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appal_jack

(3,813 posts)
8. Not exactly, but you're still on the right track
Sat Apr 27, 2019, 01:10 PM
Apr 2019

Apparently, the NRA President term is just one year (North is concluding his first term as NRA President), but North has been part of the NRA Board for more than two decades:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/27/nra-president-oliver-north-convention-indianapolis-speech-power-struggle/3598606002/

I'm quite sure that North was more than elbow deep in all the willful violations of campaign finance law and money laundering uindertaken by the NRA throughout the 2016 campaign though. Criminals like North do not stop their crime as long as they walk free.

This should be a key data point in the "Impeach in 2019 vs. Focus exclusively on the 2020 election" debate. If Democrats fail to enforce subpoenas, hold hearings, and then bring Impeachment charges, they will lose. How do I know? Because Republicans like North (and Nunes, and McConnell, and...) will continue to play dirty unless they are caught, prosecuted, and imprisoned.

Bill Clinton & co. made this mistake when refusing to investigate Iran Contra after his inauguration. Obama, Biden, and Holder made this mistake when refusing to investigate the lies of of the Iraq War or prosecute Bankster fraud. Will a Democratic House make this same mistake about collusion, cover up, and the 2016 campaign? I sure hope not!

-app

The mute Marine Va Lefty Apr 2019 #1
OMG I forgot about this!!! BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #4
Thanks True Blue American Apr 2019 #27
$200,000 wardrobe expenses? Manafortian proportions! Ostrich leather jackets? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #2
THIS is how they spend Scarsdale Apr 2019 #15
Comparison to Palin wardrobe purchases from donations keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #25
Thoughts and prayers go out to him... llmart Apr 2019 #3
interesting how the NRA.. stillcool Apr 2019 #5
Not exactly, but you're still on the right track appal_jack Apr 2019 #8
I'm petrified that's exactly what they'll do MsLeopard Apr 2019 #12
Iran/Contra wasn't investigated? stillcool Apr 2019 #23
And North is taking a job at Ackerman McQueen, the ad agency the NRA is suing. CaptainTruth Apr 2019 #6
North went south. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2019 #7
Little pi#&*ant bunch of hideous killers.. Maxheader Apr 2019 #9
Thoughts and prayers, Ollie. 😋 Arkansas Granny Apr 2019 #10
Where oh where is Fawn Hall when he needs her? nt DURHAM D Apr 2019 #11
Wait, the leadership of the NRA are all a bunch of grifters ? eppur_se_muova Apr 2019 #13
I so enjoy hearing about the family fights of right wing scumbags. Nitram Apr 2019 #14
The Iranian missiles threatening the Mideast? Ollie brokered the sale (through Israel). What a hero. Midnight Writer Apr 2019 #16
Follow the $. You know it's dirty money and that the NRA is try this minute to hid it. mpcamb Apr 2019 #17
But he looked soooooooooooo Patriotic. jalan48 Apr 2019 #18
Who will be their next president? Jon Voight? rurallib Apr 2019 #19
Orange#45 NCjack Apr 2019 #20
Can he do it from isolation in a federal prison? rurallib Apr 2019 #21
Orange#45 will likely avoid prison. Lots of available options. Pardon himself. Resign and be NCjack Apr 2019 #22
I nominate Ted Nugent. Sneederbunk Apr 2019 #26
Well, that's certainly one way to stop a bad guy with a gun. Efilroft Sul Apr 2019 #24
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