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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Sam Ervin and Jesse Helms
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Date: Thu, 2-May-85 12:48:15 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  2 12:48:15 1985
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>								       I
> always felt that this country was extremely lucky to have had Erwin where he
> was during the 1970's.  I was living in DC during that period, and it was a
> relief to know that we had a *statesman* overlooking the Watergate hearings;
> we've had damn few of them lately.  And it seemed, from third-party
> information we are provided by the media, that he was a good man.  Enough
> said.
>                           Jesse Helms, one of the few politcos I would truly
> term narrow-minded and cruel, was quoted as saying that Ervin was his
> "mentor".

He was probably talking about style, not controversy.  Leaving aside
political considerations, Ervin was a windbag.  So is Helms.

As Ervin proved, windbags have their uses.  And as Helms and others
prove, they have their abuses too.  The U.S. has _no_ use for
statesmen--at least, she never elects any.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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