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Ben Carson admits fabricating West Point scholarship
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| 11/06/2015
| Kyle Cheney
Posted on 11/06/2015 8:33:42 AM PST by GIdget2004
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To: Sir Napsalot
If Trump camp is smart, they'll not utter a thing.I had to laugh.
Agreed, I hope he doesn't but he's not exactly known for his tact.
To: Tennessean4Bush
Westmoreland could offer to nominate him, but you don’t get offered a scholarship until you actually apply and are admitted (and obviously not everyone who is nominated gets admitted). Carson never even applied. But his book very clearly states he was offered a scholarship and that he turned it down.
See this MSNBC reporter’s twitter - he has posted the relevant parts of the book:
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin
To: Tennessean4Bush
Ben Carsons 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.
West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.""""""""......
They said it I didn't, they admitted their fabrication. Kind of in the neighbor hood of all the Hillary fabrications, bullets flying all around me.
I'm sure when he/they wrote that book, he didn't know he would one day run for the presidency, and that fabrication would not hurt him, but yikes lookey here Ben, it's gonna hurt.
To: AlaskaErik
That is what gets me! Why do people who are indeed successful feel the need to lie about their past in this way? Down and out people do it to make themselves look/feel better; but often it is someone like Carson- he was a brain surgeon- where is the need to make things up?
I have to say when I heard him tell the story of being accepted at West Point, and turning it down I felt he was saying he didn’t accept because that wasn’t good enough for him- as if he was too good for West Point or the Army. It made me think twice at the time, did not impress me.
Not sure what his intention was with this story, but to me it was not impressive when he told it, and now that it comes out it is a lie, really not good.
Too close to stolen valor to me. I know I am quite touchy about that subject but pretty sure I am not the only one.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:07:11 AM PST
by
Tammy8
To: GIdget2004
Fake history is fine for Democrats.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:07:55 AM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(Now I understand why my grandparents quit voting.)
To: Patton@Bastogne
Well done. And well documented .
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:08:46 AM PST
by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
To: GIdget2004
So now politico is being taken as the gospel truth?? I read the article, they’re developing a narrative through a very loose interpretation of what Carson says he says and what politico is saying he says...
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:08:49 AM PST
by
SteveinSATX
(C'mon Cruz, Trump or Carson ...baby needs a new pair of shoes!)
To: Amntn
That’s going to sink him.
His appeal was built on the fact that he was not
just one more lying politician.
To: HoosierWordsmith
How about Surgeon General?That's where I thought he'd end up but after this, I doubt it.
To: GIdget2004
Donald has been saying there were some negative details in Dr. Ben’s record. This, on top of his hard to believe claims that he had an ‘explosive temper’ (and that he hit or tried to HIT HIS MOTHER IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER because she told him to change clothes) may sink him. Keep your mouth shut, Donald. If Dr. Ben sinks, let him go down under the weight of his own deceptions and ambiguities. Won’t take very long.
To: HarleyLady27; All
Those are interesting points you raise H-Lady, however I would suggest that people need to consider the question "who does this benefit?" and while some have said this revelation about Ben Carson benefits Trump (and I believe it does), the more critical question is "would anyone with Team Bush believe that by knocking out Ben Carson, that it would free up support which could flow to Senor Jebuardo?
To my knowledge, Carson has not had very many (if any) criticisms of Bush (someone correct me if I am wrong on that), so I don't think it is too outlandish to ponder the possibility that this POLITICO hit piece might have been launched with the idea of saving Jebuardo from giving up.
After all, Carson's support has to go somewhere, assuming he does withdraw.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:09:11 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Bushes? Clintons? They're all one big "UNI-FAMILY", "WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?")
To: Amntn
You got that right. But Obama tripped himself up in similarly self-destructive ways yet never paid any price for it, even more egregiously, benefited greatly from his
damnable lies, pure fabrications much to our misfortune.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:09:18 AM PST
by
lbryce
(OBAMA:Misbegotten, GodForsaken, Bastard offspring of Satan and Medusa)
To: GIdget2004
Ben Carson is a liar. That should end the church lady support.
To: GIdget2004
Where are all the phony stories that Biden has told over the years?
How about Obama introducing himself to classmates as a foreign student in high school & college?
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:09:53 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: tennmountainman
"Where will his white guilt GOP supporters go?" Bad news for Trump, he needed Carson in to counterbalance Rubio and Cruz. Very few Carson supporters like Trump, they supported Carson larger because of his soft and "healing" personality (180 degrees opposite of Trump), and because of his "Christian credentials." They'll go to Cruz and Rubio. 3-way race coming. Cruz has played very smartly. I think he has the edge.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:10:11 AM PST
by
cookcounty
("I was a Democrat until I learned to count" --Maine Gov. Paul LePage)
To: ozarkgirl
How about Surgeon General? That's where I thought he'd end up but after this, I doubt it.
If he were a Democrat Obama would name him Defense Secretary, just to flip us the bird.
To: GIdget2004
Problem he’s going to have is that neither Ted Cruz nor Donald Trump fabricate.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:10:46 AM PST
by
stanne
To: Genoa; Sir Napsalot
Trump is already tweeting and calling it a big story...
That's because it IS a big story.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:10:54 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(Bushes? Clintons? They're all one big "UNI-FAMILY", "WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?")
To: GIdget2004
No big loss, he couldn’t beat Hitlery anyway, no way no how.
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posted on
11/06/2015 9:11:06 AM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
To: miss marmelstein
According to the article and people interviewed, he would have been accepted if he had applied. I donât support him for president but Iâm not going to write him off. After all the horrible lies of Obama, Hillary, Biden and the rest, Iâm not going to write off one or two white lies.White lies?
As opposed to the bad black lies?
That's racist. ;)
Seriously, I agree with what you said. And Carson isn't in my list of top two candidates either.
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