<div dir="ltr"><div>The BSA strives to be apolitical. They had no choice but to invite the president, as they have invited every prez for 80 years. To not invite would be political.</div><div><br></div><div><span>OTOH, Herr Trump had every opportunity to follow the lead of EVERY OTHER PRESIDENT, and keep his BSA remarks apolitical. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Lay the blame where it belongs.</span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 1:18 PM, <a href="mailto:rhayes@frontier.com">rhayes@frontier.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhayes@frontier.com" target="_blank">rhayes@frontier.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_9094771524471538918yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501183598031_2868">As a former scout and an eagle scout, I am appalled at the example Trump set for the boys attending the National Jamboree. I owe scouting, and in particular my scout master, greatly for setting examples of good conduct, ethics, and respect for our nation's institutions and traditions. </div><div id="m_9094771524471538918yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501183598031_2870"><span id="m_9094771524471538918yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501183598031_2869">I do fault scouting's administration for inviting Trump to the Jamboree. What did they expect from this bombastic, narcissist; an uplifting speech about living a good, ethical life, an example of a president who would present inspiration for the boys to envision a better nation?</span></div><div id="m_9094771524471538918yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501183598031_3005">Most of the boys will remember this experience, and I hope that maturity and hindsight will inform them to reject this sort of behavior from the national embarrassment occupying our highest office.</div><div id="m_9094771524471538918yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501183598031_4274">Roger Hayes</div></div></div><br>==============================<wbr>=========================<br>
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