today, it is perhaps important to note that if it weren't for the holiday, the political career of a noted racist perhaps wouldn't have gone as far as it did, and perhaps we would have been spared the craziness of the GOP "mainstream" today.
The real purpose of Jesse Helms' opposition to the MLK holiday was to help advance his own re-election chances in North Carolina.
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