Frank Dresser wrote:


Jane Fonda's war time activities weren't much of an issue back when she was
doing movies and excercise videos. Sure, there was some grumbling, but
nothing like it is now. The real attacks on Jane Fonda were started by
Republicans when she started politicing and fundraising for the Democratic
party. And no one has ever given partisan attack dogs a fuller bowl of red
meat than Jane Fonda. I can't think of any other US political activist who
has been photographed on an enemy anti-aircraft gun.

Nixon was a non-factor in the political wars after his resignation.

Frank Dresser


I think Fonda's wartime activities became an issue when the revisionist
view of the Vietnam war began to gain ground during Reagan's
administration. And while it's true perhaps that Nixon was a non-factor
politically as you say, this is not to his credit. If anything it
emphasizes the peculiar nature of the right-wing obsession with Hanoi Jane.