Reply #228: otisjf24, I'm sure there's already another one. It's just nature's way.

[bertman]

Why would it be bad karma to say that you're glad an evil human is dead? All creatures die. This one just happened to be unredeemably evil.

Not only was he a spiteful, in-your-face racist he was also a big-time supporter of the death squads that terrorized El Salvador during the 80's and beyond. He was truly a proponent of American-funded and -supported terrorism.

For a man who invoked Christianity and Democracy at the drop of a hat, he was THE LEAST CHRISTIAN AND THE MOST TOTALITARIAN representative ever elected to Congress during my lifetime; although, I suppose Dick Cheney is his closest competitor.

defendandprotect, the folks who elected Jesse were your average North Carolinians of ten years ago. Unenlightened, bigoted and supposedly Christian folks who were/are against just about anything that you or I would call progressive.

I'm glad to say that even though he did win his elections he was steadily losing ground in a state that is now becoming less conservative. Not liberal, mind you, but due to changing attitudes and changing demographics, it's opening up to the more progressive side of the political spectrum. There's a decent chance that Obama could take the state if he is willing to court working folks by challenging NAFTA. N.C. has lost A LOT OF JOBS overseas.