Word: jessee
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"The Love Boat is ain't," says one elderly farmer, spitting tobacco juice at a nearby fence. "Jim and Jesse's at it again. Hot damn."
Jim and Jesse--better known to outsiders as Republican U.S. Sen. Jesse A. Helms and Democratic Gov. James 8, Hunt, Jr.--were preparing to mix it up on statewide television in the fourth and final debate of their bitter Senate race. And true to the last 18 months of campaigning...
That friendship is valuable not only to me; it's valuable to North Carolina," the senator says. In a veritable campaign coup, Helms, in August, persuaded Reagan to tape a 30-second television commercial in which the President solemnly proclaims: "One senator we can always count on to stand up...
"I cherish my friendship with Jesse, and I need his honesty and his outspoken patriotism back in the United States Senate. Next year, more than ever, I'm going to need the advice and the experience of Jesse Helms to keep America moving," the President says.
Hunt, a Presbyterian, is quick to attack Helms for his positions on school prayer and abortion. "I believe in school prayer," the governor says. "But it can't be voluntary if it's authorized by public officials. I don't want Jesse Helms to write a prayer that my kids...