Sorry not sorry

Huh.

The Chief Scout Executive issued a statement yesterday about the Jamboree in which he buried a non-apology for the debacle that was the Kleptocrat’s address to 40,000 Boy Scouts (or 3.6 million scouts, in Klepto-numbers) on Monday.

The single paragraph (out of ten) to deal with the appalling spectacle of the actual rambling, self-aggrandizing, bullying, disjointed and unequivocally revolting speech, and the scouts' behavior was this one:

“I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree. That was never our intent. The invitation for the sitting U.S. President to visit the National Jamboree is a long-standing tradition that has been extended to the leader of our nation that has had a Jamboree during his term since 1937. It is in no way an endorsement of any person, party or policies. For years, people have called upon us to take a position on political issues, and we have steadfastly remained non-partisan and refused to comment on political matters. We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program.”

First of all, it took you three damn days to hawk this up? You scrambled your high-priced PR squadrons for damage control for three whole days and this is all you could manage? The old “we’re sorry you feel that way [but that’s your problem and we don’t really give a toss]” apology? That’s just pitiful. You owe your scouts a gigantic refund.

Second, at no time in the past four decades has the Kleptocrat given any indication that he has a sense of place, or that he’s capable of talking (or, indeed, thinking) about anything but his own pathetic, needy self. What on earth possessed you as an organization to invite him to the Jamboree and give him a literal and symbolic platform to rave like Martin Bormann? Which is precisely what he did. I thought the Boy Scouts motto was Be Prepared, no? You totally screwed the pooch on this one—where’s your apology for that?

Third, once he started down that path, why did your AV people not cut the mic? You saw what he was doing and you just let him go on. That kind of implies that you were jake with it; with him swaggering and slagging off his predecessor. and his presidential opponent. and Congress and whoever else came to his brain stem. In every possible respect he not only did not display Scout values, he mocked them. And you let him do it. Where’s your apology for that?

Fourth, what the all fuck were you thinking, letting your 40,000 scouts cheer and boo on cue like a Hitler Jugend rally? The cheering was bad enough, but booing mention of Barack Obama—a fellow Scout? Shame on you. Where’s your apology for that?

Man—you waited three days to issue this slimy, pitiful, hand-wringing non-apology and you think the country is fooled? We. Are. Not.