"You were the best qualified for that job, but they had to give it to a minority"

Posted by 3Dsound at Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:01 PM and is filed under Political Cartoon,Rip,conservative politics,Quotable,theocracy,Racism

Elegy for Jesse Helmes by Mr. Fish [political cartoon] RIP (updated below)
Jesse Helms (1921-2008): Mr. Fish (08-Jul-08), Elegy, Truthdig [a progressive journal of news and opinion], online at truthdig.com (accessed 09-Jul-08).

















Tust the Lord Jesus with all your heart... And if you do you will vote for Jesse Helms [political campaign poster]UPDATE, Thursday, July 17, 2008: For a satisfying commentary on Helms' passing, see Sarah's post at Ornicus (Goodbye, and good riddance, published 04-July-08).

"[B]y the end of his life, Helms was nothing more than a living fossil, a political curiosity – the last of an era of overt hatemongers that included Strom Thurmond and George Wallace. Together, men like these anchored the far right end of the cultural tug-of-war that defined the entire postwar era... And they were never ashamed of it, either – even though many more thoughtful Americans still feel tremendous shame for having shared this country with them... We ought not speak ill of the dead. But we are obligated to speak the truth. And the truth is that Helms was one of the nastier characters of the last century."

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