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CNN's Moos: Booing Scouts Weren't 'Courteous and Kind' to President Obama
news busters ^ | 8/10/10 | Matthew Balan

Posted on 08/10/2010 10:20:20 PM PDT by 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."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bho44; booed; booing; bsa; civility; cnns; moos; scouts
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To: Nachum

The scouts had it right. I’m glad they didn’t bow down and worship the worst president ever.


41 posted on 08/11/2010 4:29:20 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Annoying liberals is my goal. I will not be silenced.)
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To: Nachum

Technically, I suppose, she’s right.

The amazing thing about the booing, though, is its spontaneity and widespread nature, the gut reaction to being dissed by the Hoper-in-Chief and without being organized by any conspiracy. And, you don’t hear any applause, either, or any apparent attempt to silence the protest. This tiny incident speaks volumes. What’s more, it is . . .

The very definition of the Tea Party sentiment. If people, even young people, do not speak up, their opinions will be lost. The final poll results on all this comes early November. We’ll see.


42 posted on 08/11/2010 4:41:50 AM PDT by StAntKnee (I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up from this dream theatre of the absurd.)
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To: fwdude

I wonder,does she have big,oh never mind


43 posted on 08/11/2010 4:58:27 AM PDT by TLEIBY308 (Keep yer powder dry and watch yer top Knot.)
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To: Nachum

Jeanne Moos is proof that being blonde and blue eyed an beautiful is not necessary for being a TV info babe.

On CNN, blonde and blue eyed is all that is required.


44 posted on 08/11/2010 5:02:01 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming)
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To: Nachum

The guy who uses our Constitution for a door matt wants respect from the Boy Scouts.

Let him earn it.


45 posted on 08/11/2010 5:09:30 AM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: RoadTest

obama was just given the same “respect” that he accords the BSA.

obama has earned the boos.

More to come.


46 posted on 08/11/2010 5:15:20 AM PDT by Texas resident (Outlaw fisherman)
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To: Nachum

On my honor
I will do my best
To do my duty
To God and my country
And to obey the Scout Law;
To keep myself
Physically strong,
Mentally awake,
And morally straight.


47 posted on 08/11/2010 5:21:06 AM PDT by motor_racer (That which you manifest is before you.)
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To: Texas resident

All the more power to the real citizens of America, boo the false leader, speak the truth, spread the word to those that are negatively affected by this impostor pretending to be the most powerful nation on Earths leader.

He is a rotten actor that cannot read his script unless its in front of him, he mocks every facet of a Christian lifestyle that America has become.

Our future leaders often have roots by becoming Boy Scouts, I am so glad that they chose to express their feelings from the heart and mind.

The first thing an oppressive dictator style country does is to steal the youth away and kill the parents.


48 posted on 08/11/2010 5:21:47 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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To: motor_racer

And Moos isn’t a journalist.


49 posted on 08/11/2010 5:21:54 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Nachum
Moos?


50 posted on 08/11/2010 5:22:16 AM PDT by airborne (Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
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To: Nachum

Hey, Ms. Moos - answer this one simple question: would you have felt compelled to speak out against this had this been George W Bush addressing the Scouts?


51 posted on 08/11/2010 5:23:29 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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To: Nachum
Leftists have no problem pointing out the rules that their oppostion should follow. Sort of like how text messages by Mark Foley are worthy of 24/7 coverage, but confirmed pickle smoker Barney Frank running a male brothel out of his taxpayer-funded dc apartment isn't worth a mention.

Liberalism = Selective rules, selective outrage, selective justice.
52 posted on 08/11/2010 5:25:26 AM PDT by domeika
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To: Nachum

I’d boo that spineless communist SOB if I had the chance, too. After all, he’s been booing the US for years.


53 posted on 08/11/2010 5:25:37 AM PDT by meyer (Our own government has become our enemy,...)
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To: Nachum

It was kind of low class. Respect the office of the President if not the man holding it.


54 posted on 08/11/2010 5:28:23 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

“It was kind of low class. Respect the office of the President if not the man holding it.”

This was my first thought. But my second thought was that at some point, a president could become such a threat to our American way of life that even the Scouts would boo him.


55 posted on 08/11/2010 5:32:23 AM PDT by sand lake bar
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To: Defiant

Jeanne Moose or Buffalo Jeanne?

56 posted on 08/11/2010 5:32:37 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: PGR88

The Poseur doesn’t care about the ‘cheerful and kind’ part; he just wants them ‘obedient’.


57 posted on 08/11/2010 5:35:10 AM PDT by dogcaller
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To: Truth is a Weapon

The boo’s were a protest against the President sending a video instead of coming himself.

They would not have boo’ed him in person, since they invited him and they would have been pleased if he’d chosen to address them in person.


58 posted on 08/11/2010 5:41:22 AM PDT by i_dont_chat ("The Jihadists are coming!" "The Jihadists are coming!")
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To: Trod Upon
"I thought she was dead!"

There is only hearsay evidence that she is not. No one actually SAW her on CNN.

59 posted on 08/11/2010 5:43:18 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: Nachum
A Boy Scout is 'trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind'- wait a minute, 'courteous and kind'?"

One of the unwritten Boy Scout tenants is knowing the difference between sh*t and shinola...

60 posted on 08/11/2010 5:50:53 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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