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jesse helms dies
Published Jul 4, 2008Views: 1282
Regardless of how you felt about Jesse's politics, one had to respect he never retreated on his core beliefs, his soul was not for sale...jack
Raleigh, N.C. — Jesse Helms, the firebrand U.S. senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died early Friday, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.
He was 86.
His cause of death was not released.
Helms served five terms in the U.S. Senate, retiring in 2003 because of his faltering health. During his 30 years in Capitol Hill, the North Carolina Republican became a powerful voice for a conservative movement that was growing both in Congress and across the country, and he used his position to speak out against issues like gay rights, federal funding for the arts and U.S. foreign aid.
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July 4, 2008 2:36 p.m.
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July 4, 2008 2:48 p.m.
That is WRAL's response to Senator Helm's death. To say the least, this is disgusting and inappropriate. In all honesty, it speaks volumes about WRAL, their employees, and management."
The "?good-riddance" part of that link does not exist on the homepage. I suspect that you fabricated that part of the link solely to make people angry, for whatever your own reasons might have been.
Please seek life elsewhere, troll.
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RETURNED money to Congress? Avoided excessive overseas travel? Wow....wouldn't expect that from a politician now, would you?
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Back in the early nineties, we were members of the Rex Wellness Center. He was in exercise therapy, having just had heart surgery.
Anyway, I was there with my now ex-husband, and we had some t-shirts on with slogans, one of which read 'Life Is Not A Dress Rehearsal'.
For whatever reason, that shirt caught Helms' eye, and he stopped us to comment on it. He liked the shirt.
Neither of us was a fan of his politics, of course.
I don't think it meant the exact same thing to him that it did to me, that slogan.
But it was an interesting encounter, nonetheless.
I'm certain that Jesse Helms the man was decent to his friends and family, and they will miss him dearly.
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Kennedy stood for justice for all. Helms was a racist. Its as simple as that!
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July 5, 2008 4:35 a.m.
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July 5, 2008 8:45 a.m.
Of all of the elected officials I have ever written to, Sen. Helms' replies were the only ones where comments were made that clearly showed that I was not receiving a "form letter", like most politicians send out. He would reference things like when he was a journalist for ______, etc., and then go back to the letter's subject.
It's sad when haters let their hate live beyond the lifetime of those they hate.
As Rachel Ray might put it, "how self-defeating and ignorant is that"?!
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so when ya can't beat the man you call him a racist now that he is dead....ok its your opinion, fact is Jesse may not have been everyones hero but one dayum thing is for sure, he didn't back down and loved this state.
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July 5, 2008 11:23 a.m.
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Because I was threatened for my testimony I contacted the Senator's office to inform officials of the abuse. The advisory committee upon which I served at the time were forthwith in receipt of a letter, detailing the legal ramifications regarding the intimidation of a witness before the U.S. Senate.
I never heard another disparaging word, thanks to Sen. Helms.
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I just hope for his sake, that it's segregated down there.
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July 5, 2008 7:28 p.m.
I love it when my fellow Southerners try to claim the Civil War was about "state's rights" and then forget to mention that the right was the right to own slaves.
Oh, an Kidw4legs, FYI -- you could also argue that Hitler and Stalin each had a backbone. Jesse was hate, pure and simple hate. He lived it. He built his career on it.
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iamforjustice - Senator Helms lived his life as a Christian, as a follower of Jesus Christ, in the way he treated other people, in the principles he fought for, and in the Godly conduct of himself and his staff-and in his personal life.
He never abused his power as a Senator, EVER, unlike such abusers of their elected office as Easley, Edwards, Clinton, and Obama! Instead of using his elected office to enrich himself, to gain personal favors, Sen,. Helms sought ALWAYS to SERVE his fellow NC citizens - of all races - with HONOR, HONESTY, and EFFECTIVE hard work.
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