1.) This headline applied years ago when Helms was still active in politics.
2.) As a fellow human being, I do feel sympathy for his family (I guess) but I still hope he rots in hell.
If you think that's harsh, just reacquaint yourself with some of the gems of wisdom uttered by Helms before he came down with dementia.
"I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!"Yeah, good luck Jesse when you meet your maker. You're going to need it bro.
"Democracy used to be a good thing, but it has gotten into the wrong hands."
"We've got to have some common sense about a disease transmitted by people deliberately engaging in unnatural acts."--on why he opposed approval of the Ryan White CARE act, which funds AIDS research
"I've been portrayed as a caveman by some. That's not true. I'm a conservative progressive, and that means I think all men are equal, be they slants, beaners or niggers."
"Mr. Chief Justice, I plead with Senators to look around and see what Bill Clinton's scandal has wrought. National debate is now a national joke. Children tell their parents and teachers that it's okay to lie, because the President does it. Our citizens tune out in droves, preferring the daily distractions of everyday life to an honest appraisal of the depths to which the Presidency of the United States has sunk."
- in closed door impeachment statement
"The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or lesbian."
"All Latins are volatile people. Hence, I was not surprised at the volatile reaction."-- After Mexicans protested his visit in 1986"Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches."-- 1995 radio broadcast"They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro."-- In response to Duke University students holding a vigil after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, 1968
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