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Jesse Helms Legacy

Jesse Helms' Shameful Legacy Can't Be Whitewashed

Erik Ose | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

No amount of whitewashing Helms' legacy can erase the stain of his reliance on hate-filled, divisive politics, or the hurt he caused so many people in the process.

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How Jesse Helms Ruled North Carolina

Erik Ose | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Helms poisoned the ideological well of politics, calling MLK, Jr. a communist and the 1964 Civil Rights Act "the single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the Congress."

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Identity Crisis

Lincoln Chafee | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Lincoln Chafee

Jesse Helms' legacy is one of strong opposition to women's reproductive freedom, gay rights, foreign aid for diplomacy, and public funding for the arts -- priorities that run strong in today's GOP.

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Conservative Icon Former Senator Jesse Helms Dead At 86

AP | WHITNEY WOODWARD | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic dec...

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