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	<title>Comments on: Jesse Helms: Bigot, Racist, Homophobe</title>
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		<title>By: Larue</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1528002</link>
		<dc:creator>Larue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Geebuz, I’m so sorry, it’s LGBT . . . my bad folks . . .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But My Posit Stands . . . Hmmm?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geebuz, I’m so sorry, it’s LGBT . . . my bad folks . . .</p>
<p>But My Posit Stands . . . Hmmm?</p>
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		<title>By: StephBlingle</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1528001</link>
		<dc:creator>StephBlingle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Jesse Helms’s teeth died decades ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His sense of morals and decency died in the womb.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The real sign of the corruption and filth of the American right wing is that such sickening garbage as Helms and Tom DeLay get feted and petted and treated like worthies. What do they have to do to be so extreme or disgusting that the Republican party won’t embrace their desire to harm black people, poor people, the environment, the constitution?  Drool black bile from their mouths everywhere they go.  (But then, of course, the Penguin and Dick Cheney do that and Republicans &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; think they’re &lt;em&gt;wonderful&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesse Helms’s teeth died decades ago.</p>
<p>His sense of morals and decency died in the womb.</p>
<p>The real sign of the corruption and filth of the American right wing is that such sickening garbage as Helms and Tom DeLay get feted and petted and treated like worthies. What do they have to do to be so extreme or disgusting that the Republican party won’t embrace their desire to harm black people, poor people, the environment, the constitution?  Drool black bile from their mouths everywhere they go.  (But then, of course, the Penguin and Dick Cheney do that and Republicans <em>still</em> think they’re <em>wonderful</em>.)</p>
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		<title>By: Larue</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527999</link>
		<dc:creator>Larue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Teddy, tell me, WHY would any self respecting and honorable LBGT person ever WANT to work for this fuckwad?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“(although I know for a fact he employed several in his Senate office during his long tenure there)”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Teddy, tell me, WHY would any self respecting and honorable LBGT person ever WANT to work for this fuckwad?</p>
<p>“(although I know for a fact he employed several in his Senate office during his long tenure there)”</p>
<p>Why?</p>
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		<title>By: MarkH</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527657</link>
		<dc:creator>MarkH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jeebus called him home cause Jeebus knew he was annoying the hell out of most of us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As the post said, a lot of his style was created to get attention and political support in a Southern state. I suppose we have him, in large part, to thank for the current thread of hatred amongst Republican voters who like to be annoying and mean-spirited just to annoy Democrats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It really is a shame he died before getting to see the fruits of his decades long work — a black president. Makes ya wonder if he didn’t kill himself just to avoid that…and to annoy Democrats. Bless his black little heart.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Jeebus called him home cause Jeebus knew he was annoying the hell out of most of us.</p>
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<p>As the post said, a lot of his style was created to get attention and political support in a Southern state. I suppose we have him, in large part, to thank for the current thread of hatred amongst Republican voters who like to be annoying and mean-spirited just to annoy Democrats.</p>
<p>It really is a shame he died before getting to see the fruits of his decades long work — a black president. Makes ya wonder if he didn’t kill himself just to avoid that…and to annoy Democrats. Bless his black little heart.</p>
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		<title>By: rxbusa</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527625</link>
		<dc:creator>rxbusa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;thanks, but oh shit.  I am massively bummed.  pandering, another betrayal, wtf else is new.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks, but oh shit.  I am massively bummed.  pandering, another betrayal, wtf else is new.</p>
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		<title>By: prostratedragon</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527615</link>
		<dc:creator>prostratedragon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Absolutely, another good example (Byrd).&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely, another good example (Byrd).</p>
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		<title>By: sadlyyes</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527584</link>
		<dc:creator>sadlyyes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;b e a u t i f u l!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>b e a u t i f u l!</p>
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		<title>By: DrDick</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527581</link>
		<dc:creator>DrDick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;A lot of people raised with those kinds of attitudes came to see the light, like Robert Byrd.  It is a testament to his evil that Helms stubbornly clung to them even when he knew better.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of people raised with those kinds of attitudes came to see the light, like Robert Byrd.  It is a testament to his evil that Helms stubbornly clung to them even when he knew better.</p>
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		<title>By: prostratedragon</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527573</link>
		<dc:creator>prostratedragon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I recall a battle that Braun won in which one of her key supporters in the end was Howell Heflin (Alabama), who by speaking on her behalf showed what the phrase “unreconstructed” applied to people like Helms means. I believe it was in connection with the CSA flag.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recall a battle that Braun won in which one of her key supporters in the end was Howell Heflin (Alabama), who by speaking on her behalf showed what the phrase “unreconstructed” applied to people like Helms means. I believe it was in connection with the CSA flag.</p>
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		<title>By: newspaperbrat</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/04/bigot-racist-homophobe/#comment-1527571</link>
		<dc:creator>newspaperbrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;When our lovely village elected and re-elected and re-elected a former BushI CIA chief of Europe as mayor I felt despair. Am here to tell ya today my village is awash in  Obama blue, FWIW.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When our lovely village elected and re-elected and re-elected a former BushI CIA chief of Europe as mayor I felt despair. Am here to tell ya today my village is awash in  Obama blue, FWIW.</p>
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