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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 05:52 PM

    Good Ole' Southern Boy Jesse

    I'm not going to whip myself into a frenzy trying to be civil about his death.

    He was good ol' southern boy who hated blacks, whites, gays,women and anyone who didn't vote for him.

    He was a bigot. He was a racist. He was a hateful man, who deserved to die earlier than this.

    He dragged himself to his job (he wouldn't retire) because he felt God told him to.

    The world is better off without him or his ilk. Unfortunately, there's millions more where he came from-and they still vote.

    That's why we have Bush in the White House with all his buddies.

    Thanks to all the Southern rednecks, we have suffered for 8 years under this regime, and I'm glad one of the prime architects of it is gone.

    No, I'm not going to apologize at all for this letter. To hell with civility. It's my opinion, and it stands.

    Good riddance.

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