<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail-content__header gmail-tonal__header" style="font-size:medium;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Guardian Text Egyptian Web",Georgia,serif;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><div class="gmail-gs-container" style="margin:0px auto;max-width:71.25rem;padding-left:1.25rem;padding-right:1.25rem;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-content__main-column gmail-u-cf" style="max-width:38.75rem;margin:auto 20rem auto 10rem"><h1 class="gmail-content__headline" style="margin:0px;font-size:2.25rem;line-height:2.5rem;font-family:"Guardian Egyptian Web","Guardian Text Egyptian Web",Georgia,serif;font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.375rem;padding-bottom:2.25rem">Boy Scouts chief apologises for Trump's 'political rhetoric' at national jamboree</h1></div></div></div><div class="gmail-tonal__standfirst gmail-u-cf"><div class="gmail-gs-container" style="margin:0px auto;max-width:71.25rem;padding-left:1.25rem;padding-right:1.25rem;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-content__main-column" style="max-width:38.75rem;margin:auto 20rem auto 10rem"><div class="gmail-content__standfirst" style="line-height:1.375rem;margin-bottom:0.375rem"><ul style="list-style:none;padding:0px;margin:0px"><li style="color:rgb(118,118,118);font-family:"Guardian Egyptian Web","Guardian Text Egyptian Web",Georgia,serif;font-size:1.125rem;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;margin-bottom:0.375rem">Trump gave odd partisan speech in front of 40,000 12- to 18-year-olds</li><li style="color:rgb(118,118,118);font-family:"Guardian Egyptian Web","Guardian Text Egyptian Web",Georgia,serif;font-size:1.125rem;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;margin-bottom:0.375rem">‘I extend my sincere apologies to those in our family who were offended’</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.375rem"><font color="#767676" face="Guardian Egyptian Web, Guardian Text Egyptian Web, Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18px;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/27/boy-scouts-chief-trump-speech">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/27/boy-scouts-chief-trump-speech</a></span></font><br></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Darrell Keim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com" target="_blank">keim153@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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" target="_blank">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_-4896370485377385006m_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_-4896370485377385006m_9094771524471538918yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501183598031_2870"><span id="m_-4896370485377385006m_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_-4896370485377385006m_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_-4896370485377385006m_9094771524471538918yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501183598031_4274">Roger Hayes</div></div></div><br>==============================<wbr>=========================<br>
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