President Barack Obama caught significant flack from conservative pundits last week when he elected to ditch his role as honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America at their recent Jamboree in order to conduct a taping of the ladies daytime television program The View.
Or so that’s what he said…
As it turns out, Obama wasn’t skipping the Jamboree of 45,000 Boy Scouts just to appear on The View: He was, in fact, sneaking around to hang out with the “popular crowd.”
“When the cool, rich Democrats in New Jersey invited him to their fundraiser, the President knew he had to find a way to show up, even if it meant making up a story to tell reporters,” a source close to Obama said. “It could have been the party of the year!”
According to the source, Obama , now 18 months on the job, has become increasingly self-conscious about his association with the Boy Scouts. Apparently, he doesn’t like wearing his uniform because it, ”makes him look like a dork,” and he is embarrassed to be seen in public with the other Boy Scouts since, “a lot of them are huge nerds.” Now that his administration has hit Presidential puberty, Obama is more concerned than ever with appearing “cool.” Friends say that when he told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and wife Michelle Obama that he would rather sneak out to have cocktails with popular fundraisers than “learn how to tie knots with a bunch of dweebs,” both told him that they would be disappointed in his decision, but that his Presidency has reached an age where it can choose who it wants to hang out with by itself.
The right wing media disagrees.
“OK, I admit, when I criticized Obama for skipping the Boy Scouts thing so that he could go on The View, it was just naked hypocrisy and political point scoring on my part,” explained Fox Newsanchor Megyn Kelly. “To be honest, I thought it was a great opportunity for him to communicate directly with millions of Americans on important issues like the War in Afghanistan, the BP oil spill, and the state of the economy. But now that I know that it was all because he was embarrassed to be seen with those adorable little dorks, well it just confirms everything I’ve ever thought of the President.”
For their part, the Boy Scouts have taken the slight in stride. Simon Starrett, an 11 year old who picks his nose in public, addressed the topic.
“When he took office, the President seemed to think merit badges and building fires was pretty cool,” Cooper said. “But now he’s more worried about what the popular crowd thinks. Oh well. He’s not the first President to ditch us for new friends and he won’t be the last.”
Though Obama anticipated that there would be some political fallout from skipping the Boy Scouts Jamboree, he is apparently comfortable with the choices he’s made.
“Hanging out with the Boy Scouts is fine when you’re a kid, but it’s child’s play,” the President told his friends. “I’m not a kid anymore. I do what I want!”
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