The ignorance of liberals for the memory of those with whom they disagree was on full display when Ronald Reagan died (i.e., see Christopher “water board me” Hitchens).
When Pat Tillman of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals left a pro football career for the military, his death led the totally heartless Ted Rall to insult Tillman in one of his so-called comic strips.
So little surprise that when another conservative icon died, former Senator Jesse Helms, on July 4th of all days, the Associated (de)Press(ed) took the opportunity to smear him.
Jesse Helms: a polarizer, not a compromiser By LARRY MARGASAK
“Compromise, hell!” Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement.
Jesse Helms mostly was a polarizer, not a compromiser. He would rather win elections by a razor’s edge than change his conservative positions.
Many of his colleagues in the congenial Senate “club” sought compromises on the toughest social issues. Jesse Helms wouldn’t play along. He relished his nickname as “Senator No,” the man who knew the Senate rules so well that he blocked legislation that violated his right-wing principles and nominees he couldn’t stomach.
He was often gentlemanly, though. But not negotiable.
With a big smile, he proudly held up a “Senator No” T-shirt for the cameras.
No to civil rights. No to abortion. No to communism. No to the United Nations. No to gay rights. No to arts funding with nakedness. No to school busing. No to the U.S. giving up the Panama Canal. No to a nuclear arms reduction treaty called Salt II.
The disrespect and hypocrisy of Larry Margasak is thick. Rather than lauding Helms for standing firm on his beliefs, Margasak writes an article worthy of Fidel Castro, not Jesse Helms.
Perhaps worse than Margasak’s sneering tone is the underlying assumption that compromise is superior to standing up for what one believes in. I ask Mr. Margasak:
Would you have written a piece insulting Ted “Kopechne” Kennedy for his refusal to compromise his beliefs?
Would you have written an article insulting Robert “Ku Klutz Klan” Byrd on his refusal to comprise HIS beliefs?
While I certainly disagree with liberals on nearly every major (and minor) issue of the day, I hope that I’d have the decency to put such disagreements aside, at least on the day of the person’s death.
But for this politically driven media and Larry Margasak, decency is not for conservatives like Helms, and nothing is superior to the liberal agenda.
As for Senator Helms, may he rest in peace.
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