There always seemed to be a tone of propaganda to the term "Hanoi Jane," but I have to admit the term is catchy. In fact, I'd say the pro-war forces made more political hay out of Jane Fonda's Hanoi trip than the anti-war forces did.

It's 30 years after the fact, and you still hear people insist that Fonda should have been tried for treason. In fact, there's even a website called hanoijane.net/. In my opinion, the pro-war forces would have shot themselves in the foot if they had succeeded in getting Fonda tried for treason. It would have made a political martyr of Fonda, and it would have solidified the antiwar forces much sooner.

Were there songs about Fonda's trip? Gee, I think there must have been. I'm sure there were GI's who made up march cadence chants that mentioned Fonda. I did find one song - I think it may be from MadTV - click here.

Hanoi Jane

Well Miss Jane Fonda is working out,
Getting everybody thin,
But I remember her bending over,
For Mister Ho Chi Minh,
Hanoi Jane,
Hanoi Jane,
You'll always be a commie in my brain.

The persistence of the "Hanoi Jane" hulabaloo is interesting to me. I think there's a parallel with the hate campaign against Hillary Clinton. Both campaigns seem to be way out of line with the putative misdeeds of Fonda and Clinton. Why do these women engender such intense anger?

-Joe Offer-