Jesse Helms has the deaths of millions on his hands for the way he politicized the early days of AIDS and kept positive, pro-active public health policy from being implemented. In NC, we remember the race-baiting TV editorials and the dirty campaign tactics that follow a straight line to Karl Rove and Faux News of today. The world is a better place without him in it. (Though expect John McSame and the other Reps to laud his “contributions.”) Let US declare our independence from his incipient and destructive brand of politics. Now, I’m going to go get into bed with my husband and we’ll have rollicking gay sex in memory of Jesse!