Rest in peace.

I heard he had man Boobies.

Rest in flames.

One down

Rot in hell

w00t

Good riddance.

One less Republican Satanic psychopath no longer blights the Earth.

First Bozo and now Helms.

I'm trying to decide who the bigger clown was.

So what happens to Jesse if God is black?

Old criminal dies. Meh.

bigbadideasinaction:Rest in peace.

Is this like a reverse troll?

"Joined the Silent Majority"

Being from North Carolina, I am getting a kick out of these replies.

seriously though, even though he was a total racist, he was at least an honest total racist. He managed to make it his entire career without any sort of horrid scandal. I guess there is some sort of icing on almost every cake.

"North Carolina doesn't need a zoo. Just put a fence around Chapel Hill."

Anyone notice the URL for the story?

http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/1755723/?good-riddance

I hope he found what he was looking for.

I'm convinced that the people that comment on Fark are the same ones that make racist comments on YouTube, they just hide their emotions better here.

Maybe it's just me, but didn't some bespectacled social scientist determine there more people alive today than all dead combined.

"I had sought election in 1972 to try to derail the freight train of liberalism that was gaining speed toward its destination of government-run everything, paid for with big tax bills and record debt," Helms wrote in his 2005 memoir, "Here's Where I Stand."

Liberalism you say? Where is your messiah now, farktard?!

Wherever he goes, I hope he gets a black roommate with a grudge

drzoidberg74:Anyone notice the URL for the story?

http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/1755723/?good-riddance

You can throw a ? at the end of any URL and put whatever you want there. That was not the URL the original site used.

/good night, funny man

A state champion tuba player in high school..........

So, he did blow!

Damnit all, there went the perfect political ticket to alienate everybody.....

Jesse Jackson and Jesse Helms

/Jesse and Jesse 08

This - much better:

Jesse Helms' night in Havana

good for america?

I won't celebrate his death, but I certainly will enjoy the delicious irony of his finally stopping pestering us on Independence Day.

And now, in memory, a loving tribute to Jesse Helms, as written by Todd Rundgren:

He found a letter.
Someone had slipped it under the door.
Said I gotta tell you something,
I never told no one before.
I know it sounds crazy.
I can hardly bring myself to say,
But the feeling is oh so strong now,
I can't hold out another day.
I hope you can take it said that way.
When I say,
I wanna fark you, Jesse.
I wanna fark you, Jesse.
I wanna fark you 'cause I got the right
To love a man whose stupid, ugly, and white.
I wanna say "fark you," Jesse Helms.

She got a message,
Just another beep on the message machine.
Said I feel so guilty,
I think it's time that I come clean.
I thought I knew better.
I thought I had chosen the proper words to say.

I wanted to be so honest.
Tell you a story you've never heard,
Now that I finally got the nerve.
I wanna fark you, Tipper.
I wanna fark you, Tipper.
'Cause you showed me that
Things are still the same.
Everybody's parents turn out lame.
I wanna say "fark you," Tipper Gore

He heard her crying,
But he couldn't make out a word she said.
She was alone and frightened.
She was wishing she was dead.
She knew it was hopeless.
He was way up there, and she was way down here.
Still she called his name out
In a voice that was loud and clear.
She said I know it sounds so weird,
But I wanna fark you, Johnny.
I wanna fark you, Johnny.
I wanna hold you down
And fark you while you squirm
And force you to bring that thing to term.
I wanna say "fark you," John Paul II.

Got to say "fark you" Tipper Gore.
Just got to say "fark
you" Jesse Helms.

/I know it mentions other famous moral busybodies, but what the hell

From these comments, the guy sounds like a complete asshole. I recognize the name, but I'm not connecting with reasons as to why he isn't liked on Fark. Why is he an asshole?

Odds are that the first reason I'll get it will explain everything as to why he's an ass.

Let's try to keep graphic comments out of this thread, please.

mdbuff12:A state champion tuba player in high school..........

So, he did blow!

And had sex with puppies, I have proof!

Cue the "There's no hate like liberal hate" parrots...

Where's Fred Phelps when you need him?

Phil McKraken:bigbadideasinaction:Rest in peace.

Is this like a reverse troll?

Meh, figured might as well try and get the thread off to a neutral or at least non-insult-hurling start...

...that lasted all of one post. Dude's dead now, he might as well get some rest. People want to discuss his politics, well, that's fair. But the dude's dead, and though he's not going to be hearing any of this, I'd rather it stay to discussion of the man, and not name-calling. Makes us all worse off for it.

/card-carrying pinko liberal

Why would anyone ever care when a CONSERVATIVE dies? Can't you see he's a CONSERVATIVE?

CONSERVATIVE!

It is a shame he didn't take more of his ilk with him when he left.

Good night funny man

"I had sought election in 1972 to try to derail the freight train of liberalism that was gaining speed toward its destination of government-run everything, paid for with big tax bills and record debt," Helms wrote in his 2005 memoir, "Here's Where I Stand on Everything Except Corporate Subsidies."

fixin it I be

/and he was a racist
//supported segregation
///applauded apartheid

Rest in war

I recognize the name, but I'm not connecting with reasons as to why he isn't liked on Fark.

He was a conservative who dared talk about politics.

Goodnight, racistman

Blade Danger:Why would anyone ever care when a CONSERVATIVE dies? Can't you see he's a CONSERVATIVE?

CONSERVATIVE!

HAH!
If you seriously see the cold-blooded psychopath Jesse Helms as a Conservative, then you have no idea what an actual Conservative is.

I'm guessing the flag is at half-staff in front of Sean Hannity's house today -- assuming his actually HAS a flag, and also assuming his illegal alien housekeeper remembered to put it that way.

I think the biggest shock in all of this is that Fark managed to scoop Drudge on the news of his death.

/oblig
//happy 4th, everyone

"In a just world Jesse Helms would have been heavily sedated, strapped to a gurney, and left in a hallway to endlessly rant at the naked light bulb on the ceiling."

- Shamelessly stolen from This Hour Has 22 Minutes (may not be an exact quote)

I always wondered about Jesse's collection of little shoes.

The man deserves as much respect as he had for other countries' sovereignty. One Helms down, one Burton to go.

NeverDrunk23:From these comments, the guy sounds like a complete asshole. I recognize the name, but I'm not connecting with reasons as to why he isn't liked on Fark. Why is he an asshole?

You're assuming HE'S an asshole because of comments being made about him on a site that's populated exclusively by assholes?

FTA: He was 86. His cause of death was not released.

Ooh! Ooh! I know!

NC native here, and yes, the man was as Old South as they come. For good or for bad, RIP, pork-barrel man.