CNN's Moos: Booing Scouts Weren't 'Courteous and Kind' to President Obama

news busters ^ | 8/10/10 | Matthew Balan

[Nachum]

On Tuesday's American Morning, CNN's Jeanne Moos picked up on the viral video of Boy Scouts booing President Obama's taped message to the recent National Jamboree, but got in a light jab at the youth for their behavior: "Booing would seem to go against some of the 12 tenets of Boy Scout Law. A Boy Scout is 'trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind'- wait a minute, 'courteous and kind'?"

The correspondent, known for her light reports for the network, concluded the 6 am Eastern hour with "unique take" on the video, as anchor John Roberts put it. Moos noted that "45,000 Scouts were celebrating the 100th anniversary of Scouting" in the United States at the Jamboree, which was held at the U.S. Army's Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, and that "two months earlier, the White House informed the Scouts that the President had prior commitments."

Moos continued that the "Scouts...booed the President's message, and this 23-second video made its way on to conservative websites, which slammed the President for forsaking the Boy Scouts to appear on 'The View.'" She later gave the Obama administration's explanation for the apparent snub: "The White House says 'The View' had nothing to do with it- that the President was already scheduled to be on the road that day."

[J Edgar]

Obama News Network would be (ONN).

That;s why I have always thought that it was CommieCrate News Network (CNN)

[SuziQ]

"The White House says 'The View' had nothing to do with it- that the President was already scheduled to be on the road that day."

Riiight. He didn't get the invitation in time, and had already made plans to be someone where else.

Whatta load of horse hockey!

[Gil4]

Whatever.

Give them points for trustworthy, loyal, helpful, brave, and thrifty. And they were still more courteous and kind than Dems are to the scouts (faint praise, I realize. How about MUCH MORE courteous and kind than Dems are to scouts.)

[E8crossE8]

“Courteous and kind,” eh? Interesting. If you count up the total number of times the Obama-drooling, liberal stenography “press corps” exhibited kindness and courteousness to W during the entire 8 years of his presidency, and attempt to calculate the reciprocal of that number, you end up with infinity.

[FrankR]

[Rannug]

I remember, at least I think I do, that Boy Scouts were spit upon and booed at some obama event. I have searched and searched for that, but no can find. Can someone prove my sanity, or should I begin buying wheel chairs and electric scooters?

[Nachum]

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=471

http://www.claremont.org/publications/precepts/id.149/precept_detail.asp

http://www.eacourier.com/articles/2008/08/07/opinion/letters/doc4898f5ce1828c402022050.txt

[CanaGuy]

Obama's lamebrain advisors told him, "Ahh, just a bunch of non-voting kids in shorts...forget them, there's no point". But they forgot that there are probably 30 million EX-Boy Scouts out there. To ignore the 100th anniversary of this famous group is a real shame and a missed opportunity. As a Scout, I went to Valley Forge Jamboree in 1964. LBJ flew in by helicopter and spoke to 75,000 of us. I'll never forget the event, although I completely forget what he said.....LBJ was like that.

I'm afraid the horse is out of the barn on this one, however, there is a big vote coming up.

Boy Scouts UNITE!!!

[smokingfrog]

Obama dissed the Boy Scouts to try and prop up his weak, pathetic ratings, so I don’t blame them. The irony is that he probably could have gotten a boost in his ratings by meeting with the Boy Scouts. Of course, the limp-wristed crowd probably wouldn’t like it.

[Trod Upon]

I thought she was dead! Well, I guess being on CNN is a sort of death.

[Brugmansian]

“Booing would seem to go against some of the 12 tenets of Boy Scout Law.”

Ms Moos has been reading her Saul Alinsky again.

[MarineBrat]

LOLOLOLOL!!

[Talisker]

CNN’s Jeanne Moos, just another “professional certified journalist” substituting snarky adolescent bitchiness for clear thinking, and group political correctness for the courage to speak truth to power.

[The Duke]

It may be time for the Scouts to set aside "courteous and kind" until the day our civilization and culture are restored.

Between now and then there may be some difficult tasks for all.

[I still care]

That’s really her name.

You just can’t make this stuff up.

By the way, I had a friend go to the jamboree and he didn’t hear any booing. That said, he probably didn’t waste any time listening to a video of Obama.

[EDINVA]

Unlike the courtesy and kindness Obama showed the Boy Scouts on their 100th birthday.

[naturalman1975]

Many people get led away by some new politician with some new extreme idea. Never believe in one man's idea till it has been well considered from all points of view. Extreme ideas are seldom much good; if you look them up in history you will see almost always that they have been tried before somewhere and have failed.

Your forefathers worked hard, fought hard, and died hard, to make your country for you. Don't let them look down from heaven and see you loafing about with your hands in your pockets, doing nothing to keep it up.

Play up! Each man in his place, and play the game!

- Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell in Scouting for Boys

[Rocky]

Or maybe they should call themselves CON - Commie Obama News.

[tdscpa]

“The White House says ‘The View’ had nothing to do with it- that the President was already scheduled to be on the road that day.”

And the scouts were already scheduled to “boo” obama that day.

Both should be commended for sticking faithfully to their schedules that day.

[6SJ7]

it's a moo point... a cow's opinion... it doesn't matter...

One of my favorite lines from "Friends".