NRA drops nuke on the shark, gives reins to Ollie North

[Fawlty]

Yep, who better to lead the notorious arms dealers than our most notorious arms dealer.

The man who saved Reagan from the justice he deserved is back in the national spotlight. Some might call him a complete fucking piece of shit, and you know, they kinda have a point. I guess Ollie saw what sort of absurdly snake-belly-low standards American politics have fallen to, and decided to throw his fuckface name back into the hat.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html

Oliver North, the Fox News contributor and central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, will be the National Rifle Association's new president, the group announced Monday.

"Oliver North is, hands down, the absolute best choice to lead our NRA Board, to fully engage with our members, and to unflinchingly stand and fight for the great freedoms he has defended his entire life," NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre said in a statement on the pick.

North will join the NRA at an increasingly contentious juncture for the group, facing off against a renewed push for gun control in the wake of the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Some survivors of the shooting have emerged as prominent voices in favor of gun control measures and have accused the NRA of endangering lives through political influence.

Ollie Fucking North. And the rabbit hole deepens.


for the youngins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair

 

[Seano]

Oliver North is pretty popular with conservatives. He used to be, anyway.

 

[ithinktheymad]

Wait what

 

[Fawlty]

Wait what

yeah, that

We may as well just put Polanski and Weinstein back in the Academy at this rate.

 

[bobgeese]

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Former Marine,

Swore loyalty to this country. .

Obviously knows how to use firearms and gun safety. .

There could have been worse replacements.

 

[Prefect]

Former Marine,

Swore loyalty to this country. .

Obviously knows how to use firearms and gun safety. .

There could have been worse replacements.

You don't get to complain about Obama's Fast and the Furious gun program if you are ok with Oliver North. He did it first.

 

[Farmer Br0wn]

for the youngins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair

 

[Farmer Br0wn]

Beat me to it....

 

[Farmer Br0wn]

In all seriousness, he wouldn't be my first pick, but I can live with it.

Anyone that's willing to take on that thankless job in the name of Liberty can keep it for as long as they want it.

 

[Strychnine]

Some years back they tried to recruit Tom Selleck for the job but he refused...

 

[Seano]

Why do people act as though this choice is bizarre? Charlton Heston was a former president.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

You don't get to complain about Obama's Fast and the Furious gun program if you are ok with Oliver North. He did it first.

Not saying he's perfect.

Personally I would have gone with Clint Eastwood

 

[Swing]

Yep, who better to lead the notorious arms dealers than our most notorious arms dealer.

The man who saved Reagan from the justice he deserved is back in the national spotlight. Some might call him a complete fucking piece of shit, and you know, they kinda have a point. I guess Ollie saw what sort of absurdly snake-belly-low standards American politics have fallen to, and decided to throw his fuckface name back into the hat.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/nra-oliver-north/index.html






Ollie Fucking North. And the rabbit hole deepens.


for the youngins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair

Literally was part of the "deep-state" and sold guns to support crooks/drug runners in order to stick our noses in another country's affairs. He's the actual antithesis of a withdrawn America that is draining its swamp.

Something tells me the outcry will be muted.

 

[Stoic1]

You don't get to complain about Obama's Fast and the Furious gun program if you are ok with Oliver North. He did it first.

And I guess you don't get to complain about Ollie if you were ok with Obama.

 

[Roaming East]

And I guess you don't get to complain about Ollie if you were ok with Obama.

Obama kept the guns flowing so that Americans can continue enjoying blow, dope and meth. Ollie gave them to a bunch of bearded goat shaggers who fly things into other, bigger, things.

 

[Fawlty]

Literally was part of the "deep-state" and sold guns to crooks/drug runners in order to stick our noses in another country's affairs. He's the actual antithesis of a withdrawn America that is draining its swamp.

Something tells me the outcry will be muted.

I hope enough NRA members remember Iran-Contra and come to their senses. That organization has been going insane lately.

 

[Scrody]

Eh. There's worse choices out there.

 

[jefferz]

 

[spin]

Some years back they tried to recruit Tom Selleck for the job but he refused...

i respected him until Blue Bloods.


that show is god awful.