I have to give the editor props on catching that, likely from deep within the thatch of his/her weblogs. I don't recall where I found the link, but it was added by that location, not by me. As most Clippers know the plug-in does the work. Welcome, though, and we all hope you become a contributor in our community.

Well done with the quote, Soc. Speaking of quotes:

Todd Rundgren in response to Jesse Helms censorship efforts with Tipper Gore:

Jesse

He found a letter.
Someone had slipped it under the door.
Said I gotta tell you something,
I never told no one before.
I know it sounds crazy.
I can hardly bring myself to say,
But the feeling is oh so strong now,
I can't hold out another day.
I ...

I have to give the editor props on catching that, likely from deep within the thatch of his/her weblogs. I don't recall where I found the link, but it was added by that location, not by me. As most Clippers know the plug-in does the work. Welcome, though, and we all hope you become a contributor in our community.

Well done with the quote, Soc. Speaking of quotes:

Todd Rundgren in response to Jesse Helms censorship efforts with Tipper Gore:

Jesse

He found a letter.
Someone had slipped it under the door.
Said I gotta tell you something,
I never told no one before.
I know it sounds crazy.
I can hardly bring myself to say,
But the feeling is oh so strong now,
I can't hold out another day.
I hope you can take it said that way.
When I say,
I wanna fuck you, Jesse.
I wanna fuck you, Jesse.
I wanna fuck you 'cause I got the right
To love a man whose stupid, ugly, and white.
I wanna say "fuck you," Jesse Helms.

She got a message,
Just another beep on the message machine.
Said I feel so guilty,
I think it's time that I come clean.
I thought I knew better.
I thought I had chosen the proper words to say.
I wanted to be so honest.
Tell you a story you've never heard,
Now that I finally got the nerve.
I wanna fuck you, Tipper.
I wanna fuck you, Tipper.
'Cause you showed me that
Things are still the same.
Everybody's parents turn out lame.
I wanna say "fuck you," Tipper Gore

He heard her crying,
But he couldn't make out a word she said.
She was alone and frightened.
She was wishing she was dead.
She knew it was hopeless.
He was way up there, and she was way down here.
Still she called his name out
In a voice that was loud and clear.
She said I know it sounds so weird,
But I wanna fuck you, Johnny.
I wanna fuck you, Johnny.
I wanna hold you down
And fuck you while you squirm
And force you to bring that thing to term.
I wanna say "fuck you," John Paul II.

Got to say "fuck you" Tipper Gore.
Just got to say "fuck you" Jesse Helms.

WRALeditor, if you are paying attention to this, can you tell us if claims that Helms used his position as news director for WRAL to support segregation are true?

Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer said:

From the beginning, Helms was schooled in the political device of using race to propel white conservatives to the polls. As news director for WRAL radio, Helms supported Willis Smith in his 1950 Senate campaign against Frank Porter Graham, the former president of the University of North Carolina. The campaign theme was that Graham favored interracial marriages. "White people, wake up before it is too late," said one ad. "Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and y...

WRALeditor, if you are paying attention to this, can you tell us if claims that Helms used his position as news director for WRAL to support segregation are true?

Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer said:

From the beginning, Helms was schooled in the political device of using race to propel white conservatives to the polls. As news director for WRAL radio, Helms supported Willis Smith in his 1950 Senate campaign against Frank Porter Graham, the former president of the University of North Carolina. The campaign theme was that Graham favored interracial marriages. "White people, wake up before it is too late," said one ad. "Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races."

The campaign's further contribution to political notoriety was a handbill that showed Graham's wife dancing with a black man.[1]

Is this true? Did WRAL run Willis Smith's ads attacking his opponent for tolerating interracial marraige (the LAT article doesn't say). Has WRAL ever had a reckoning with its past? I ask because the news item clipped here dances very gingerly around the ugly stands that Helms took.