That could sum up the WSWS's opinion of the death of former North Carolina senator Jesse Helms, who died Friday at the age of 86.
Martin notes the nauseating tributes from the media, especially those who thought it was fitting the racist, fascistic Helms died on Independence Day.
The rest of the article is the 2001 commentary marking the retirement of Helms from the U.S. Senate, and I posted the original the other day.
The "Hands Ad" Helms used in his hard-fought 1990 re-election campaign has been posted elsewhere but I include it here to show this guy never left the bigotry behind:
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