Strom’s already said he won’t run again next year. Whether he can keep creaking along until his term ends is another matter 
stuffinb, I don’t know where you’re planning on using it, but if I see that whole thing showing up in a sig somewhere, there’s going to be some serious ass whomping to be had.
But anyway, I don’t see how anyone is that surprised at what he’s done during his reign of power. I mean, just look through history at some of the other famous Jesses. Jesse James, Jesse Jackson, um…Jesse’s girl. He was in good company.
Nah, not as a sig, this’ll go over well on another board I frequent.
Coldie-basically, the guy against desegregation-he was and probably still is one the biggest racist bastards in the US government-anti-ERA, anti-Abortion, anti-UN, anti-Gay, anti-anything not conservative Fundy type Christian, etc etc.
Coldfire-Jesse Helms held up James Hormel’s nomination as Ambassador to Luxembourg because Hormel is homosexual. Helms has been anti-foreigner, antiblack, and antigay for his entire career.
Ye Gads. Allow me to join the rejoicing, then. 
I’ll bet they’re all just doing a little dance for glee over at the United Nations budget office tonight !
Yeah, but it looks like there is a Strom Thurmond, Jr. on the way. At Strom Sr’s recommendation, Bush nominated the Strom Jr to be the U.S. Attorney in South Carolina. (And what’s a 98-year-old man doing with a 28-year-old son anyway?)
I heard on the radio as I was coming back from buying a lawnmower.
I almost started crying. I was happily yelping. My poor brother was clueless.
Let’s just hope SC doesn’t elect someone who will want to continue in the ass-prints Helms made in his chair.
JeffB-I wonder that myself. What I wonder is what woman of child bearing age would sleep with a 70 year old Strom Thurmond, anyways?
Strom Thurmond having sex makes Baby Jesus Cry.
Hey, Coldie, you ready for this?
This is from http://www.issues2000.org , a relatively non-partisan site which tracks American politicians’ stances on the issues. As you can see, he has some positions which strike even me as reasonable. Others… do not.
This is the kinder, gentler Jesse we’ve known these past two terms or so, since he nearly lost the '90 election. He hasn’t always been that obnoxious. He was once far worse.
His name has become virtually synonymous with the word “asshole.” When this fellow dies, and it will not pain me one bit if that were to happen [snapping fingers] this minute, they are going to have to make his grave site out of porcelain, with a drain.
I wouldn’t normally say this, but I hope the motherfucker dies, and soon. The world will be a better place without him.
Esprix
Naw, this happens all the time…kinda like “Big Shot Football Player will announce his retirement at a news conference tomorrow”, although the next sentence is usually “BSFP will retire after next year’s season”.
That dingbat has thrown more monkey wrenches into American foreign policy than any other single person, and it seems like 98% of it is over petty bullshit. What I’d give to slam the door on his ass on his way out…
From the site Sofa King referenced (thanks, BTW):
OK, he’s basically saying an enterprise can do whatever it wants, right? I mean, he’s implying an enterprise can engage in trade with a partner located in a possibly opressive regime. OK, fair enough, I can see the logic in that. Boycots are for governments, and all that. Not exactly my POV, but a defendable one.
HOWEVER:
What the fuck? Am I missing something here? Isn’t this the direct opposite of what he said before?
Woohoo! Yup, that’s what we need. A Global Police Officer without a superior. Smart thinking, Jesse. :rolleyes:
Huh? The US owes the UN money, not the other way around. The US debt towards the UN is currently still 65% of all outstanding debt on the UN. No offense to any Americans in the audience, but that doesn’t sound like a solid contributor to me.
And this was the mild stuff, right?
What a piece of work. Sounds like a retirement that should have taken place 30 years ago.
I’ve heard it said that Helms was inadvertently responsible for pushing the Civil Rights Act through in the 60s. Apparently he added the clause prohibiting gender discrimination in the belief that the bill wouldn’t make it out of the Senate if it gave women more rights.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but isn’t this exactly the sort of Helms-ish attitude that makes you glad Jesse’s not coming back for another term?
Guin, for some reason this brings to mind a joke, the punch line of which goes along the lines of “somebody else shot that beaver.” I don’t know why…
Heh-heh. My favorite Helms joke was from right after he had his heart surgery. I think it was the Tonight Show, but I may be wrong. The joke went something like:
Straight-Man: “I hear Jesse Helms had open heart surgery today”
Comic: “Well, there goes a pet theory of mine.”
Guys, it’s worse than you think. Strom Jr. is one of FOUR kids he had in rapid succession with his second wife, who was 22 when he married her. She was fresh from her reign as Miss South Carolina at the time.
And, of course, until a year or two ago, Strom Sr. still thought he was a swinger and would routinely embrace girls he saw in passing, pat them on the ass, etc. :eek:
There must be a serious lack of avaiable males in South Carolina.
HHmmmmmm.
Greenville, here I come!!!