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Yes to senator no: an interview with Jesse Helms.(PERSONALITIES)
THEY called him "Mr. Conservative," after Barry Goldwater relinquished the title. They called him a lot of other names, too--one was "Senator No." Today, he says, "I was tempted to send a thank-you note to the newspaper that first called me that. I enjoyed being known as 'Senator No' because it summed up my purpose in helping to stop a lot of bad government policies and proposed laws."
That answer is pure Jesse Helms. He is talking by e-mail from his office in Raleigh. He retired from the Senate in 2003, after 30 years there.
And he has just written a memoir called Here's Where I Stand. An early reviewer in Booklist--the journal of the American Library ...
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