I Kind of Hope He Rots in Hell

While anyone can point to a few positive pieces of legislation Jesse Helms was involved in as well as private acts of benevolence, Jesse Helms often acted in the interest of mean-spirited people and deserves to be remembered as such.

I'm not interested in the death bed conversion to Bono's African causes or his seminal role in the Reagan Revolution because he was an otherwise-vile man and I'm actually kind of glad the earth is done with him.

The only disgusting event left is listening to people still in the spotlight singing his praises.

The New Republic pulls out a few golden oldies about the gratefully dead.