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Boy Scout, Tory Green, meets President Barack Obama in Oval Office
Huntsville Times ^

Posted on 03/03/2009 3:16:12 PM PST by flyfree

Tory Green, the first Eagle Scout from Troop 400 in Huntsville, met President Barack Obama at 2 p.m. this afternoon inside the White House.

"It was breathtaking," said the 17-year-old Lee High School senior. "Not only did I get to meet the president, but I got to give Michelle Obama a big ol' hug."

Green is in Washington D.C., to present the National State of Scouting address to Congress tomorrow morning.

Today Green was scheduled to meet with President Obama, but meeting the president's wife was a coincidence.

"We were walking toward the Oval Office, and she walked by, stopped and talked to us," he said. "I asked for a hug and she gave me one."

While in the Oval Office, Green presented the president with a basketball on behalf of the Boy Scouts, the annual scouting report and a membership card making the president an honorary Scout.

"When I saw him, it was almost unreal," Green said. "I think I want to be a politician now."

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.al.com ...


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1 posted on 03/03/2009 3:16:13 PM PST by flyfree
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To: flyfree

Tory, I don’t think you want Obama to be your role model.


2 posted on 03/03/2009 3:17:19 PM PST by wk4bush2004 (SARAH PALIN, 2012!!!!!!!)
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To: flyfree

3 posted on 03/03/2009 3:17:53 PM PST by Joiseydude (Obama: "Putting my ideals into effect are more important than your safety from terrorist acts")
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To: flyfree

Glad he made Eagle Scout.


4 posted on 03/03/2009 3:18:30 PM PST by popdonnelly (I don't live my life to gain the approval of liberals and leftists.)
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To: wk4bush2004

Tory, I don’t think you want Obama to be your President. This ain’t the Amateur Hour.


5 posted on 03/03/2009 3:19:21 PM PST by popdonnelly (I don't live my life to gain the approval of liberals and leftists.)
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To: wk4bush2004

you have to remember that there are a lot of liberals who despise the boy scouts. So this is driving them crazy right now.


6 posted on 03/03/2009 3:20:48 PM PST by ari-freedom (Hail to the Dork!)
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To: flyfree

Oh Lookie, they found a scout that would actually let them use him.

More bs


7 posted on 03/03/2009 3:25:11 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: flyfree

So exciting to meet the guy that is destroying our country—so very exciting.


8 posted on 03/03/2009 3:26:43 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: SandRat

ping


9 posted on 03/03/2009 3:27:15 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: flyfree

Tory had better stay away from the democratic conventions.

He will get booed out of the convention hall.
Democrats don’t like Boy Scouts.


10 posted on 03/03/2009 3:27:37 PM PST by chainsaw (If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
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To: flyfree

He is part of the national contingent delivering the BSA report on the nation. You can monitor their progress here all week:

http://www.bsartn2008.org/


11 posted on 03/03/2009 3:30:26 PM PST by flyfree
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To: flyfree

What merit badge does a Boy Scout receive for copping a feel of the First Lady?


12 posted on 03/03/2009 3:40:26 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: chainsaw

“Democrats don’t like Boy Scouts”

Barney Frank likes boy scouts very much.

Indeed, he wants to get behind them.


13 posted on 03/03/2009 3:42:05 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
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To: flyfree

I felt the same way when I met the president in the oval office. President Bush, that is.


14 posted on 03/03/2009 3:56:33 PM PST by Karma Police ((optional, printed after your name on post))
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To: flyfree

Uggghhh...-shiver-
Get me home, quick, for a loooong hot shower.


15 posted on 03/03/2009 4:34:33 PM PST by grobdriver (Let the embeds check the bodies!)
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To: beaversmom

Just sent a Scout PING out.


16 posted on 03/03/2009 5:04:39 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: flyfree; RonF; AppauledAtAppeasementConservat; Looking for Diogenes; Congressman Billybob; ...

Scout PING


17 posted on 03/03/2009 5:05:17 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Barney looks more like a catcher than a pitcher.


18 posted on 03/03/2009 7:14:31 PM PST by dusttoyou (Live Free or Die)
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To: flyfree

I got my Eagle in January of 1981. I was EXTREMELY bummed out when I got my Eagle Scout card; it was dated January 20, 1981 and signed by Jimmy Carter; 1 more day and it would have been Ronaldus.


19 posted on 03/03/2009 7:43:30 PM PST by Born Conservative (Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
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To: trumandogz

He probably did BETTER than cop a feel; he actually got to rub against her bare toned arms....


20 posted on 03/03/2009 7:44:57 PM PST by Born Conservative (Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
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