The North Carolina senator and Conservative superhero (dubbed “Senator No,” for his opposition to…well, everything) passed away of natural causes.

The Best Links:

1. “If You Hate Long Enough and Hard Enough, You Can Go to the Very Top of the Washington Garbage Heap”
2. “Sorry Mr. President, But Jesse Helms Was NOT a ‘Kind, Decent, and Humble Man’” [Buck Fush]
3. Jesse Helms Dies On July 4th [America Wins!]
4. “He Was a Sour Troll and a Bigot, and It’s a Testament to Every Rotten Thing About This Country That for a Quarter Century, He Was One of the Most Powerful People in American Politics”
5. “I Think All Men Are Equal, Be They Slants, Beaners, Or Niggers” - Jesse Helms At His Finest
6. RIP Bozo The Clown (Oh, And Jesse Helms Too)