Farewell to Jesse Helms, a provincial redneck. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
Monday, July 7th, 2008Jesse Helms’ stranglehold on U.S. foreign policy was a national embarrassment.
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Sphere: Related ContentJesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.
"I thought he died years ago".
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