Ding Dong the Bigot is Dead!

It’s not often that I experience abject glee at the death of a fellow human being, but in this case I’m not even sure that Senator Jesse Helms was a human being.  Helms was a bigot of epic proportions, a throwback to a time that most in this country would choose to forget.  A few of his more disgusting quotes stolen from Joe.My.God.:

• On threatening the life of a sitting president: “Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He’d better have a bodyguard.“
• On gays and AIDS: “It’s their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is responsible for the disease”
• On equality: “I’ve been portrayed as a caveman by some. That’s not true. I’m a conservative progressive, and that means I think all men are equal, be they slants, beaners, or niggers.”
• On education: “Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade-school classes that teach our children that cannibalism, wife-swapping and murder of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior.”
• On civil rights: “The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that’s thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with other men’s rights.”
• On journalists: “The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or lesbian.”
• On the Duke University students upset by Martin Luther King’s assassination: “They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro.”

What better gift for this country’s birthday than the death of such a disgusting excuse for a human being. Rot in hell Jesse, they’ve had a special place waiting for you for years and years!