"Senator No" Passes on to the Great Beyond

Jesse Helms couldn't vote no on death.

Jesse Helms, back in his throwing-the-book at Mapplethorpe and the NEA days.
Jesse Helms, back in his throwing-the-book at Mapplethorpe and the NEA days.

I'm really not a fan of grave pissing, but for most of his life, Jesse Helms was pretty mean. The five-term senator from North Carolina and standard bearer for the right-wing revolution has died at the age of 86. Repubs are having a field day with the fact he died on the 4th of July. (He died, people, he wasn't born on it…)

Helms really wasn't a big fan of teh gay. He did, however eventually soften towards the AIDS issue and became quite active in providing funding for the crisis overseas, especially in Africa.

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