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Peter Fonda to Obama: You're a Traitor

Environmentalist not happy with president's handling of oil spill

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted May 19, 2011 9:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – Another Cannes ruckus: Peter Fonda called President Obama a “f***ing traitor” at the launch of a documentary about the BP oil spill, the AFP reports. At yesterday’s premiere of The Big Fix, Fonda recalled his reaction to the feeling that Washington was trying to silence reporting on the Deepwater Horizon disaster. "I sent an email to President Obama saying, 'You are a f***ing traitor,' using those words ... 'You're a traitor, you allowed foreign boots on our soil telling our military—in this case the Coast Guard—what they can and could not do, and telling us, the citizens of the United States, what we could or could not do.'" Click for another buzzy incident from Cannes.

Fonda has similar feeling for BP, which he dismisses as "a bunch of Brits—I thought we kicked them out a long time ago. They tried to get back in in 1812, but they didn't make it."

Peter Fonda poses on the red carpet before the screening of 'The Beaver' is presented out of competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011 in Cannes.
Peter Fonda poses on the red carpet before the screening of 'The Beaver' is presented out of competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2011 in Cannes.   (Getty Images)
Actor Peter Fonda arrives for the screening of The Beaver at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 17, 2011.
Actor Peter Fonda arrives for the screening of The Beaver at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 17, 2011.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Naked_Emperor
May 20, 2011 11:55 AM CDT
Is going to foreign countries and talking shit about america a fonda family trait?
serious
May 20, 2011 10:36 AM CDT
Why would anyone take an actor's opinion seriously, especially Peter Fonda?  Is this newsworthy?
professortech
May 19, 2011 4:40 PM CDT
Here's the reality either we made BP responsible for the clean up or we took on the responsibility.   With BP responsible  they are expending their resources, technologies and created the clean up reimbursement fund. If things F-up during or after the clean up THEY are the one's 100% responsible. They are still open to lawsuits, future charges and responsibility for mitigation of damages. If Uncle SAM was responsible for the clean up our resources get expended ( during the worst economic times in decades) and we lack oil clean up or containment technology/experience because we are not in that business. If Uncle Sam F's up then BP gets to share the blame with someone else, second guess decisions made and has lots of chances to argue in court that "if we had been in charge it would have been taken care of better than the government so we can't be held responsible for all damages". I prefer the "You broke it, You fix it" system in place now.  I'm sure that Mr. Fonda would have been totally willing to float the $20 billion restitution fund so the government didn't have to take that part on as well as paying for all of the court costs necessary to get BP to come across after the disaster. While actors are Americans and have a right to their opinions we shouldn't value their opinions as somehow "better" because they can hire publicists or get a world stage because of their pedigree.

 
entertainment • Barack Obama • Cannes Film Festival • celebrity • documentary • traitor • Peter Fonda • President Obama • Deepwater Horizon • Gulf oil spill • BP oil spill • The Big Fix

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