and always has been. never repented, never apologized. it was the whole point of his politics. jesse helms. now, watch this. there s another story i heard of jesse helms when he first ran, that he opened the mail and out fell a check for $5,000 from john wayne. so he spent some time trying to track down, it s not easy to figure out, how do you call john wayne, but he managed to figure out how to do so and he placed the call and the duke answered the phone. and apparently jesse helms said, you know, mr. wayne, this is jesse helms, um, i just wanted to thank you for your tremendous support in this race. apparently john wayne said, who?! and he said, well, jesse helms, i m running for senate in north carolina. and apparently wayne said, oh, yeah, you re that guy saying all those crazy things. we need a hundred more like you!
her cry as the only black person in the u.s. senate, jesse helms is the personification of that. never repented, never apologized. it was the whole point of his politics. jesse helms. now, watch this. there s another story i heard of jesse helms when he first ran, that he opened the mail and out fell a check for $5,000 from john wayne. so he spent some time trying to track down, it s not easy to figure out, how do you call john wayne, but he managed to figure out how to do so and he placed the call and the duke answered the phone. and apparently jesse helms said, you know, mr. wayne, this is jesse helms, um, i just wanted to thank you for your tremendous support in this race. apparently john wayne said, who?! and he said, well, jesse helms, i m running for senate in north carolina. and apparently wayne said, oh, yeah, you re that guy saying all those crazy things. we need a hundred more like you!
unabashed white racist politician in this country. when he finally died in 2008, his los angeles times obituary noted that unlike other symbols of segregation, such as an governor george wallace and strom thurmond, who eventually recanted their opposition to racial integration, jesse helms held firm, until his death. that whole story of the republican party capturing the white vote in the south by becoming the party of modern white racism, saying, vote republican, white people, we ll protect you from the black people, that is not a made-up story. and it was not a subtle thing. and jesse helms whistling dixie in carol moseley-braun s face, saying he wanted to make her cry as the only black person in the u.s. senate, jesse helms is the personification of that. never repented, never apologized. it was the whole point of his politics. jesse helms. now, watch this. there s another story i heard