I've hear it said that one should speak no ill of the dead. I don't particularly agree, as if anything, they are past being unjured by unkind words. Certainly their families may be hurt, but I dislike the American journalistic tradition of whitewashing politicians with positive obituaries.

It happen with Nixon, who was memorialized as a great statesman, as opposed to a crook and the betrayer of his high office.

And now it's happening to Jesse Helms, whose legacy was that he was the last outward racist in the US Congress. (At least I hope that he will keep that record of infamy in perpetuity.) I refer you to this editorial for my thoughts on his career as a statesman.

In summary, for Senator Helms' sake, we should hope that the God who judges all things, prefers mercy over justice.

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