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The problem here is that I think Americans of all political stripes can agree that Helms was an avowed racist. Sure, my NPR report on his passing yesterday carefully explained that he "used race effectively" in his election campaigns, but I'm not sure there's any difference. While racism is still a fact of American life, it has been pushed underground, not to be talked about in polite society, so that everyone can delude themselves that these issues are no longer germane and that we're all one big happy melting pot.
Helms didn't do that, and neither did his advisors. And one of them now holds a high position in the John McCain campaign. [my em]
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Because, heaven forbid, they alienate 'the base'.
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