Obama’s Recorded Message to Boy Scouts Centennial Wasn’t Warmly Received
**Written by Doug Powers
Every US president since William Howard Taft has served as the honorary president of the Boys Scouts of America. President Obama accepted his role as honorary president in March of last year. So as you know, when the 100th anniversary of the Boys Scouts came along late last month, Obama decided to… go on The View instead. Hey, when you’re down 14 points with women, an American institution like the Boy Scouts will just have to wait.
However, Obama did record a message that was broadcast to the 43,000 Boy Scouts in attendance at the National Jamboree in Virginia.
This is footage from just one sliver of the crowd, but it doesn’t appear that Obama’s pre-recorded message was warmly received that day:
President Obama got a much more welcoming reception from The View women, don’t you think?
But on the bright side, Joy Behar became the first daytime female talk show host to hermetically seal her panties while still wearing them, and more than a few Boy Scouts got a chance to earn their Boo-Bird badges, so it turned out to be a “win-win” for all parties involved.
(h/t Weasel Zippers)
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Having been a Boy Scout and know many Eagle Scouts now in business (I’m old), this is one group of youngsters where his words and actions will be carefully scutinized. I guess he figures they’re too smart for his full attention.
He thinks he is not only too smart but too wonderful in every way and the universe is in awe of him. His arrogance knows no bounds.
My two nephews down in Houston are Eagle Scouts. I haven’t spoken to them about this, but I can’t imagine that they are too bummed out that someone as weak as Obama didn’t take the time to show up at their 100th Anniversary.
And with the pace that this current President spends other people’s money, what would he care about a group of young leaders who espouse “preparedness” anyway?
I heard about this from my son who was there last week.
Either the camera was in the same place as my kid, or this reaction was typical. Can’t say I condone it, but on the other hand, Obama stiffed them for important stuff like a daytime television show and some fundraisers. Hardly a way to win the respect of future voters.
(When said kid was leaving for the bus, his dad and I had a discussion about whether or not Obama would go. Dh said the president would be there — after all, it was the 100th anniversary. I said he wouldn’t go. Can’t say it was with any great pleasure that I got to call dh at work the next day with an “I told you so.”)
Obama knew if he got too close to too many scouts he’d catch on fire. He’s the ‘anti scout’.
“On my honor” – He doesn’t know the word.
“I will do my best” – He has no standard for what his ‘best’ is because he’s never achieved anything.
“To do my duty to God” – He’s a commie atheist who wouldn’t know whether a sermon was good or hateful.
“and my country” – His duty is to screw the USA.
“and to obey the scout law” – Ok, he gets one out of those twelve, Biden said said he was!
ETC…
On August 7th, 2010 at 12:34 am, Danceswithdachshunds said:
You beat me to it. “Clean” is about the only one he mesures up to, and your memory of Biden calling him “clean” is classic.
But on each of the other 11, he fails.
“Trustworthy”? Don’t even get me started…
that disrespectful crap would not go over to well with the boys our troop. Even though I’m not a fan of BHO our dads still teach the boys to RESPECT THE OFFICE.
Some leader needs to be spoken to & those boys need a lesson.
Go into the military an see if you can pick & choose who you want to show respect to as a lower officer or enlisted person.
On August 6th, 2010 at 11:49 pm, Frank Siegler said:
Speaking of Obama, and carefully scutinizing words,
I ask you to carefully scutinize and comment on my newest observation:
On August 7th, 2010 at 12:49 am, PirateLady said:
Last fall, we did a cake decorating contest. There were several different themes. One of the themes was “patriotic”.
I was fairly shocked to see one of the cakes entered in the “patriotic” category… It was a chocolate cake that was frosted in such a way as to create a portrait of Obama and leave the chocolate cake unfrosted to represent his skin.
Let’s just say that family judges Obama’s patriotism by the color of his skin, not the content of his character.
And can you imagine if a few years ago someone had entered a similar, vanilla cake depiction of George W. Bush?
No, I can’t either.
As a former Life scout, I feel for the BSA. It is a shadow of its former self enrollment wise, and it has to compete against the internet, cable tv, and the iphone. Most lefties consider it a quasi-military right wing and religious zealot breeding ground, where homophobes abound.
I loved the BSA when I was a young lad. I hope that it does not become just another Norman Rockwell painting of my younger, better days.
If it had been an “Obama Youth” rally he would certainly have been there.
I’m fine with whatever keeps Obama the Marxist away from Americas children.
Barry’s over looking the scouts is no surprise here, but on the other hand who really wants this scum lecturing some the best the country has to offer for our future.
Go Boy Scouts!
+1
You stole my thunder.
Same here. Would have made Eagle, but Dad was transferred overseas. Came back to the same troop, and became ASM for a few years. Looked in the old troop a couple of years ago. A lot has changed. But still, as a kid, going in to join up as a Tenderfoot, was one of the best decisions I made.
So????? Why not have the BSA remove Obama from that position? If he has no real interest, why perpetuate the sham.
Let’s have some intellectual honesty.
Give it to former President Bush…… That would be too sweet!
This incident brings back a parody of the Scout pledge…appropriate for the cipher to recite.
“On my honor I will do my best to take what’s given and steal the rest”.
This was low by even ciphers standards. When will this guy get the ass-kicking he so richly deserves (and needs). I keep hoping that it will happen but, the media keeps sucking up to him just like the sycophants they are. It is truly pitiful.
Bho’s presence would have tarnished the reputation of the scouts. This president has no use for oaths or honor.
This was a stick in the eye to America.
But at least the children know now. I bet they won’t be singing any Marxist sing-sings to our dear leader.
I am continually amused by adults like Obama that think they can fool kids like those young men in the BSA.
It would have been better for Obama if he had said nothing. But then his ego compels him to open his mouth.
Judging the Boy Scouts that I know, I believe that the vast majority of Boy Scouts in America respect the Office and what it stands for.
I’m positive that this reaction was reserved for the lack of respect for the same Office that Obama displays on an almost daily basis.
time index 0:20
What could be more opposed to THE ONE than a really good Scout?
Spot on Rags.
As a former scout myself, I have to agree that it is a shell of the organization that I belonged to.
And as a youth leader now, I agree with piratelady, those kids need to learn to respect the office if not the office holder. Like it or not, he is our President and the office of the President deserves respect.
If we don’t teach our youth civility, to disagree without being disagreeable, our nation is lost.
If you were to ask these same Scouts, 95% of them could differentiate their respect for the office and their disrespect for the man in it.
We do the same thing on this site every day.
Like the military, you salute the rank, not the person.
Which is how the Marine standing guard outside Marine One can salute Dear Leader without throwing up.
Thinking of the poor fellow going through that even makes me want puke.
To those who say about the Boy Scouts behavior, “I don’t condone that”, let me say that I do, I’m proud of those Boy Scouts.
These kids are an age where they’d better learn to discriminate sincere compliments from oily B.S. for their later years. Knowing who your friends and _good leaders_ are is as vital a social skill as civility. Not to quote a clique, the Hitler Youth were drilled to unquestionably honor both the office AND the man. It’s good to see some scouts already shrewd enough to tell the difference.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
Obama received a Nobel prize he didn’t deserve as well.
It’s the US military training that allows them to perform under these most adverse conditions. Most Americans wouldn’t be able to suppress the rising bile but the military are trained to withstand gut wrenching circumstances like this.
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HI HANGFIRE–#10. I made it to Life Scout long ago. Our lifestyles have changed dramatically in our lifetimes. No TV, no internet in the old days. Newspapers, news magazines, libraries, Scouts, Church, sports, etc. then.
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Now cable / satellite TV, Internet, video games, etc. have replaced the old ways. Much less time or interest in Scouting, Church, etc.
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But I still thank the good Scout leaders who taught me and many others good patriotic values and helped us learn many practical skills.
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I think that the Good Reverend Wright, Saul Alinsky, and Bomber Bill Ayers were Comrade Obama’s role models. I don’t see many Scout values in Him.
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John Bibb
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It appears that not ALL American youth are indoctrinated to be Marxists.
Stay strong Boy Scouts!
It’s just very sad Obama had no known connections to organizations such as the Boy Scouts. All he had were radical parent(s) and radical “friends” like Frank Marshal Davis. It was really a form of child abuse, and that abuse is inflicted on millions in the classrooms today with the leftist agenda. The Boy Scouts or something similar could have done a lot to better form Obama’s character and leave him a much healthier person. We’re seeing the results of his abuse everyday, and it’s not pretty.
This little man is a disgrace to the nation and the Presidency. How he was even allowed to run for office at all amazes me.
Why is it that Clinton and this guy have drawn some of the most historical venues (e.g. D-Day 50th) and disgraced themselves and their country at every occasion?
Ah, leftists will just say that the youth has been ‘indoctrinated’. You know, ’cause theirs ain’t.
Let’s review the Scout Law and see how it applies to the BSA’s honorary President :
We can trust that he’s a liar
…but not to the people he threw under the bus to save himself
…to his corruptocrat friends, true
see “helpful”
he bows to every leader on the earth, guess that counts for something
see “helpful”, again
…to George Soros
not so much, lately. Wonder why?
uh, enuf said?
brave enough to ignore the will of the people who elected him, I suppose
…except for all of his dirty WH staffers
to his own god, The Almighty Allah.
Boy scouts go to the National Jamboree for many educational and fun reasons, none of which is to listen to some blowhard president wax eloquent about his majestic greatness and his allegedly-awesome accomplishments. Get real O-blame-ma. Better yet, stay on the view. . .permanently.
Is there a text of his ‘speech’?
I remember that some years ago a Boy Scout color guard was booed at the Democratic National Convention when they came out to present our flag. I suppose it was because the Scouts have a pro-God and not pro-gay standard. That the democrats would boo these non-partisan young boys who had come to proudly present their county’s colors was an outrage I’ll not forget.
Here are a couple links about the democrats booing the Scouts.
http://www.bannerofliberty.com/OS8-00MQC/8-21-2000.1.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067867/posts
Also interesting …
http://www.claremont.org/publications/precepts/id.149/precept_detail.asp
I liked the last remark on the tape: “I hope you’re watching this!!!”
I don’t know why Obama’s not receiving more support from the American people…
He has ;
Never been a (homophobic) Boy Scout.
Never been in the ( baby-killing ) military.
Never held a (real) job outside of the political arena.
He’s been more than forth-coming about his youth, politics, college years, membership in radical circles. (Yeah…his life is an open book!)
He feels their pain, and has (said that he has) tightened his belt, and has not indulged in frivolity.
He (says that he) does not play favorites.
Says what he doesn’t mean and means what he doesn’t say.
And, to top it off, he’s been frugal with the American treasury.
What’s not to like?
/sarc off
Obowmao’s going on The View instead of addressing the Boy Scouts in person doesn’t seem to me to make much sense even from the motive of trying to curry favor with women voters.
Don’t a lot more women have sons in the Scouts, or brothers, husbands or fathers who were in the Scouts, than the number of women who watch The View?
And let’s not forget Mitt Romney who thinks homosexual scout masters are okay.
To valleygreaser:
What’s additionally interesting, or at least curious–
The footage of the Boy Scouts giving the Presentation of Colors at the 2000 Democratic National Convention is blacked out in the C-Span archives (3:30:10 to 3:36:10 of the video here). The video resumes as normal after that point. Compare to the convention’s schedule from that day here for reference.
The Boy Scouts were supposed to give the Presentation of Colors on the second day of the convention, but it just happens to take place between part one and part two of that day’s convention footage.
In contrast, the C-Span archive video from the first day of the 2000 RNC (July 31st) opens with the Presentation of Colors.
Both of our sons were boy scouts, both their Dad, and their Grandfather were Scout Masters. It was an incredibly positive experience for both of them. I regret we have a President that doesn’t see it that way. It makes you wonder exactly what he does view as ‘good for children’.
As parents, we always encouraged our sons to respect our country and our President. It became problematic when Clinton behaved so badly in office. Both he and Obama have shown a disrespect for our country and the office of President, making it difficult to teach our children what is right.
Obama has shown a complete disconnect from the majority of Americans by once again behaving with contempt for an institution that has been fundamentally positive for our country.
“And the children shall lead us.” These fine young men know who Obama is and reject him. Someone in an earlier comment said they should be taken to task for dishonoring the office of the President, but I think they are the ones who took Obama to task for dishonoring the office.
Scouts are known to be voters and productive citizens when they grow up. They will not bow or worship Obama as the NAACP folks do.
Don’t take the Scouts to task for booing Obama. They were just calling him out for his deeds and for pretending to be President.
Hm. A few weeks, maybe a month and a half ago, my husband and I went to a comedy club. Obama was the suggestion for a famous character in a skit the comedians were performing…and he got booed by the audience there, too.
If you know a Boy Scout and want to restore his respect for the office of the U.S. President, suggest that he read the book How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life by Peter Robinson.
It is an insightful, funny, and profound book about what it means to be a Man.
The world would be a better place if we had more Real Men like Ronald Reagan.
Well Obama is not honest, trustworthy or brave. He does not honor God or his Country. He was not prepared to be President. In fact he even lacks cajones.
fyi – Reagan didnt show up to ours in ’81 either. (but the Oak Ridge Boys were there! Elvira…)
Although I did get a pic of him on the streets of DC as he was coming out of a building and getting into his car. this was just a few months after he had been shot.
The air traffic controllers strike started the day we left AP Hill. They bussed us right onto the tarmac and into our 747′s so we could get out of DC. Can you imagine the hell there would have been to pay if all of us Boy Scouts had been trapped in Virginia?
In MHO they shouldn’t even have played it!! Time to start booing him wherever he goes….
I’m all behind Obama stearing clear of all institutions that are decent and are in keeping with our country’s culture of self-determination and responsibility. Here’s hoping that he makes his way into as many places where people hate America and want to destroy her, and that as many people learn what this depraved man is truly all about.
hermetically no collage here what the heck is that word
Ummm… so how are you supposed to express distaste for the individual holding the office?
Boy Scouts AREN’T in the military, are not bound by Article 88 or 134 and have as much right to express disgust with Dear Leader as anyone else.
All those booing Boy Scouts are just jealous because Obowmao scored some cool DUB wheels for the Pinewood Derby!
Having once been a Boy Scout myself, I couldn’t give a crap what Mr. Oblahma had to say. I wouldn’t have even bothered showing the damned speech if I were the BSA.
Can we please start the work of electing someone with federalist beliefs to the White House and Congress? America’s fate hangs in the balance.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
While I do not agree that homosexual scoutmasters are ok, I do believe that it is the organization that should make that determination, not you or I. The fact that they choose to act as I would have them is irrelevant. It is their call exclusively, and the only thing you or I can do is voice an opinion.
The rest is up to them.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
noticed the comments on the vid. Suddenly the Boy Scouts of America are equivalent to the Klan, apparently.
Do you think the military respects Benedict Arnold?
An office or position I can respect, and those holding the office or position depending on their actions, but if a person brings disrespect to that office, it would be disrespectful to that office to blindly continue to show respect for that person.
…so much for supposed adults respecting their “office” huh?
Good points, and if I remember right, it is actually the uniform one salutes, not rank. Yes rank comes into play, but I believe the uniform is primary if I remember correctly.
If The One ever actually showed up maybe the scouts would salute his “uniform” (something ordered hand-made from France no doubt). He could have at least has sent the First Teleprompter in his place – 6 of one, half dozen of the other.
Here are 43,000 young men that are going to grow up to be good conservative capitalists that have the gumption to ensure scum like barry hussien never take presidential office again. Good Job barry!!
And right on cue, they are being called “Racists for booing and people are claiming that had he been a wite President, no one would have boo’ed.
Man..the claim of racism has lost whatever punch it used to have. It means nothing now. In factm it has ceased having any definition related to race, and has taken on a new definition.