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Posted by: Poulenc 1 year, 4 months ago

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    Poulenc1 year, 4 months ago

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    A demagogue, a force of reaction, virulent homophobe who fought tooth-and-nail against Federal aid for AIDS research...

    ....racist par excellence, of course (recall his campaign ad launched during his 1990 reelection bid against black opponent Harvey Grant, in which white hands belonging to a job-seeker crumpled a rejection slip as the voice-over explained that the position had gone to an "unqualified member of a minority")....

    One almost hopes that hell exists just so Mr. Helms can be housed there--for a very, very long time....

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