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Jesse HelmsOlbermann Slams 'Homophobe' Jesse Helms
Olbermann teased his "Worst Person" segment during the show's opening: "‘Worsts' is back. Elizabeth Dole wants to name an AIDS funding bill in memory of Jesse Helms, who believed gay people deserved the disease." During a plug before a commercial break at 8:45 p.m., the MSNBC host called Helms a "homophobe": "And in ‘Worsts,' the Senator who thinks an AIDS bill should be named after homophobe Jesse Helms." WaPo Website Resurrects 2001 'Racist' Charge Against Helms
David Broder's "RePost" of his August 29, 2001 column -- "Jesse Helms, White Racist" -- was nowhere to be found in the dead tree edition of the July 7 Washington Post, but it was included online as a counterweight to Marc Thiessen's "The Jesse Helms You Should Remember." What readers would find in Thiessen's piece was one heartwarming account of how the fiercely anti-Communist senator stood up against his good friend and the leader of his party, President Ronald Reagan, in an attempt to save one Soviet sailor from returning to the USSR against his will (emphasis mine): Financial Times: Jesse Helms 'Little Less Than a Monster'London-based broadsheet the Financial Times spilled vials of poisonous ink in a July 5 obituary marking the death of former North Carolina senator Jesse Helms, going strong out the gate by charging that Helms was "little less than a monster" to "many around the world." Writer Jurek Martin boiled down the political career of Helms, "The reviled Republican courted by his adversaries," as nothing more than that of "a man who never bothered to disguise his dislike for his enemies and his determination to frustrate them." Martin listed the former Soviet Union, Fidel Castro's regime, and China among Helms's enemies, while failing to acknowledge the systemic human rights abuses from these regimes that a broad swath of liberals and conservatives alike shared (and share) a strong aversion for. As for the United Nations, another target of the late senator's criticism, Martin glossed over Helms's bipartisan cooperation with the very liberal Democratic Sen. Joe Biden (Del.). Helms and Biden co-sponsored legislation in 1999 that held up U.S. dues to the international body in order to spur it to enact reforms. Martin chalked up the success of the dues-withholding policy to Clinton administration officials: Netroots Celebrate Helms's Death With Vulgar Attacks
Such reverence should be crucial on the day someone that has tirelessly served this nation for thirty years passes away. Apparently devoid of such human decency, the folks in the Netroots, within minutes of Friday's announcement concerning the death of Jesse Helms, began publishing virulent and vulgar epithets directed at the former senator, with some actually voicing a desire to dance on his grave. Here are but a few examples, beginning with some truly disgusting diaries posted at Daily Kos (readers are warned that the following contains possibly offensive graphic and vulgar content, h/t LGF): Chicago Tribune Gets It Wrong On Jesse HelmsToday's Chicago Tribune carries a front page story on the late Jesse Helms, "5-time senator 'great patriot' who held fast to his beliefs." The piece's author, Los Angeles Times staff writer Johanna Neuman, states: Often he was the lone voice of dissent in the Senate. He was the only senator to vote against confirming Henry Kissinger as secretary of state during the Nixon administration. And he was the only senator to vote against making Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a holiday. Both assertions are wrong. MSNBC reported in a 2005 article on secretary of state Condoleezza Rice that Henry Kissinger was approved by the Senate in a 78-7 vote. And the King Center notes on its Web site that the King holiday bill, sponsored by Senator Edward Kennedy, passed in the Senate by a vote of 78-22. In its eagerness to portray the late Senator as an isolated, extreme extremist, the mainstream media are making up their own "facts." He may be dead, but Jesse Helms is still driving liberals to distraction. May he rest in peace. CNN's Lemon: Helms 'Champion of the Extreme Right'On Independence Day, CNN anchor Don Lemon reported the death of former Senator Jesse Helms. LEMON: Conservatives are mourning the death of an icon. Former Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86. The North Carolina Republican was known for his unyielding stands on some controversial issues. NBC: Metzenbaum a 'Populist,' But Jesse Helms an 'Ultra-Rightist'
But on Friday night, Independence Day holiday fill-in anchor Lester Holt accurately described former Senator Jesse Helms, who passed away earlier in the day at age 86, as “a Republican and staunch conservative” as well as “a champion to the right and a lighting rod to the left.” NBC reporter Martin Savidge, however, tagged Helms as “an ultra-rightist” when he won his Senate seat in1972, though Savidge concluded his review of Helms' career by portraying the late Senator's ideology in a positive light: “Helms finally left the Senate in 2003 at the age of 81, and for the rest of his life would proudly wear the unofficial title of the Senate's most conservative Senator.” Holt painted Helms from the negative, what he was against as opposed to what he favored: “He staked out firm positions against everything from communism and foreign aid to civil rights and modern art.” Former Senator Jesse Helms Dies at 86
Our prayers and thoughts go out to his family and loved-ones. Update 11:46 | Matthew Sheffield. Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate against liberal media bias. It's worth remembering today that in the mid-80s Jesse Helms started a group called Fairness in Media designed to raise enough money to purchase CBS and overhaul its even-more-left-leaning news division. "Become Dan Rather's boss," was the tagline with the idea, of course, that they would fire him. Though ultimately unsuccessful at its final objective, it was a fascinating effort and one that actually caused some suits at CBS to get scared as, among other things, Helms and his partners in fairness sought to obtain the names of every CBS stockholder, filed SEC briefs, and even partnered up with the then-conservative Ted Turner. See also the Heritage Foundation remembrance of Helms. Matthews: Will NC GOP Run 'Overtly Racist' Campaign vs. Obama?
After referring to Obama's relationship with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, co-anchor Keith Olbermann brought up the possibility that John McCain could also be attacked for connections with controversial people: "There is a lot that could be thrown at the Republicans by the Democrats and the past associations of Senator McCain, or even some of the current ones." |
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