Jesse Helms, North Carolina's long-time senator and famous racist, misogynist, and homophobe, died today at 86.
More: dead, dead, dead, dead at 86, DEAD, whitewash, quite a legacy, ta ta, finally dead, a lot of crackers..., ding dong, happy 4th, hell is a little more crowded today, ding dong, the Guardian's obit, American garbage.
UPDATE -- one more link with an autobiographical note: Lest We Forget... it was during the 1984 campaign mentioned here that I moved to Chapel Hill, NC with my new hubby. That campaign was what turned me, a girl raised in rural western New York, where all good country people were Republicans, into the activist Democrat that I've been ever since. I suppose Jesse, who was such an unbelievable asshole, should get some of the credit for that.
More: dead, dead, dead, dead at 86, DEAD, whitewash, quite a legacy, ta ta, finally dead, a lot of crackers..., ding dong, happy 4th, hell is a little more crowded today, ding dong, the Guardian's obit, American garbage.
UPDATE -- one more link with an autobiographical note: Lest We Forget... it was during the 1984 campaign mentioned here that I moved to Chapel Hill, NC with my new hubby. That campaign was what turned me, a girl raised in rural western New York, where all good country people were Republicans, into the activist Democrat that I've been ever since. I suppose Jesse, who was such an unbelievable asshole, should get some of the credit for that.
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Jeez, I thought he died a couple of years ago. Must have confused him with Strom Thurmond or some other southern racist.
Boy, now THERE's a pair that will surely be meeting up in the fiery depths of hell! Strom and Jesse -- together again!
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