Jesse Helms kicks the bucket

[tazber]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 11:05am

I won't make an inaapropriate comment, it's never a "happy occasion" when someone dies (except when Fred Phelps expires, at which time I will celebrate with abandon), so let me just say that I won't miss this man.

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Updated On: 7/4/08 at 11:05 AM

[Urban]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 11:21am

Well there is some positive news! That LEGO artist mentioned in the sidebar has a growing career!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 11:39am

HA HA!

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 11:48am

Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead!

[cfmiller]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:04pm

Which old witch?

[Calvin]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:18pm

This also could have just been added under the "Bozo the Clown died" thread.

Honestly, I even found something good to say about Jerry Falwell, but -- well, I hope Carol Moseley-Braun is available to sing "Yankee Doodle" at his funeral, I'll just say.

And thanks for that HIV travel ban that's still around, Jesse.

[D2]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:21pm

Happy Independence Day.

[chris d]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:42pm

[WiCkEd BaCcHaE]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:42pm

What a horrible human being. At least we are now rid of his brand of ugliness and hate.

[shira's chef]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:51pm

From a North Carolinian, I have to say that D2 said it best. Happy Independence Day!

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:59pm

From a North Carolinian who was assigned a research project on Jesse Helms in 7th grade, I also agree wih D2.

[shira's chef]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:12pm

Ouch, poor Enjoiras.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:15pm

Boo f***ing hoo.

[Namaste]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:17pm

This is TRAGIC NEWS for the bigots of the world.

[Calvin]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:20pm

Will Broadway dim the lights for him tonight?

After all, there was no bigger supporter of the arts than Jesse Helms.

[Namaste]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:29pm

Why, his favorite performer Al Jolsen always said it best when he said, "the sun shines east, the sun shines west, but I know where the sun shines best!"

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:51pm

Whew! I saw the name "Namaste" and thought I was going to read something about how my karma was going to come back and bite me in the ass for my last post.

That happens every time I see the word "Namaste," actually!

Updated On: 7/4/08 at 01:51 PM

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 2:37pm

He was 86 years old.

Which only goes to prove that only the good die young.

[Namaste]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 3:11pm

Don't let my username fool you. I hate an old white fart bigot like the next guy!


And, it's Namaste if your Namasty!

[wexy]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 3:40pm

No loss.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 3:56pm

Every man's death diminishes me, but some deaths are less diminishing than others.

If the rule of three applies, I hope soon to be undiminished by the passing of Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 4:23pm

I hope they will announce where he is laid to rest. We need more public urinals!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 4:43pm

I'm a good speller, but a bad typist. Sorry.

At least I'm not a low-life bigot!

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 4:43pm

The Helms Family Plot

[DG]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 5:08pm

Sometimes it's very difficult not to speak ill of the dead. Very few could test me on that front more than this human.