Comments on: Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, and the Boy Scouts

By: Dave Scocca

Dave Scocca — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:09:27 +0000

As none of us know him personally, we cannot speak to Friendly, Courteous, Kind or Cheerful.

I would argue that all of these points of the law can be evaluated just as well from public statements as from private interactions.

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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:50 +0000

[...] Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, and the Boy Scouts Posted on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 in Current Events – Views: (95) Wednesday night (11/11/09) Rush Limbaugh was in New York to attend the banquet at the Westchester-Putnam Council.Â Â According to Limbaugh, his good friend, Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of the Fox News Channel, was presented with the council’s “2009 Good Scout Award”.Â Limbaugh introduced Ailes.Limbaugh says this about the Boy Scouts:…I was a Boy Scout once, for a year. If you enjoy the content on this site, please make sure to subscribe to the RSS feed. [...]

By: John E. Pannell

John E. Pannell — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:54:43 +0000

Mr. Limbaugh probably could pass a BSA background check, unless he has had a relapse. As for legal issues: he was convicted — and not even charged — of a crime. So there would be no problem there.

As none of us know him personally, we cannot speak to Friendly, Courteous, Kind or Cheerful. If expressing strongly held beliefs, and ridiculing the absurdity of what one disagrees with, is evidence that one fails at these traits, then I am probably a bigger failure than he is there. I do not suffer fools well. I am very vocal in my criticism.

Now back to the quotes. Does anyone have any objections to them?

By: jim Eggers

jim Eggers — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:16:34 +0000

I concur with Mr. Gomez. There is some doubt in my mind that Mr. Limbaugh could pass a BSA background check, because of his drug addiction and legal issues. I assume that takes care of Clean and Trustworthy.. As someone who has served his Country, I will always fight for the right for anyone of us to say whatever they want, but there are some who go way beyond civility and strive only to feed their ego.

By: john

john — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:50:50 +0000

Mark, Rush was only commending the Boy Scouts on their steadfastly held “traditional American values”. I think any Eagle Scout and parent would recognize and agree with that.

By: Mark Gomez

Mark Gomez — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:35:39 +0000

I found out about this event by chance, from Limbaugh’s page. As an Eagle Scout and active parent of two Cub Scouts, I resent this Council’s decision to include Limbaugh in their event and plan to write them to let them know my opinion: the BSA must not be hijacked by any political group, right or left.
Limbaugh is someone I would not like near my children, as I think he is a bad example for our youth. His attitude towards those he does not agree with show that he fails in at least four of the precepts of the Scout Law: he is certainly not Friendly, Courteous, Kind or Cheerful. He is no example for our children, and we should stear clear of him (and the likes of him) as an organization. For his information, there are people with “American, traditional values” on the Democratic, left side of our political spectrum.