Jesse Helms

Never been in my kitchen, and also ... dead!

 

I remember, when I was a kid, seeing him do editorials on WRAL-TV at the end of that station's newscast.

I hardly ever agreed with his politics, but he was the rare politician who was a straight-shooter and if, during a campaign, he said he would do something, he did it. Because his politics were different from mine, I always hoped he wouldn't be consistent. But he almost always was.

That Hunt-Helms senate campaign was one of the dirtiest and most interesting campaigns I've ever followed.

Whether you agreed with his politics or not, he was definitely interesting.

 

Not a big fan of his, but I'm sure he does have a family and people who love him. No point in badmouthing him now.
RIP.

 

Here's a link:

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6245448

Might want to add an RIP to the thread title.

 

And to that extent, doing what you say and shooting straight, few Congressmen today could shine his shoes.

 

That's one of the many things wrong with this place. If it's not something a thread starter likes or believes in, then it's not worth as much as other events/deaths. :


And just to be clear, I'm not referring to you Mr. Cider, just agreeing with you that there should be an RIP there.

 

Ondeadline brings up some good points.

Also, no one in Congress did more for the farmer than he did. Politics aside, he did what he could for the people he represented.

 

Oh, Jesus Christ, this is making me sick.
Jesse Helms was a racist asshole who seriously impeded the cause of healing and progress in North Carolina. His election to the Senate was the clearest sign that the '60s atmosphere of growing tolerance and hope was over. Yeah, he meant what he said. So did Hitler.
I hope Jesse is reincarnated as Al Sharpton's seat cushion.
RIP that.

 

That took longer than I thought.

As opposed to those nice racist?

As I said, I hardly ever agreed with him and that included his views on race.

 

I thought Jesse died years ago.

And while I wasn't a fan of a lot of his racial shit, "reincarnated as Al Sharpton's seat cushion" gives the latter far too much latitude.

 

Me too. Someone told me he died, and I said, "Again?"

 

I think people are confusing Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms.