Jesse Helms, RIP

They say de mortuis nil nisi bonum, in some circles. Ahhh...sometimes you have to make exceptions.

from The Guardian's obituary, via AmericaBlog:

"In domestic politics he denounced the 1964 Civil Rights Act as "the single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the Congress," voted against a Supreme Court justice because she was "likely to uphold the homosexual agenda," acted for years as spokesman for the large tobacco companies, was reprimanded by the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission for electoral malpractice, and compiled a dismal personal record as a slum landlord."