Senator No
Submitted by Brunette on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 12:29pm
I watched the "Senator No" documentary on WUNC and strongly recommend it.
It aired last night at 9:00 pm but I believe it will air again, as most UNC shows do, maybe in another time slot this weekend.
It's pretty even-handed -- probably won't change anyone's mind about Helms' legacy, but it is interesting. It's always interesting to me to see people fleshed out a bit. At times Helms did seem human.
I wish the split between Helms and the Congressional Club had been given more time; was suprised at how frank Carter Wrenn was about the race-baiting tactics he and Helms used in the Gantt/Helms races; I also wish more time had been given to just how foul Helms had been (and still is) about victims of AIDS while they were covering what many saw as a turn-around in his attitude in recent years.
Maybe the producers didn't think they could get away with a two hour documentary. In any event, they made good use of the hour and a half.
--bumped because this was one of the diaries I lost yesterday. The daughter of John Wilson, the man behind the documentary, is a friend of my daughter's. I really meant to have this up yesterday, as I think it is an interesting documentary. Robert P.
more clips!
I would have loved to see more footage from WRAL and the campaigns maybe less time given to interviews.
I'm sorry I missed it.
I'll check to see when it might air again.
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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Vote Democratic, the ass you save may be your own.
Why Helms on MLK's birthday?
It boggles the mind. Somebody needs to get taken to the woodshed over that gaffe! And somebody better start apologizing at WUNC.
Resistance is Fertile
Think of it this way
While there is still so much left to do, great progress has been made toward Dr. King's dream despite Jesse Helms...maybe even to spite Jesse Helms. Dr. King will win and Jesse Helms will lose in the long run. Dr. King will be remembered long after the world has forgotten Jesse Helms and his ilk.
In my eyes showing it on Dr. King's birthday is more a dig at Jesse Helms than an insult to Dr. King. (At least that's how I choose to look at it.)
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Vote Democratic, the ass you save may be your own.
I didn't see all of the programming for that night.
But maybe on Dr. King's birthday, there could have been something about, oh, I don't know. Dr King?
Just sayin'.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
Oh...I agree
and I'm sure that programming will be what is shown next week on the assigned holiday for Dr. King. As far as I'm concerned they should start on his real birthday and run specials on Dr. King and the Civil Rights movement all week, but that will probably never happen.
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Vote Democratic, the ass you save may be your own.
It brings back memories
of when I was a student at NC State and Helms worked at WRAL across the street. I met him a couple of times, and watched his venom on the editorial many times. It was quite a shock and a disappointment when he was elected to the Senate.
John Shaw
I caught some of the State of Things report
in my car. I wish I could have seen the docu, though.
When I was pulling into my driveway, they were discussing Helms' campaign against ... Garanzakis? Something like that; a Greek name. And Helms' campaign slogan was "He's one of us." Damn, that was dirty politics.
Helms' legacy, of race-baiting and dirty politics, is still alive and well. I wonder if we'll slay that beast in my lifetime.
My mom remembers Helms from his radio days
and calls him Rush Limbaugh's Granddaddy.
Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi