didn’t believe her while 534 VFW members thought her statement that veterans were encouraging her was true. vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.newsDtl&did=2734