RIP Jesse Helms

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RIP Jesse Helms

#1 Post by JBillyGirl » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:53 am

"Senator No" dead at 86 of natural causes.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5309543&page=1

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#2 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:59 am

I thought that he was already dead.

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#3 Post by mrkelley23 » Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:17 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I thought that he was already dead.
That was just above the neck.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman

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#4 Post by Here's Fanny! » Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:31 am

mrkelley23 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I thought that he was already dead.
That was just above the neck.
I had the same thought, until I realized that I always got him mixed up with Strom Thurmond.
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#5 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:24 am

Here's Fanny! wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I thought that he was already dead.
That was just above the neck.
I had the same thought, until I realized that I always got him mixed up with Strom Thurmond.
Well, Strom and Jesse were the same person, with the exception that Strom believed that the pecker knows no bigotry.

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#6 Post by kroxquo » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:36 pm

I'll always remember on TV Nation when Michael Moore had the DC Gay Men's Choir serenade Helms's house in Washington as part of his Love Night special. Priceless.
You live and learn. Or at least you live. - Douglas Adams

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