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Friday, July 4, 2008 12:00 AM

Jesse Helms dies on July 4th

Former Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86.

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  • Friday, July 4, 2008 03:27 PM

    Those "Viciously Intolerant" gays...

    For what it's worth, I'm a straight white male, and I'm pleased as punch that right now the Hounds of Hell are feasting on that bastard's entrails.

    It's the bestest 232nd birthday present ever.

    And for anyone wrapped up in the notion that this is a terrible way to act after another human being has died, I refer you to Hunter S. Thompson's obit of Richard Nixon: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/graffiti/crook.htm

    Anything less than outright glee right now would dishonor the man. He was a racist, homophobic scumbag of the worst order. Let's never forget it.

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