Ta Ta Jesse Helms

[Not Afraid]

Such an AMERICAN!

Helms was particularly vitriolic when speaking of blacks, gays and lesbians, blaming them for "the proliferation of AIDS," and stating that he disliked using the word "gay" to refer to them since, "...there's nothing gay about them."
Helms opposed the Martin Luther King Day bill in 1983 on grounds that King had two associates with communist ties, Stanley Levison and Jack O'Dell; as well, he voiced disapproval of King's alleged philandering.
Of civil rights protests Helms stated in 1963 that "The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with other men's rights."[7] (WRAL-TV commentary, 1963) He also wrote, "Crime rates and irresponsibility among Negroes are a fact of life which must be faced." (New York Times, 2/8/81)
Helms' referred to the University of North Carolina (UNC) as the "University of Negroes and Communists." (Charleston Gazette, 9/15/95)[8]
Helms once deeply offended a black colleague, Democratic Senator Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois, by singing part of "Dixie" on a Capitol elevator.

Soon after the Senate vote on the Confederate flag insignia, Sen. Jesse Helms (R.-N.C.) ran into Mosely-Braun in a Capitol elevator. Helms turned to his friend, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah), and said, "Watch me make her cry. I'm going to make her cry. I'm going to sing 'Dixie' until she cries." He then proceeded to sing the song about the good life during slavery to Mosely-Braun (Gannett News Service, 9/2/93; Time, 8/16/93).[8]

[Gemini Cricket]

Hmmm. In response to Helms' death, I quote the surly Bette Davis:

You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good…Joan Crawford is dead, good!

[Sub la Goon]

So sad. Such a great man.

Wait...

Is the the dead Bozo thread?

[Gemini Cricket]

In with hate, out with love.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

In with hate, out with love.

That made my day!

[Disneyphile]

Yay!! Less crap in the world.

It's a good day. He was a waste of oxygen.

[Tref]

I just got word that Jesse has gone where the goblins go.

[scaeagles]

While I have no particular love for Helms, I find him no less abhorrent than the womanizing drunken murderer Ted Kennedy, and in the thread regarding his cancer, while tempted, I thought it would be distasteful to take pleasure in the misfortune of others.

I find this thread to be distasteful. So, I won't read it.

[tracilicious]

Why is death a misfortune? It happens to all of us. I'm glad that there's a little less hate in the world.

[Tref]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

While I have no particular love for Helms, I find him no less abhorrent than the womanizing drunken murderer Ted Kennedy, and in the thread regarding his cancer, while tempted, I thought it would be distasteful to take pleasure in the misfortune of others.

I find this thread to be distasteful. So, I won't read it.

Haha! Oh wait, he is serious? So, Scaeagles was expecting a loving tribute to a racist homophobe? And how is it misfortune? He died from old age. I should have such misfortune. I am only sorry Helms wasn't hit by a bus. If its any consolation, Scaeagles, old boy, Helms is certainly suffering now.