I just heard that Jesse Helms has died at age 86. Throughout his whole career in the Senate he fought against civil rights, AIDS research, women's rights, foreign aid programs, government support of art and culture, and anything that represented tolerance and equality.
It's a mean-spirited thing for me to do, but I swore fifteen years ago that I would toast that self-righteous jerk the day I learned he passed on to the netherworld. And so this morning I raised a glass of the cheapest whiskey in the cabinet.
I hope that Senator Helms is resting in the peace, grace and equanimity that he worked so hard to deny to others.
Posted by case at July 4, 2008 11:36 AMGreat entry Pete. Why do bastards like Helms live so long?
Posted by: Hannah Dallmann at July 15, 2008 08:03 AM