Posted on 11/06/2015 8:33:42 AM PST by GIdget2004
Ben Carson’s campaign on Friday admitted, in a response to an inquiry from POLITICO, that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
The academy has occupied a central place in Carson’s tale for years. According to a story told in Carson’s book, “Gifted Hands,†the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together. That meeting, according to Carson’s telling, was followed by a “full scholarship†to the military academy.
West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.
“In 1969, those who would have completed the entire process would have received their acceptance letters from the Army Adjutant General,†said Theresa Brinkerhoff, a spokeswoman for the academy. She said West Point has no records that indicate Carson even began the application process. “If he chose to pursue (the application process) then we would have records indicating such,†she said.
When presented with this evidence, Carson’s campaign conceded the story was false.
“Dr. Carson was the top ROTC student in the City of Detroit,†campaign manager Barry Bennett wrote in an email to POLITICO. “In that role he was invited to meet General Westmoreland. He believes it was at a banquet. He can’t remember with specificity their brief conversation but it centered around Dr. Carson’s performance as ROTC City Executive Officer.â€
“He was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC Supervisors,†Bennett went on. “They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission.â€
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Bye Ben.
Carson’s done.
If this is true, oh man.
Dr Ben’s biography is as solid as Joe Biden’s, innit?
Republicans, recall, only get 1-2 lies. Democrats get 4,732 before anyone gets suspicious.
Still a crappy lie to tell. Bye, Ben.
Toast.
Wow. They are digging up stuff on Ben now.
I can’t believe they let this idiot work on peoples’ brains.
Amazing. I thought after Obama it wasn’t possible to get such information from universities. We sure don’t get his.
I don’t like to see this. Things appear to be unraveling for Dr. Carson.
On a side note... why are so many of the posts infected with special character symbols? It makes everything hard to read.
Put a fork in him.
Bye bye Ben.
He could switch parties, where he could cream Hillary. You see lies don’t matter on the left.
Why can’t people just be proud of their real lives?
The Carson campaign has already conceded the story is false.
Adios, Vaya con Dios my friend!!
This will be his undoing.
This ones bad for Carson...
We have 'rights' to our own opinions, but NOT to 'our own' facts.
I don’t recall the MSM investigating Barak this thoroughly. He graduated from Harvard law school and they couldn’t find one person who remembered him attending Harvard. But that didn’t make the news as I recall.
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