Pierce: The NRA's New President is the Most-Famous Arms Trafficker in American History

[mcar]

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a20268508/oliver-north-iran-contra-nra-president/

The NRA's New President is the Most-Famous Arms Trafficker in American History
Oliver North is the perfect man for the job.


BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
MAY 7, 2018

Sometimes, everything comes together and the perfect man gets the perfect job, and all we ordinary mortals can do is wonder at the mysteries and glories of the Divine Clockmaker, as interpreted for us by CNN.

"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.

The jokes, they write themselves. A trade association for the arms industry now will be headed by the most famous arms-trafficker in American history. An organization that wears patriotism as though it were the masque of the Red Death will be headed by a guy who sold missiles to one of the world’s leading sponsors of terrorism. An organization that claims to represent the best in American values will now be headed by a guy who sold out a beloved conservative icon so he could keep his felonious hindquarters out of jail, and who was roundly condemned by that icon’s iconic wife.

The idolization of Ollie North was one of the earliest symptoms of the prion disease that has overtaken the higher functions of the Republican party and that led entirely to the current president*. As a politician running for office, North was the original Don Blankenship. He was present at the creation of many of the forces that created the current perilous state of the republic. Now, though, he’s found the right job at last. He is going to succeed in the world he helped to make, as the good folks at the National Security Archive make clear.

[malaise]

1. Then he is perfect for the position

All the NRA does is trade in arms.
Fugg 'em all.

[mcar]

4. It is perfect

Felon, arms trader, what a resume!

[malaise]

6. Show me your friends

and I'll tell you who you are. Well done ReTHUGs and NRA.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[Cha]

3. K&R.. thanks, mcar

[mcar]

5. Life continues to get more surreal, Cha

[sheshe2]

7. Sure is a perfect fit for the NRA.

Ugh.

[7wo7rees]

8. Mmhmm

THUG

[mcar]

9. Thanks for this

It should be spread far and wide.

[Turbineguy]

10. This reminds me of... Irving. The 142nd fastest gun, in the West.

A hundred and forty on were faster than he,
But the NRA was looking for 143.

[Hortensis]

11. Oliver North? LOL!!!!

Are they doubling down on their lost "respectability" in defiance or are they truly clueless?

Thanks, Mcar. LOVE it.

[mcar]

14. I pick B

They are clueless. They think North is a hero, go figure.

[Hortensis]

17. My best guess, you're right.

Never been able to figure them.

PBS reported tonight that the Trump campaign hired agents to dig up "dirt" on a couple of Obama administration people who'd worked on the Iran agreement. Imagine their surprise and confusion when none was found.

[dameatball]

12. Was George Zimmerman too busy being arrested??

[mcar]

15. ..

[mountain grammy]

16. +1

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. "prion disease!"

HAHAHAHAH!!! Good one!