Originally Posted by RichieLion

Hey Lou; I thought you promised to play golf and stay away from all us incendiary right-wingers for a few months and get your blood pressure down, or you had better things to do, or ...................

Wha' Happen'?????

Good Morning Richie
I wanted to stay away, but no one stepped up to keep this site in focus. Also, bucco gave me instructions as to the way to do my posts on this site that would not cause as many flames. (Thanks Mr Bucco) So far it has been working better. I have toned it down a notch and only have one person that continues to bite at my heals so maybe I will do some good here. I do wish at least one other Liberal would step up, but I do understand. Mention Obama and anything positive and about 5 of you die hard right wing radicals will tear your head off. I am going to try to be a little harder on the left and I am reading some recommended information sites in an attempt to at least understand why the right hates the man so bad. I have even made a promise that if I can find proof that he intends to hurt this county, I will change allegiance.

Originally Posted by re-tire

Thanks for making my point.... He's gotten a "message out" for sure with this maneuver. The voters clearly get "the message".

Ditto. I suppose Obama may be afraid of angering the ACLU who tried to put an end to the jamboree in 2006. The Boy Scouts of America have held the jamboree at this location in Caroline County, Va., since 1981. I've heard they are moving their jamborees to Beckley, WVa., after this year.

Originally Posted by Lou Card

November is right around the corner. He is doing what he needs to get the message out to his voters that the mid term elections are very important.

lou card -
this made me wonder who paid for this junket...did the dnc pay for it because he was doing two fund-raisers in nyc at nite...or did taxpayers pay for it because of the lame excuse for a business summit with four small business owners from nj holed up in a sandwich shop in edison?...do you have any idea?...i am looking all around to find a report on that part of the trip...so far i can only find that it cost the town of edison thousands of dollars - but the mayor is glad to pay it because, after all, it was the potus!...glad it wasn't my town and that she is not my mayor!

Originally Posted by Pats2010

Incendiary and unnecessary. What is wrong with you?

See, this is the thing Lou. You always go too far. You can't just comment on an issue without attacking anyone you think might be of a different mind, in either a passive or aggressive mode. The only one who has ever used the term "want him dead and gone" in referring to the President IS YOU!!

You really have to try to discuss an issue without assuming that those who disagree with you are idiots. You do this and wonder why you get harsh replies to your posts. Wise up.

Back to the original point..

Does it matter that Ronald Reagan and ELEVEN OTHER Presidents never attended a Boy Scout Jamboree?

djplong, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Reagan was recuperating from cancer surgery when he missed the jamboree but Nancy attended on his behalf.

In 2001, Bush 43 didn't attend because of heavy storms but conducted a video conference. Clinton didn't attend in 1993 because of storms and did the video conference as well.

In 1969, Nixon didn't attend, but he did attend events in 1953 and 1957 when he was Vice President. Gerald Ford was an Eagle Scout.

For what it is worth, this year is the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts.


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Originally Posted by djplong

Back to the original point..

Does it matter that Ronald Reagan and ELEVEN OTHER Presidents never attended a Boy Scout Jamboree?

Does it matter that this was the 100th anniversary and Obama decided to campaign instead?