Oliver North will become president of the NRA.

[kpete]

Washington (CNN)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.

In his statement, LaPierre compared North favorably to Charlton Heston, the Hollywood icon who was once president of the group.
North will become president "within a few weeks," the group said. He will retire from his position at Fox News.

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[The Blue Flower]

1. Traitor

Perfect fit. At least he'll be off the air.

[0rganism]

2. omg! i agree with Wayne LaPierre about something

"Oliver North is, hands down, the absolute best choice to lead our NRA Board"
i would go so far as to say... perfect. nicely done NRA, your true colors have never been shinier.

[muntrv]

3. They want Mr Arms For Hostages to boost sales.

[backtoblue]

4. I fully expected this to be from the onion.

I should not be surprised though.

GOTV. Vote. Vote. Vote. Earth dwellers depend on it .

[MineralMan]

5. This is why satire is so hard to write these days.

Ugh!

[Initech]

6. Why aren't these treasonous assholes in prison?

[katmondoo]

7. I remember him as a lying traitor

I watched the hearings, he swore on the bible then lied his ass off.

[zipplewrath]

9. Convicted

He was convicted, but the constitution he swore to uphold and then willingly violated, protected him anyway and his conviction was overturned. Not because he wasn't guilty, but because the constitution prevented us from trying him even though he was guilty.

[spanone]

8. you mean the traitor that illegally sold arms to Iran to arm the contras?

perfect fit.

[Downtown Hound]

10. A traitor leading a bunch of terrorists

What could go wrong?

[Pope George Ringo II]

11. They could have done worse.

Of course, pretty much all the worse candidates were already in the Trump regime...

[Hoyt]

12. Another NRA Board Member gets promoted. Is Ted Nugent next to take reins of white wing racist

and terrorist organization?

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[DesertRat]

13. It's fitting they chose a man who was indicted on 16 felony counts, convicted on three

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Oliver North, central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal for illegally selling weapons to Iran, will be the NRA's new president. It's fitting they chose a man who was indicted on 16 felony counts and convicted on three "hands down, the absolute best choice to lead our NRA Board."Amee Vanderpool

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