Comments on: Mourners Weep For "Southern Gentleman"

Jesse Helms Represented N.C. In The Senate For 30 Years, And "Always Stood His Ground"

[lemonskink]

Oh Puhleeeeze, he was the most ignorant, rascist, uncaring human being outside of GWB the world had known.

[chimpyout]

Appearing at this Helms function is an appropriate task for Mr. G.F.Y. Cheney.

Where this bozo does NOT belong is at ceremonies wherein this dishonorable draft-dodger pins decorations on our war veterans.

[randynason]

Helms was many things, the least of which a gentleman. He was a bigotted and hateful creature who will not be missed by many, except other hateful bigots. And, speaking of Mitch McConnell...

[undermyboot]

Another minion of satan dies and the "good Christians" in the south cry for him? His funeral should have been held in hell, where his black soul is and will never rest.

[mcvet]

You people are sick.........

Posted by hbevis at 08:40 PM : Jul 08, 2008

Who is sick?? Certainly not the posters on here! I must say, as someone who had the words of this lower than life bigot used against him, I''m proud of my fellow American''s. Just because the trash FINALLY decided to exit, does NOT mean he has earned any right to dignity.. he has NOT!!

[yongamerica]

So long to obsolete beliefs that he acted upon with his legislation. So long outspoken neoconservative, who at times was instrumental in opposing civil rights, communism, tax increases, abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, food stamps, secularism, and government-funded healthcare legislation.

Helms will be always be remembered for his campaign ad he wrote that stated: "White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories?"

May many more of your kind join you in peaceful bliss.

[mcvet]

Who in their right mind would call this profound Bigot and master of hate a Gentleman? WHo would Weep that something this evil has left our earth. HAS anyone read what this lower that life piece of trash had to say about the Civil Right''s Bill witch ended one of the saddest chapters in our history?? He NEVER took one word of it back either or admitted he was wrong like Wallace!! It''s embarrassing we have people in THIS nation who can honor such a man... plant the bigot and lets get on with changing this nation!!

[undermyboot]

It''s just no Politically Correct to tell the truth about this unrepentant racist. The damage this throwback did to this country is incalculable, but he still gets a nice funeral and the MSM just glosses over what a complete *** he was.

A racist and fascist to the end. Good riddance to smelly dog sh*t. I hope his death was painful and slow.

[jimfinster]

Helms always took the low road.

I trust that road is where he is now.

[excoachken]

Today, the world is a better place with one less bigot.

[kansas1946]

When you guys can act on what you believe in as this man did, rather than spew hateful invective after someone dies, then maybe you''''ll have a chance for a little respect. Your words here certainly deserve NONE.

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Everyone knows exactly what he has and has not done. I knew from the time I was old enough to talk that all Americans deserved respect and equal treatment. Anything else was evil. This man spent a large percetage of his live promoting the evil of segregation a repression of full-fledged American citizens. He only changed his stripes when it became very politically incorrect not to. He lived through a time in the south when black Americans could not even sit at a lunch counter or attend a white school, and he not only didn''t do anything to stop it, he promoted hit.

[lloydbest1]

Whether Jessie should be revered or reviled on death is a personal choice. What concerns me is not those who speak ill or well of the man but an ideology that allows someone like Jessie Helms to rise to prominence in the first place.

During his tenure in the senate he was a living, breathing, walking monument to everthing that was reprehensible about the American way of life. He embodied every "principle" that thousands of progressive activists for peace, justice, equity and pluralism fought against; sometimes even at the expense of their lives. For me, personally, he stood for everything I opposed and everything I considered disfunctional and dystopic about our republic.

It is our ideology that is the foundation for our values; the foundation for our sense of right and wrong; the foundation for our relationship (if any) with our creator; the basis for our roadmap on how we treat others; and the bedrock for everything we say, do, think and feel.

Not all ideologies are created equal. The one Jessie Helms attached his life to and on which he based his entire senatorial career was a slap in the face of every founding principle that justified the creation of our still great country.

[kansas1946]

"Jesse Helms always stood his ground," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said from the pulpit. "He put duty above all else - duty to God, to country, to family ... the simple duty of treating other people well."
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LMAO. Only a little wormy weasle like Mitch McConnell could say "the simple duty of treating others well" about Jesse Helms with a straight face.

Jesse Helms was southern alright, but he was no gentleman.

[vranger]

Its not surprising to see such ignorance, not to mention venom, written so ungraciously by people who don''t have a clue about Jesse Helms other than what they read in a liberal press 15 years ago.

Yes, Senator Helms had a consistently conservative voting record in the Senate. He was hardly alone (you may note that his vote was on the winning side the vast majority of the time), but since he was outspoken, he took a lot of heat as well as a lot of credit.

You may not have agreed with Jesse Helms, but the man stood his ground, and he didn''t come at anyone from behind. He worked hard for his constituents, and the Congressional services performed for North Carolinians who needed a hand were color blind. I saw that first hand. If you didn''t see it first hand, then keep the ignorant comments to yourselves.

When you guys can act on what you believe in as this man did, rather than spew hateful invective after someone dies, then maybe you''ll have a chance for a little respect. Your words here certainly deserve NONE.

[fee1free4u]

In the first race, a Helms commercial showed a white fist crumpling up a job application, as a narrator said, "You needed that job, and you were the best qualified. But they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. Is that really fair?"

ANSWER:NO. It wasn''t fair then, and it isn''t fair now.

[fee1free4u]

jeff92706 ,uh, maybe you guessed 100% wrong there. What if, just WHAT IF, all the ga*ys are in he*ll, and Jesse''s up there chuckling at them? You just don''t know, do you, Mr. As*swipe?

[fee1free4u]

jeff92706,uh, maybe you guessed wrong there. What if, just WHAT IF, all the *** are in he*ll, and Jesse''s up there chuckling at them? You just don''t know, do you, Mr. As*swipe?

[fee1free4u]

Too bad it isn''t McVet or SgtRDS or BrianBWB in that box.

[jimfinster]

boohoo

[hbevis]

You people are sick.........