Racist Bastard Jesse Helms Dead at 86

[D2bets]

Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86

<!-- END HEADLINE --> <!-- BEGIN STORY BODY --> BY DAVID ESPO and WHITNEY WOODWARD, Associated Press Writers 1 minute ago

Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July.
He was 86.
Helms died at 1:15 a.m., said the Jesse Helms Center at Wingate University in North Carolina.
"He was very comfortable," said former chief of staff Jimy Broughton, who added Helms died of natural causes in Raleigh.
Helms, who first became known to North Carolina voters as a newspaper and television commentator, won election to the Senate in 1972 and decided not to run for a sixth term in 2002.
As he aged, Helms was slowed by a variety of illnesses, including a bone disorder, prostate cancer and heart problems, and he made his way through the Capitol on a motorized scooter as his career neared an end. In April 2006, his family announced that he had been moved into a convalescent center after being diagnosed with vascular dementia, in which repeated minor strokes damage the brain.
The center said funeral arrangements were pending.

 

[mr21]

who is McCunt's "plan B" for VP??

 

[Uno]

i think the 4th would be a solid day to go.

rip racist bastard

 

[paftraft]

You all remind me of a disk jokey in Florida who ask all Florida residents to not use their electrical appliances on the day they electrocuted Bundy so he could be deep fried. Venomous!
Helms was a product of his roots, was elected many times by his peers & died on the same day that two other noted Americans died Jefferson and Adams. Though not a fan of Helms he'll be lamented more than anyone shredding him here.

 

[JudgeWapner]

"was elected many times by his peers" That's the bottom line. Was certainly flawed as we all are. But he served the people who elected him.

 

[Railbird]

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[mamatried]

While you may not have agreed with Helms, he was no racist. He had many black supporters, including several anti-abortion preachers. Being critical of affirmative action does not make you a racist - in fact, many would argue the contrary.

There were plenty of disgusting remarks about Ted Kennedy when it was revealed he had brain cancer. But once again, the left outflanks the right when it comes to tastelessness and the coarsening of discourse.

And besides, Jesse Helms never killed anyone.