Sen. Jesse Helms Dies at 86
July 4th, 2008 . by TexasFred
October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008
Rest In Peace
HELMS, Jesse, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., October 18, 1921; educated in the public schools of Monroe, Wingate Junior College, and Wake Forest College; served in the United States Navy 1942-1945; city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assistant to United States Senators Willis Smith 1951-1953 and Alton Lennon 1953; executive director, North Carolina Bankers Association 1953-1960; member, Raleigh City Council 1957-1961; television and radio executive 1960-1972; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1972 and reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990 and again in 1996 and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 2003; not a candidate for reelection in 2002; chair, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Ninety-seventh to Ninety-ninth Congresses), Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Fourth to One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3, 2001; January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]). SOURCE
Sen. Helms has been many things to America, citizen, native son, patriot, statesman, law maker, servant of the people, the list goes on and on, he served this nation well and gave everything of himself that he had to give.
Sen. Helms will be remembered by the Conservatives of this nation as one of the greatest Conservatives of all time, he is missed, truly missed.
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He served with distinction, God bless him, may he rest in peace.
BZ
It’s utterly amazing the way the libtard mind works as opposed to a thinking person, read: Conservative, if you ever want to know just how SICK the libtard mind truly is, make a brief journey to Democratic Underground…
You won’t stay long, it’s too disgusting, but you’ll leave with a new sense of commitment to the Conservative movement of America, and have even less respect for the *fence sitters* and RINOs that would give America away to the Dems, Dem Lite, the RNC.
And you can always tell when a Conservative American icon has passed too, the libtard trash starts blasting him before he’s even in the ground…
Ever notice how when a “liberal minded” public figure dies, the lefty’s hail them as ANGELS and HERO’S and Saints, and they have a fit when we point out the REALITY of what the person actually did for or to America.
We can expect the liberal freedom of speech crowd to try to silence our “respect” for a man that was elected to office for over 20 years by his constituents. He must have done something right.
The RINO’s you speak of will be talking about the divisive nature of Helms politics. I would rather talk about how many of his comments and quotes then are actually a problem NOW.
He was truly one of the “good guys”
If I remember right, didn’t Jesse Helms tried to stop the Martin Luther King Holiday? And, didn’t some federal judge order the FBI files on King sealed for 50 years or so? It’ll sure be interesting to see what’s in those files…like they’ll ever allow them to be opened.
God bless him and may he rest in peace.
Sadly, I went to see what they were saying at the DU. Now I have to scrub my eyeballs with Brillo pads!
Kate, DU is a cesspool, but it’s a valuable cesspool, if ya want to delve into the mind of the sickest of the sickos, that’s your information place…
I cannot add anything to what has already been said. DU is full of miscreant mindless freaks.
He served and served and never tired of standing up for conservative American ethics. May God bless his family.
I’m sorry to say, I did not know much about this man.
I once took a quiz….many years ago (‘94 I think?), that let me know I was to the RIGHT of both Jesse Helms and Rush Limbaugh. Well, I knew Rush was, but I had no idea who Sen. Helms was. Dang! I had no idea I was that…um…radical! Heh. I don’t know if that helps ya much, but it sure was a proud moment for me.
LMAO, Kate, you just think you’re right…
I’m about 10 paces to the right of Genghis Khan…
And Basti is further right than I am..
Pfft! I’m more than just “right”, I’m correct too! LMAO Hey, I’m just basically polite….mostly.
Kate, I’m not…
Hmmm…. guess it’s a girly thing then. LOL
Didn’t hear much about the death of Helms in the media…But wait until Ted “The Swimmer” assumes room temperature, the hand wringing, tears, and tributes, in the left wing media centers will be thick as thieves.
I don’t normally wish ill on anyone, but in Teddy’s case…. That man can’t reach hell fast enough to suit me!