Jesse Helms: The Last Word

Posted on July 8, 2008

Gary Pierce nails it.

He built his reputation on race-baiting. He won his elections with race-baiting. And he used his Senate office as a platform for race-baiting.

The money shot.

And don’t tell me what a kind man Helms was. Barry Saunders of the N&O had it right: If he was so nice, then what he said and did in public was calculated to help himself at the expense of other people.

Blue line

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