I can not think of a more fitting way a patriot like former Republican senator Jesse Helms could go off to the glory but on Independence Day http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376389,00.html.
Mr. Helms, who had been in declining health for several years died this morning at 1:15 am according to spokesman Jimmy Broughton.
Mr. Helms was first elected to the senate in 1972 and retired in 2002. Mr. Helms was an early supporter of then former California governor Ronald Reagan in the epic 1976 Republican struggle with President Gerald Ford for the presidential nomination. It was Sen. Helms support in the North Carolina primary that saved Mr. Reagan and kept the campaign going.
Most importantly, Mr. Helms was a staunch anti-communist and leading opponent of then Soviet expansionism. Mr. Helms, in a way, was well ahead of his time in believing that the Soviet Union could be defeated, not just contained and or lived with under detente.
The DDBMSM will paint Mr. Helms in a very unflattering light. The DDBMSMers will make Mr. Helms out to be a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan because he was opposed to affirmative action and basically the overall liberal-left agenda. And throw in the fact Mr. Helms was an old-fashioned Southern gentleman and the stereotype was born and fed constantly.
Jesse Helms was a one of a kind senator and his vision and logic is something sorely missing today in many a politician. May he be with God and the angels.
2 comments:
It's been unreal to see the intensely vitriolic attacks on Helms in the left-wing blogosphere. Yes, Helms spoke to regulay Americans about busing and race, and he wasn't shy about saying these policies violated our basic values.
Have a great 4th.
long live conservatism!!!!
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