boy scout

noun2

1. •
   A male member of the Scout Movement.
2. •
   A man adhering to the values of honesty and idealism, and possibly somewhat naive or unworldly.

   • An independently rich 52-year-old, he is very much a political boy scout, and has flailed the state Republican party as a cloistered "country club". — 1982

noun2

1. •
   A male member of the Scout Movement.
2. •
   (slang) A person, especially a politician, who is idealistic and naive.

   • Gore, of course, has never been a political Boy Scout, least of all when it comes to campaign finance. — 2003