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Helms also knows his people. For years he was a TV political commentator in Raleigh, and his bristling, anti-Government editorials gained him a wide audience. Back home in North Carolina last week, speaking to the Chamber of Commerce, Helms moved easily through the crowd, always deferential, always courtly, touching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideologue with Influence | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

Helms lives modestly, almost reclusively. He and his wife Dot rarely entertain or go out. Helms instead pours his energy into his work. He wakes up around 6 a.m. and spends several hours reading reports and answering mail, sending off about 75 letters a day. He is attentive to friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideologue with Influence | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

Helms never returns home before 8 p.m. After dinner with his wife, he goes back to his reading or telephone calls until midnight. Helms seldom watches television, and he has been to only a couple of movies in the last 20 years; he gets impatient over the lost time. His...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideologue with Influence | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

The club makes itself felt in races all across the country. Dedicated to the defeat of liberals, it issued tens of thousands of mailings to document the voting records of Democratic Senators on such issues as prayer in schools, abortion and sex education. Some of the letters draw angry fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideologue with Influence | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

Morgan's charge is music to Helms' ear, since his aim is to scare liberals. One reason he proposes so many amendments is to force Senators to get on the record. Viguerie argues that this is what the New Right is all about. "These liberals aren't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideologue with Influence | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

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