[Theodore R.]

One of the few shortcomings of Jesse Helms is that he did not build up a political organization to assist like-minded Republicans nor put forth a successor to himself. I know he helped to get John East and Lauch Faircloth elected senator, but neither were successful in the long run. And he never did much to recruit serious gubernatorial candidates in NC. Of course, the fact that Jesse concentrated on being senator is one of the reasons that he was immensely effective. He will be sorely missed in January. And by March the voting record of EDole will be shown to be decidedly non-Helms in nature.

[Sonny M]

I thought you mind find this amusing, at one time, Rick Flair went to a Jesse Helms fund raiser (they are friends), at this time, Ted Turner owned WCW, he supposedly went ballistic. Turners hatred for Helms knows no bounds, and he had donated money to Helms opponent, so having his employee stumping and helping to raise money for Helms drove him nuts. Anything that could piss off turner like that always will make me smile.