Jesse Helms

[toasty]

And now, for an absolutely alarming display of chutzpah. Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2008_record&page=S6655&position=all

Because when you think "Champion of AIDS relief," you think Jesse Helms.

Some relevant moments from Jesse Helm's career:

Jesse Helms, the man who in 1987 described AIDS prevention literature as "so obscene, so revolting, I may throw up."

Jesse Helms, the man who in 1988 vigorously opposed the Kennedy-Hatch AIDS research bill, saying, "There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."

Jesse Helms, the man who in 1995 said (in opposition to refunding the Ryan White Act) that the government should spend less on people with AIDS because they got sick due to their "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct."

Jesse Helms, the man who in 2002 announced that he'd changed his mind about AIDS funding for Africa, but not for American gays, because homosexuality "is the primary cause of the doubling and redoubling of AIDS cases in the United States."

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2008/07/elizabeth-dole-says-fuck-you-to.html

[thesightless]

Re: Jesse Helms

with you here, wrong person. its like sponsoring the gay rights bill and calling it the mahamood amenjihad bill.

[toasty]

Re: Jesse Helms

Was wondering when Wonkette would add its commentary on this:

Maybe Senator Elizabeth Dole teaches a community college English class on the side and wants to show her students a cartoonish, real-life example of “irony,” because that’s the only way to explain her current episode of retardation. She has introduced an amendment to the HIV/AIDS/etc. relief bill nearing completion in the Senate that would rename it after dead Senator Jesse Helms, the famous hero who once said, “There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy.” This Senate bill, interestingly enough, will probably contain another amendment — this one from John Kerry and Gordon Smith — to remove the HIV travel and immigration ban for foreigners hoping to enter the United States. This ban, of course, began in 1987 and is called the “Helms Amendment.” So basically, Boo Elizabeth Dole! Elizabeth Dole has gonorrhea!

http://wonkette.com/401179/elizabeth-dole-wants-to-name-aids-relief-bill-after-heroic-aids-goblin-jesse-helms

[redrider71]

Re: Jesse Helms

I grew up in North Carolina. Jesse Helms was a strong man!!