Best and Worst Senators of the Past 50 Years: North Carolina

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The fact that there's 4 "best" votes for Jesse Helms is just sad. There are probably better conservative NC Senators who aren't two steps away from being Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Nathan Bedford Forrest himself is a misunderstood figure. The original Klan was not the same organization as the Second or Third Klans of the 20th century. It was more of a Democratic Party paramilitary group, and Forrest disbanded the Klan when it was clear that it had gone way too far.

"Democratic Party paramilitary group."  Which was formed to protect... what, exactly?

Oh, right.  Slavery.

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Reagan and Thatcher both not-so-quietly supported Apartheid South Africa and minority rule in Rhodesia, but I don't see anyone here who defines their careers by that. Same thing with HIV/AIDS. In my opinion, the original concept of Apartheid, separate nation-states, was not itself a bad idea. The problem was that Boers got greedy and wanted all the land, and committed indefensible atrocities to protect their supremacy.
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Just... what?