http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/1755723/

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 Cent

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7/4/2008 10:30:51 AM

heh

7/4/2008 10:33:20 AM

a good day has just gotten better

7/4/2008 10:38:35 AM

amen!!

7/4/2008 10:40:16 AM

USA #1

7/4/2008 10:45:06 AM

That fucker would die on the 4th

7/4/2008 10:53:41 AM

for some reason when I read a title "Dead at -insert age-" I feel all weird. I know the person is dead but it seems so blunt, harsh and inconsiderate, even though I really don't care if they say that about Jesse Helms, the nigger bigot he was.

7/4/2008 10:54:42 AM

^^ so did thomas jefferson and john adams

7/4/2008 10:54:52 AM

^^ think of it as a dark chapter in our history that has finally been closed.


^ yeah but those guys were presidents & neither were from nc

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 10:56 AM. Reason : .]

7/4/2008 10:55:25 AM

the only good thing about him was his hatred for UNC.

7/4/2008 10:57:32 AM

Jesse Helms, was a great man.

7/4/2008 10:57:51 AM

That fucker would die on the 4th.

7/4/2008 10:58:43 AM

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM. Reason : lol]

7/4/2008 11:11:22 AM

That fucker would die on the 4th.

7/4/2008 11:14:17 AM

Bono + Jesse Helms = the world has now come full circle

7/4/2008 11:16:53 AM

7/4/2008 11:19:55 AM

I thought he was already dead.

7/4/2008 11:39:22 AM

karma is a bitch.

7/4/2008 11:49:39 AM

ding dong
the witch is dead
which witch
the helms witch

:skippy doodeedah:

7/4/2008 11:50:22 AM

I hope god is a black man.

7/4/2008 11:51:05 AM

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"I hope god is a black man."

haha

anyway, yes, today is a good day!

7/4/2008 11:55:53 AM

yall should be happy the day he retired, not the day he died. yea he was a bigot, but still being happy someone is dead is messed up

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"I hope god is a black man."

7/4/2008 11:59:29 AM

According to wikipedia he died in 2003

7/4/2008 12:04:52 PM

^^i just said almost that exact same thing in that other thread...lolweird

7/4/2008 12:07:17 PM

Happy 4th of July!

7/4/2008 12:13:28 PM

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"but still being happy someone is dead is messed up"

Blanket statements are messed up.

There are some people who have lived on this earth whose death is a cause for celebration, regardless of the grief of those who chose to cherish them.

7/4/2008 12:16:23 PM

7/4/2008 12:25:00 PM

Daily Show clip from when he retired:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=113372&title=headlines-exit-stage-right

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 12:40 PM. Reason : ah it's the link tags]

7/4/2008 12:32:24 PM

^yeah, that's not working

7/4/2008 12:36:54 PM

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"Jesse Helms, was a great man."

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"According to wikipedia he died in 2003"

You didn't read... it says "In office" above those dates. The article says today is the day he passed away.

7/4/2008 12:42:40 PM

ambrosia, stick to something you know about, like obsessing about women who actually look like women, you fat vapid cunt.

7/4/2008 12:45:19 PM

Mr. Compassion in action right there.

7/4/2008 12:49:11 PM

7/4/2008 12:49:14 PM

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"FAT VAPID CUNT"

7/4/2008 12:49:28 PM

Jesse Helms did a lot of good and a lot of bad for this state. He served as a Senator for a long time and held a lot of power in the senate.

None of you will ever amount to much on here and I doubt seriously any of you will ever run for office. Most of you just toe the typical liberal line.

7/4/2008 12:49:58 PM

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"None of you will ever amount to much on here and I doubt seriously any of you will ever run for office. "

What grand plans do you have for life?

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 12:51 PM. Reason : I don't need a reason, bitch]

7/4/2008 12:51:08 PM

As posted in soap box:

Well he did what he could with what he had now didn't he?

Let's see...advancing the interests of big tobacco, retarding the advance of civil rights, stopping a hate crime bill here or a judicial appointment there, stalling as much as possible any work on AIDS. A pretty respectable body of work in his own little killing field.

Hate and intolerance doesn't give you a soldier's honorable goodbye...although as mentioned I respect his service as a senator and I obviously don't rejoice anyone dying.

7/4/2008 12:51:38 PM

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"ambrosia, stick to something you know about, like obsessing about women who actually look like women, you fat vapid cunt."

i need to take notes from this guy

7/4/2008 1:20:51 PM

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 1:23 PM. Reason : oh well]

7/4/2008 1:21:13 PM

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).

7/4/2008 1:23:41 PM

^ I remember reading about that - it's the story I tell every time I hear "Jesse Helms"

It's not like he changed - he was a shitty person his WHOLE life!

7/4/2008 1:27:54 PM

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"so did thomas jefferson and john adams"

don't forget james monroe.

7/4/2008 1:40:14 PM

^^^ So he trolled people. Whoopee!

7/4/2008 2:08:21 PM

wow me and my boss and 2 of our clients talked about him on wednesday!!!

[Edited on July 4, 2008 at 2:18 PM. Reason : talked about how he was a bad person etc]

7/4/2008 2:17:55 PM

fuck you haters.

RIP Jesse

7/4/2008 2:30:20 PM

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"don't forget james monroe."

damn, he did. thats a pretty baller day for these guys to die on

7/4/2008 2:52:20 PM

^^Ah yes, I too mourn the loss of this racist prick.

7/4/2008 3:01:34 PM

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"I thought he was already dead."

7/4/2008 3:06:36 PM

pre set em up

7/4/2008 3:07:27 PM

Set Em up

7/4/2008 3:08:04 PM