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Jesse Helms, the five-term Senator from North Carolina, has died. He was 86. Helms built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during his 30 years in Congress.

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... read on » The Bush Beat « edited by Ward Harkavy | email: wharkavy@villagevoice.com Jesse Helms Finally Dies Posted by at Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:08:12 -0500 If we're lucky, he took some of his bitter bigotry with him. Jesse Helms, an unrepentant supporter of unnatural causes throughout his life, died of natural causes this morning at the age of 86. The only sign of moderation ever shown by the longtime North Carolina senator was his decision to stop saying the word "nigger" when he was likely to be quoted in public settings. The death of Helms is just about the best birthday present the United States could wish for on July 4. Free at last — of Jesse Helms. While the networks and most of the press will soft-pedal his virulent racism and reckless disregard for the First Amendment in his hounding of artists, foreigners and many others, Helms stayed his divisive course until the bitter end — at least until the end of his public career. After building a reputation as a frankly speaking bigot, Helms ended his public life as a liar who whitewashed those previously bold stands. In a 2005 review of a Helms autobiography and a Strom Thurmond biography, Michael Lind noted in the Washington Post: Like Thurmond, Jesse Helms, a fellow Republican who served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 until 2003, symbolized the white Southern backlash against racial integration and social liberalism. Helms gained a political following in the 1960s as a commentator on Raleigh's WRAL-TV and the Tobacco Radio Network with his denunciations of the civil rights movement, liberalism and communism. As a senator, he explained that he voted against Roberta Achtenberg, President Clinton's nominee for a Housing and Urban Development position, "because she's a damn lesbian." When Helms encountered protesters during a visit to Mexico in 1986, he remarked: "All Latins are volatile people. Hence, I was not surprised at the volatile reaction." In 1990, Helms stayed away in protest when Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress. You would never know any of this from Helms's bland new memoir, which passes in silence over the Dixiecrats in 1948 and the civil rights revolution. Even though America has undergone many changes since the days when the word "nigger" was freely used, it's vital for us to not ban the word. We need it, in context, to accurately record our history. Black man Randall Kennedy, author of the book Nigger, has argued that point recently in "A Note on the Word 'Nigger' ": To paper over that term or to constantly obscure it by euphemism is to flinch from coming to grips with racial prejudice that continues to haunt the American social landscape. Jesse Helms was such a radical that he was able to fan the embers of prejudice even when he spewed the milder N-word with malice aforethought. In "Dr. Jim Crow," a 2003 article in the Journal of African American History about the post-World War II desegregation of Southern medical education in North Carolina, Karen Kruse Thomas noted: During the 1950s and 1960s the [University of North Carolina's] controversial role in desegregating Southern higher education would be subject to radically differing interpretations. To white progressives, UNC was leading the way toward harmonious race relations, while white segregationists generally subscribed to Jesse Helms's notion that UNC stood for "the University of Negroes and Communists." Many black North Carolinians were convinced that the university would never overcome its 160-year history of excluding members of their race. The death of Helms, particularly on Independence Day, helps. And it's fitting that he should die during a presidential race that features young black man Barack Obama. Whether or not Obama wins, the death of Helms and the ascendancy of people like Obama represent at least some sign of progress in America.
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Jesse Helms Finally Dies Posted by Harkavy at 12:08 PM, July 4, 2008 If we're lucky, he took some of his bitter bigotry with him. Jesse Helms, an unrepentant supporter of unnatural causes throughout his life, died of natural causes this morning at the age of 86. The only sign of moderation ever shown by the longtime North Carolina senator was his decision to stop saying the word "nigger" when he was likely to be quoted in public settings. The death of Helms is just about the best birthday present the United States could wish for on July 4. Free at last — of Jesse Helms. While the networks and most of the press will soft-pedal his virulent racism and reckless disregard for the First Amendment in his hounding of artists, foreigners and many others, Helms stayed his divisive course until the bitter end — at least until the end of his public career. After building a reputation as a frankly speaking bigot, Helms ended his public life as a liar who whitewashed those previously bold stands. In a 2005 review of a Helms autobiography and a Strom Thurmond biography, Michael Lind noted in the Washington Post: Like Thurmond, Jesse Helms, a fellow Republican who served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 until 2003, symbolized the white Southern backlash against racial integration and social liberalism. Helms gained a political following in the 1960s as a commentator on Raleigh's WRAL-TV and the Tobacco Radio Network with his denunciations of the civil rights movement, liberalism and communism. As a senator, he explained that he voted against Roberta Achtenberg, President Clinton's nominee for a Housing and Urban Development position, "because she's a damn lesbian." When Helms encountered protesters during a visit to Mexico in 1986, he remarked: "All Latins are volatile people. Hence, I was not surprised at the volatile reaction." In 1990, Helms stayed away in protest when Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress. You would never know any of this from Helms's bland new memoir, which passes in silence over the Dixiecrats in 1948 and the civil rights revolution. Even though America has undergone many changes since the days when the word "nigger" was freely used, it's vital for us to not ban the word. We need it, in context, to accurately record our history. Black man Randall Kennedy, author of the book Nigger, has argued that point recently in "A Note on the Word 'Nigger' ": To paper over that term or to constantly obscure it by euphemism is to flinch from coming to grips with racial prejudice that continues to haunt the American social landscape. Jesse Helms was such a radical that he was able to fan the embers of prejudice even when he spewed the milder N-word with malice aforethought. In "Dr. Jim Crow," a 2003 article in the Journal of African American History about the post-World War II desegregation of Southern medical education in North Carolina, Karen Kruse Thomas noted: During the 1950s and 1960s the [University of North Carolina's] controversial role in desegregating Southern higher education would be subject to radically differing interpretations. To white progressives, UNC was leading the way toward harmonious race relations, while white segregationists generally subscribed to Jesse Helms's notion that UNC stood for "the University of Negroes and Communists." Many black North Carolinians were convinced that the university would never overcome its 160-year history of excluding members of their race. The death of Helms, particularly on Independence Day, helps. And it's fitting that he should die during a presidential race that features young black man Barack Obama. Whether or not Obama wins, the death of Helms and the ascendancy of people like Obama represent at least some sign of progress in America. ~lee.
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Jesse Helms died. I've read a lot of obituaries for him online, and not a single one mentions anything he actually did. Apparently he was just a cranky, mean-spirited old man who mocked and denigrated anyone who disagreed with him; nothing more. Conservatives admired him for his angry tirades and ham-fisted insults. Considering that he served five terms in the Senate, that really isn't much of a legacy.
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Jesse Helms, an unrepentant supporter of unnatural causes throughout his life, died of natural causes this morning at the age of 86. The only sign of moderation ever shown by the longtime North Carolina senator was his decision to stop saying the word "nigger" when he was likely to be quoted in public settings. The death of Helms is just about the best birthday present the United States could wish for on July 4. Free at last — of Jesse Helms. While the networks and most of the press will soft-pedal his virulent racism and reckless disregard for the First Amendment in his hounding of artists, foreigners and many others, Helms stayed his divisive course until the bitter end — at least until the end of his public career. After building a reputation as a frankly speaking bigot, Helms ended his public life as a liar who whitewashed those previously bold stands. In a 2005 review of a Helms autobiography and a Strom Thurmond biography, Michael Lind noted in the Washington Post: Like Thurmond, Jesse Helms, a fellow Republican who served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 until 2003, symbolized the white Southern backlash against racial integration and social liberalism. Helms gained a political following in the 1960s as a commentator on Raleigh's WRAL-TV and the Tobacco Radio Network with his denunciations of the civil rights movement, liberalism and communism. As a senator, he explained that he voted against Roberta Achtenberg, President Clinton's nominee for a Housing and Urban Development position, "because she's a damn lesbian." When Helms encountered protesters during a visit to Mexico in 1986, he remarked: "All Latins are volatile people. Hence, I was not surprised at the volatile reaction." In 1990, Helms stayed away in protest when Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress. You would never know any of this from Helms's bland new memoir, which passes in silence over the Dixiecrats in 1948 and the civil rights revolution. Even though America has undergone many changes since the days when the word "nigger" was freely used, it's vital for us to not ban the word. We need it, in context, to accurately record our history. Black man Randall Kennedy, author of the book Nigger, has argued that point recently in "A Note on the Word 'Nigger' ": To paper over that term or to constantly obscure it by euphemism is to flinch from coming to grips with racial prejudice that continues to haunt the American social landscape. Jesse Helms was such a radical that he was able to fan the embers of prejudice even when he spewed the milder N-word with malice aforethought. In "Dr. Jim Crow," a 2003 article in the Journal of African American History about the post-World War II desegregation of Southern medical education in North Carolina, Karen Kruse Thomas noted: During the 1950s and 1960s the [University of North Carolina's] controversial role in desegregating Southern higher education would be subject to radically differing interpretations. To white progressives, UNC was leading the way toward harmonious race relations, while white segregationists generally subscribed to Jesse Helms's notion that UNC stood for "the University of Negroes and Communists." Many black North Carolinians were convinced that the university would never overcome its 160-year history of excluding members of their race. The death of Helms, particularly on Independence Day, helps. And it's fitting that he should die during a presidential race that features young black man Barack Obama. Whether or not Obama wins, the death of Helms and the ascendancy of people like Obama represent at least some sign of progress in America. more: DESPOTS, Featured, Obama, RACE, SCHMUCK
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If we're lucky, he took some of his bitter bigotry with him. Jesse Helms, an unrepentant supporter of unnatural causes throughout his life, died of natural causes this morning at the age of 86. The only sign of moderation ever shown by the longtime North Carolina senator was his decision to stop saying the word "nigger" when he was likely to be quoted in public settings. The death of Helms is just about the best birthday present the United States could wish for on July 4. Free at last — of Jesse Helms. While the networks and most of the press will soft-pedal his virulent racism and reckless disregard for the First Amendment in his hounding of artists, foreigners and many others, Helms stayed his divisive course until the bitter end — at least until the end of his public career. After building a reputation as a frankly speaking bigot, Helms ended his public life as a liar who whitewashed those previously bold stands. In a 2005 review of a Helms autobiography and a Strom Thurmond biography, Michael Lind noted in the Washington Post: Like Thurmond, Jesse Helms, a fellow Republican who served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 until 2003, symbolized the white Southern backlash against racial integration and social liberalism. Helms gained a political following in the 1960s as a commentator on Raleigh's WRAL-TV and the Tobacco Radio Network with his denunciations of the civil rights movement, liberalism and communism. As a senator, he explained that he voted against Roberta Achtenberg, President Clinton's nominee for a Housing and Urban Development position, "because she's a damn lesbian." When Helms encountered protesters during a visit to Mexico in 1986, he remarked: "All Latins are volatile people. Hence, I was not surprised at the volatile reaction." In 1990, Helms stayed away in protest when Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress. You would never know any of this from Helms's bland new memoir, which passes in silence over the Dixiecrats in 1948 and the civil rights revolution. Even though America has undergone many changes since the days when the word "nigger" was freely used, it's vital for us to not ban the word. We need it, in context, to accurately record our history. Black man Randall Kennedy, author of the book Nigger, has argued that point recently in "A Note on the Word 'Nigger' ": To paper over that term or to constantly obscure it by euphemism is to flinch from coming to grips with racial prejudice that continues to haunt the American social landscape. Jesse Helms was such a radical that he was able to fan the embers of prejudice even when he spewed the milder N-word with malice aforethought. In "Dr. Jim Crow," a 2003 article in the Journal of African American History about the post-World War II desegregation of Southern medical education in North Carolina, Karen Kruse Thomas noted: During the 1950s and 1960s the [University of North Carolina's] controversial role in desegregating Southern higher education would be subject to radically differing interpretations. To white progressives, UNC was leading the way toward harmonious race relations, while white segregationists generally subscribed to Jesse Helms's notion that UNC stood for "the University of Negroes and Communists." Many black North Carolinians were convinced that the university would never overcome its 160-year history of excluding members of their race. The death of Helms, particularly on Independence Day, helps. And it's fitting that he should die during a presidential race that features young black man Barack Obama. Whether or not Obama wins, the death of Helms and the ascendancy of people like Obama represent at least some sign of progress in America. From the Voice's Bush Beat
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The longtime U.S. Senator from North Carolina sure was a lightning rod for controversy but was loved most for sticking it to the left whenever possible. Rest in peace, Jesse Helms.Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died, CBS News has confirmed. He was 86. Helms died of natural causes in Raleigh at 1:15 this morning, according to the Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina. Helms built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during his decades in Congress. He was slowed in later age by a variety of illnesses, including a bone disorder, prostate cancer and heart problems. Helms retired from the Senate in 2003. CBS News correspondent Bob Fuss called Helms a politician who knew no middle ground, one of the most conservative men to ever sit in the Senate - and proud of it. Bigger than life in his native North Carolina, he sometimes seemed that way to his political enemies in Washington, too. Like most Southern politicians of his era, Helms began as a segregationist but later tried to reach out to African Americans. But on most issues, he never gave an inch. For 30 years Helms was the voice of the right in the Senate, battling communism, feminism and affirmative action. "Senator No," as he was sometimes known, cut funding for the United Nations and for what he considered "dirty art." Helms reached the height of his power as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where his distrust extended from the Russians to our own State Department. The U.N.-basher was never shy about wielding power. Richard Holbrooke, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. under President Clinton, said of Helms, "I have seen him kill nominations. I've seen him kill treaties. But all I can say is he is true to his principles." Naturally, the illiterate left celebrates his death.Rather than a moment of silence in respect of the memory of Jesse Helms it is more appropriate to bellow a jingoistic, racist, msogynistic, homophobic inconmprehensible diatribe that pushes all the wrong buttons and increases the forces of intolerance because Jesse would have wanted it that way.The comments are precious.Or...how could they tell the difference Let's hear the Hamnnity and Limbaugh eulogies start poring in for their hero. Hey Helms, I will pour a beer over your grave but not before it has been filtered through my kidneys! Obama/Dean 08 Strong unions for a strong America by realwischeese on Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 08:27:54 AM PDTThe Huffington Post just put the story up and has the comments open. This should be interesting (Update: They quickly closed them). The folks here whine about a long ago election. Get Over. It. Arn Gunnutes Says: He once “veil” threatened Clinton, saying “If he comes down here, he’s going to need protection”. Racist, LIAR, antiamerikkkan. God rest his body. His soul is with his MASTER Satan, just like TRAITOR Ronnie Reagan, and the Bushes as they expire… July 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am Classy. Here's a very subtle headline: Racist, homophobe Jesse Helms is dead Can't even begin to think of anything nice to say about this guy -- but a lot of other people will start praising Helms as if none of the hateful stuff matters. The hateful stuff matters. Let's reminisce on the life of one of America's biggest bigots who ruined the lives of so many.Who said it wouldn't be a happy Independence Day for the left? Another touching tribute.I've never been 100 percent clear on why you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but suffice it to say that while there were many more vile politicians in the world than the now-dead Jesse Helms they were pretty much all brutal dictators and the like.Update: The Kos Kidz are churning out the bilge at a record pace, Charles Johnson notes. Daily Kos, as always, the epitome of class: Daily Kos: Jesse Helms, you rat bastard, burn in hell. Daily Kos: A moment of anachronism for Jesse Helms death Daily Kos: Please Excuse Me While I Dance Upon His Grave Daily Kos: Jesse Helms Dead - How to Memorialize His Legacy Nice touch by WRAL: Check out the URL for this story http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/1755723/?good-riddance (H/T efuseakay). Thanks to Sister Toldjah for the link and a Google screen cap of the WRAL URL. Update: Someone claiming to be a WRAL editor left this comment.The part with the question mark is NOT a part of the official URL and NOT generated by WRAL.com. The official URL is here: http://www.wral.com/news/local/p.../story/1755723/ Anyone can tack on a question mark and some words to a URL, and the link will appear to load.The comment came from an IP address in Miami. Indeed, if you do go to that link and add a question mark and text it still will load, so someone is being mischievous. Labels: Jesse Helms, nutroots
Jesse Helms Is Finally Dead. Let’s Have A Cookout.
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Dead at 88, and America is a little less xenophobic and hate-filled. This is all you need to know, rest-of-world: 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). He was anti-abortion, virulently anti-gay, and an old racist, sexist, bastard on top of it.
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As reported by CBS and the Associated Press moments ago: Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died, CBS News has confirmed. He was 86. Helms died at 1:15 this morning, according to the Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina. Our prayers and thoughts go out to his family and loved-ones. Update 11:46 | Matthew Sheffield. Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate against liberal media bias. It's worth remembering today that in the mid-80s Jesse Helms started a group called Fairness in Media designed to raise enough money to purchase CBS and overhaul its even-more-left-leaning news division. "Become Dan Rather's boss," was the tagline with the idea, of course, that they would fire him. It was a fascinating effort and one that actually caused some suits at CBS to get scared as, among other things, Helms and his partners in fairness sought to obtain the names of every CBS stockholder, filed SEC filings, and even partnered up with the then-conservative Ted Turner. See also the Heritage Foundation remembrance of Helms.
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Former Senator Jesse Helms Dies at 86 By NB Staff | July 4, 2008 - 11:22 ET As reported by CBS and the Associated Press moments ago: Jesse Helms, the five-term Republican Senator from North Carolina, has died, CBS News has confirmed. He was 86. Helms died at 1:15 this morning, according to the Jesse Helms Center in Wingate, North Carolina. Our prayers and thoughts go out to his family and loved-ones. Update 11:46 | Matthew Sheffield. Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate against liberal media bias. It's worth remembering today that in the mid-80s Jesse Helms started a group called Fairness in Media designed to raise enough money to purchase CBS and overhaul its even-more-left-leaning news division. "Become Dan Rather's boss," was the tagline with the idea, of course, that they would fire him. Though ultimately unsuccessful at its final objective, it was a fascinating effort and one that actually caused some suits at CBS to get scared as, among other things, Helms and his partners in fairness sought to obtain the names of every CBS stockholder, filed SEC briefs, and even partnered up with the then-conservative Ted Turner. See also the Heritage Foundation remembrance of Helms. NB Staff's blog