The mixed bag of nuts known as the Religious/Christian Right is now one nut short tonight. Hatemonger and imbecile Senator Jesse Helms is dead today at age 86. Helms(in the typical Southern style) began his political career as a supporter of segregation and later made the headlines for a controvercial commercial during his 1990 Senate campaign. In the commercial a white man crumples up a rejection letter, having lost out on a job to a less-qualified minority "because of a racial quota." This in an election where Helms was running against a Black man, Harvey Gantt. Helms' racist side showed once more in 1983 when the Senator was opposed to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, citing that two of King's associates had "communist ties". Also during the same time frame, Helms was a strong supporter of the tobacco industry and even received the support of companies such as RJ Reynolds and Phillip Morris. Helms also once offended Senator Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois by singing "Dixie" in an elevator with her.
"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, 1993-09-02; Time, 1993-08-16)."
What a shame that a hemorrhoid like this died on a national holiday like Independence Day. A despicable man does not deserve such an honor. Republican Christians are like cancerous tumors: when one goes away, they continue to multiply and regenerate. And there's no shortage of Republican polyps in our world today.
Good bye Senator Helms. If you thought the South was hot in the summer, just imagine how hot the palce you're headed for is!
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