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Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (b October 18, 1921) is a former five-time Republican senator from Monroe, North Carolina. <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000463</ref>  Mr. Helms was born to his formidable father Jesse Helms Sr., the local chief of police, and his wife Dot Helms. <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/jesse-helms</ref>  Mr. Helms, throughout his tenure as United States Senator was known for his staunchly conservative viewpoints, support for a strong defense, standing up for the little guy, and support for freedom.  Like most staunchly conservative politicians who thumb their nose at political correctness, Helms was frequently derided in the mainstream media despite his former media connections <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/biography.asp</ref>.  Helms stood up for equality under law for all Americans but often his positions were misunderstood and through biased reporting made to sound racist <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#handsad</ref>.  While Helms can be called an Internationalist his support can be understood more in terms of western military alliances that strengthened US Security such as NATO as opposed to ineffective US encumbering organizations such as the UN <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic1</ref>.

Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (b October 18, 1921) is a former five-time Republican senator from Monroe, North Carolina. <ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000463</ref>  Mr. Helms was born to his formidable father Jesse Helms Sr., the local chief of police, and his wife Ethel Mae Helms. <ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/jesse-helms</ref>  Mr. Helms, throughout his tenure as United States Senator was known for his staunchly conservative viewpoints, support for a strong defense, standing up for the little guy, and support for freedom.  Like most staunchly conservative politicians who thumb their nose at political correctness, Helms was frequently derided in the mainstream media despite his former media connections <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/biography.asp</ref>.  Helms stood up for equality under law for all Americans but often his positions were misunderstood and through biased reporting made to sound racist <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#handsad</ref>.  While Helms can be called an Internationalist his support can be understood more in terms of western military alliances that strengthened US Security such as NATO as opposed to ineffective US encumbering organizations such as the UN <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic1</ref>.

== Early Life ==

== Early Life ==

=== Democrat to Republican ===

=== Democrat to Republican ===

The liberal George S. McGovern, the Democratic nominee for President in 1972 stood for abortion, defeatism and neo-liberalism.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/blog_9_20_04.html</ref>  McGovern was the final push in the Democratic party's disastrous move from American to leftist values.<ref>http://www.blackcommentator.com/201/201_cover_race_dems_fletcher_ed_bd.html</ref>  Helms detested this and courageously left the Democratic party, which was far more popular in the South as a whole, for the Republican party, which had been the catalyst in the war of Northern Aggression a century before.  Guided, in part, by the conservative policies of the Republican Candidate, Richard M. Nixon, Mr. Helms lead a victorious campaign against his opponent, Democrat Nick Galifianakis.  Mr. Helms's campaign succeeded in associating Galifiankis to his liberal mentor McGovern.  Galifianakis attempted to play the "race card" (Galifianakis was Greek), but voters saw through this to lend a 120,000 vote margin to Mr. Helms.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/jesse-helms</ref>

In 1970, Helms left the Democratic party, which was far more popular in the South as a whole, for the Republican party, which had been the catalyst in the war of Northern Aggression a century before.  Guided, in part, by the conservative policies of the Republican Candidate, Richard M. Nixon, Mr. Helms lead a victorious campaign against his opponent, Democrat Nick Galifianakis.  Mr. Helms's campaign succeeded in associating Galifiankis to the Presidential Candidate George McGovern.  Galifianakis attempted to play the "race card" (Galifianakis was Greek), but voters saw through this to lend a 120,000 vote margin to Mr. Helms.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/jesse-helms</ref>

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