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Originally posted by Spanky
Jesse Helms was a political Jerk.
He went around calling everyone communist and socialists when he was the biggest defender of Tobacco Subsidies in the Senate. The Tobacco policy of the Federal government would make the Politburo proud. The height of hypocracy.
I met him a few times when I worked on the hill. In person he was really nice.
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He also had a penchant for supporting baby-killers and random murderers in Africa.
