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Trump boy scout Jamboree speech angers parents
BBC ^ | July 25, 2017

Posted on 07/25/2017 5:58:21 AM PDT by Zakeet

Parents have expressed anger after President Donald Trump delivered a highly politicised speech to tens of thousands of boy scouts.

Mr Trump started by saying: "Who the hell wants to speak about politics?"

But his speech to the Jamboree in West Virginia railed against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the "cesspool" of politics, drawing whoops and cheers.

One parent wrote: "Done with scouts after you felt the need to have my kid listen to a liar stroke his ego."

The Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America is held every four years and drew about 35,000 scouts from the ages of 12 to 18 to the latest event, held in Beaver, West Virginia, on Monday evening.

The Jamboree had issued a warning on its blog about being respectful.

It read: "Chants of certain phrases heard during the campaign (e.g. 'build the wall', 'lock her up') are considered divisive by many members of our audience, and may cause unnecessary friction."

But in a rambling 35-minute speech, Mr Trump whipped up a response of boos, cheers, chants and jeers as he lambasted fake news, Hillary Clinton's election campaign and President Obama's failure to address a Jamboree in person.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; jamboree; speech; trump
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To: dynoman

Scouting is not what it was and my kids have decided that they are no longer interested.

problem #1 is TOO MANY WOMEN are involved n scouting

Problem #2 too many lawyers involved

Problem #3 they have allowed the faggots into their midst.

Back in the day (1970’s) the leaders were all men...who were WWII and Korean War vets. They treated the boys like men, and let them be boys at the same time. Scouting is unrecognizable from the past.


21 posted on 07/25/2017 6:23:56 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Zakeet

Trump could have stuck to his prepared speech and half the parents would still be pissed and half would be cheering him on.


22 posted on 07/25/2017 6:24:15 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: dynoman

Of course. The media still wanted to act as if we should believe them over our own eyes and ears. We know the crowd loved it and in West Virginia no less.


23 posted on 07/25/2017 6:24:42 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: billyboy15
They didn't have to go far to find the liberal loons, they just reported what was posted on BSA's facebook page and on twitter. You didn't imagine that the reporter found a parent who was present, did you? So much cheaper to have someone check a facebook page rather than sending a reporter to the event.

But, wow, I remember my Jamboree. Sure, we had off time shirts and shorts, but every member of the troop was in full summer uniform before going anywhere outside of camp. It was a matter of pride.


I see photos of the event, and shake my head at that sea of colors. Way to go BSA to organize a national event where only a few are wearing the uniform.

24 posted on 07/25/2017 6:24:54 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Zakeet

First of all, Trump showed up, Obama did not. Score for Trump.

Many of the children who have gone through elementary school during the last eight years hate Obama due to the administration’s successful program to restrict calories at lunch time as well as changing the menu so that much of the food can’t be identified. According to my younger friends, it became inedible.

So, the excitement was high. Future conservatives in the making.


25 posted on 07/25/2017 6:25:50 AM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: DoodleDawg

Believe me, it wasn’t half of anything. The overwhelming majority loved the speech at least according to my own eyes and ears.


26 posted on 07/25/2017 6:26:00 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Zakeet

So his “attack” on Obama was raising the fact that Obama never made a personal appearance to the scout jamboree? As usual, Liberals hate facts.

On the other side, was it a speech I think Trump should have given? No. A speech praising the scouts and scouting, and telling the scouts to keep up their scouting values into their adult lives, would have been better.


27 posted on 07/25/2017 6:26:59 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: ExSES

...Or the Brownies..................OOPS! Izzat waycist?!?!?!?!..........


28 posted on 07/25/2017 6:28:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: kingu

Yep typical media lazy propaganda. As if they should believe comments on a Facebook page or blog as someone claiming to be a parent and “outraged”. They just needed something to scream a headline like this without any verification or facts.


29 posted on 07/25/2017 6:29:09 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: cymbeline

>>I wish he hadn’t used the word “hell”.

Par for the “Social issues don’t win elections” course.


30 posted on 07/25/2017 6:29:24 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: dynoman
From the reaction of the crowd these complaining parents must be a tiny minority.

And I'm sure they'd be much happier sending their little snowflakes to join the Girl Scouts and turn them into nice little Socialist eunuchs.

31 posted on 07/25/2017 6:32:03 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
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To: No Socialist
... the Scouts boo Obama regarding him not bother to show up at either of the two Jamboree’s when he was President.

Obama was never a Boy Scout ... not his style. Smoking choom was his thing at that age.

32 posted on 07/25/2017 6:33:11 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: cymbeline
I wish he hadn’t used the word “hell”.

Me too. There were times during that speech when it seemed to me that the President forgot who his audience was. Mainly teenage boys. I really felt it should have been a lot less political and more inspirational.

Save the politial stuff for regular rallies...and do more of them>

33 posted on 07/25/2017 6:35:41 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Zakeet

I have no respect for ANY parent who would keep his/her sons/DAUGHTERS in boy scouts after the blatant treachery committed. This organization is dead, they just don’t know it.


34 posted on 07/25/2017 6:37:46 AM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: snarkytart
The snowflakes are whining, bitter, petty losers.
With President Trump and another Supreme Court Justice, the Boy Scouts can what was lost under the Obama regime.
TWB
35 posted on 07/25/2017 6:41:13 AM PDT by TWhiteBear (H)
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To: Zakeet

Be interesting to meet this guy again when he’s(?) 50 y/o. Assuming he lives that long, AIDS, HIV, STDs, etc.


36 posted on 07/25/2017 6:43:58 AM PDT by upchuck (Life is a test. What's YOUR score?)
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To: billyboy15

Does Podesta have male children in Scouts? lol.


37 posted on 07/25/2017 6:47:27 AM PDT by Kalamata (It's past time for pitchforks.)
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To: Zakeet

“Trail Life USA is a Christian Outdoor Adventure, Character, and Leadership Program for boys and young men.

“Operating from Troops that are chartered through churches in 48 states, the K-12 program centers on outdoor experiences that build a young man’s skills and allow him to grow on a personal level and as a role model and leader for his peers.

“Living the Trail Life is a journey established on timeless values derived from the Bible.”

http://www.traillifeusa.com/

BSA is but a shadow of it’s founders’ ideals.


38 posted on 07/25/2017 6:49:02 AM PDT by upchuck (Life is a test. What's YOUR score?)
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To: Zakeet

They probably do not feel as angry as I was whenever Obama came on TV to lie.


39 posted on 07/25/2017 6:52:11 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Zakeet
Watching the replay and it is great. As usual the Fake News lies about it and what happened and what was said. It is a pretty good inspiring speech.
40 posted on 07/25/2017 7:18:15 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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