# Whoo Hoo! Senator Helms will NOT be seeking re-election! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423 "2001-08-21T21:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/1 "2001-08-21T21:13:17Z")
Maybe this is GD or IMHO material…I don’t know. It’s mostly just something I had to say so here it is in MPSIMS. This [Reuters article](http://www.go2net.com/headlines/general/20010821/352349.html) says that Senator Jesse Helms will not be seeking re-election. There are a lot of politicians I don’t agree with. There are a few politicians I actively dislike. Then there is Jesse Helms who I flat out DESPISE. I can’t stand that man! Strong words maybe but I really really really do not like that guy and I don’t even live in North Carolina. The only downside to the whole thing is he still has his seat till 2003. Oh well…nothing’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/2 "2001-08-21T21:15:29Z")
He’s still alive? Anyway, I always get Helms and Thurmond confused. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/3 "2001-08-21T21:18:54Z")
Gosh, so I guess Trent Lott will have to be the Senate Designated Bigot now. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/4 "2001-08-21T21:19:18Z")
I’ll be drinking to the poor health of Senator No tonight, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/5 "2001-08-21T22:09:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Gosh, so I guess Trent Lott will have to be the Senate Designated Bigot now. Yup. Trent Lott and Robert Byrd. ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/6 "2001-08-21T22:19:46Z")
::doing halfhearted Happy Dance:: If it’s physically to do a halfhearted Happy Dance, that is. Really, I’m glad to read this, but I can only get so worked up about it. I mean…we _only_ have to suffer this Neanderthal for _another two years._ Hooray. Now, if he were to suddenly withdraw to a zen monastery somewhere, and retire his position, like, **right now,** that would be different. But until he leaves, my enthusiasm will be muted. He’ll still be actively working to declare people like me Enemies of All That Is American, and he’ll still be doing everything he can to make our country look ridiculous on the global stage. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/7 "2001-08-21T22:27:15Z")
Whoopee… We will get Lizzie Dole instead. I live in NC btw…At least Jesse was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/8 "2001-08-21T23:00:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Yup. Trent Lott and Robert Byrd. And who says moderators aren’t above left-baiting? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/9 "2001-08-22T00:02:20Z")
w00t w00t!!! This ROCKS!!! Hehehe…buhbyeeee, Jesse, you turd burglar!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/10 "2001-08-22T00:14:22Z")
Excuse me while I take that article to GD and post : _See ? There **IS** a God !_ Great news indeed. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/11 "2001-08-22T00:20:27Z")
> [@](#): > > And who says moderators aren’t above left-baiting? Nah, I don’t think so. Robert Byrd did get into trouble over a stupid racial comment. **UnclBeer** knows that I’m no leftist. I am, however, a gay man who thinks that it is possible to be a political conservative without being a hater. Senator McCain is a conservative Republican, but he is an honorable, patriotic American. Jesse Helms has been a consistent racist and gay-baiter for his entire political career. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/12 "2001-08-22T00:23:07Z")
> [@](#): > > If it’s physically to do a halfhearted Happy Dance, that is. Really, I’m glad to read this, but I can only get so worked up about it. I mean…we only have to suffer this Neanderthal for another two years. Hooray. We could get lucky, I was hoping to see him keel over on the senate floor. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dave\_Stewart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Stewart)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/13 "2001-08-22T03:40:48Z")
This got sent to me by a friend, just a few minutes ago: > [@](#): > > \>chatterbox > \> > \>Jesse Helms’ Socialist Past > \>By Timothy Noah > \> > \>Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001, at 2:26 p.m. PT > \> > \>When Jesse Helms announces his retirement > \>[[http://www.msnbc.com/news/615011.asp](http://www.msnbc.com/news/615011.asp) ] this Wednesday, > \>Chatterbox hopes that in his farewell speech he remembers to > \>thank Eleanor Roosevelt. As Ernest Furgurson relates in his > \>1986 book, Hard Right: The Rise of Jesse Helms, Helms was > \>able to enroll at Wake Forest University only because, as > \>Helms later recalled, a teacher there “negotiated an NYA job > \>at $18.75 a month in sports publicity for me.” The National > \>Youth Administration (1935-1943) was an arm of the Works > \>Progress Administration championed by Eleanor Roosevelt. It > \>provided federal jobs to young people as a way to help > \>finance their education during the Depression. Compared to > \>Americorps, the Clinton-created youth service organization > \>that Helms fought long and hard to eliminate, the NYA was a > \>socialist juggernaut spreading taxpayer-subsidized make-work > \>(“sports publicity”?) across the land. Without it, Helms > \>might never have made it to the U.S. Senate. > \> Food for thought. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/14 "2001-08-22T04:01:05Z")
I hit reply too fast. How come? Did he die? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/15 "2001-08-22T04:15:49Z")
Definitely made my day a bit brighter. That man is a friggin’ idiot. And perhaps simply evil. The Senate will be richer for his absence. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/16 "2001-08-22T04:20:22Z")
New ski resort opens in Hell. ---
**Author:** ![geekbooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@geekbooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geekbooks)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/17 "2001-08-22T05:33:32Z")
I think all politicians should be required to run wind sprints before being elected. What a wind sprint is, I’ll never know … only that I quit little league so I wouldn’t have to do 'em. sprint pcs, on the other hand, blows wind … ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/18 "2001-08-22T10:09:12Z")
Jesse HELMS. I thought the OP said Jesse VENTURA. ---
**Author:** ![plasticbryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@plasticbryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plasticbryan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/19 "2001-08-22T12:15:58Z")
I live in NC, and the thing that tempers my enthusiasm is the fact that the idiots here will probably elect Elizabeth Dole to replace him. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423/20 "2001-08-22T14:32:01Z")
If anyone wants to use more colorful language, I invite you here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83026](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=83026) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoo-hoo-senator-helms-will-not-be-seeking-re-election/77423.md?page=2)