[INVAR]

Of course they are.

The problem is that Carson’s campaign ADMITTED he lied.

And that is the issue.

[Longbow1969]

Umm, yeah, on the surface this seems to be a pretty big lie. If it is true that Carson blatantly lied about something like this, he is going to lose a lot of support. The question is where that support goes.

[ifinnegan]

“The problem is that Carson’s campaign ADMITTED he lied.”

Not true.

This is the diabolical part of it.

They acknowledged Politico’s distortion of what was in Carson’s book was not true.

Politico went and did two things:

1) They actually verified the event with Westmoreland and Medal winners in Detroit and provided the actual date it happened which was wrong, apparently, in the book.

That was fail one on Politico’s part. Carson, understandably, didn’t remember exactly the date and wrongly said it happened at a Memorial Day event. Politico, looking for dirt, was able to pick up on that but it backfired a bit when they did at the same time they tried to discredit Carson and make it look like Carson never even attended such an event, found that indeed that event did happen.

They actually verified Carson in trying to call smear him as a fabricator.

2) They did a thorough search of the Academy’s records (who do you think was helping them get access to nearly fifty year old applications?) for something that was not claimed in the book.

This is the classic lie-based straw man. Politico can use their leftist allies in the military hierarchy to pull up all this information on applicants of fifty years ago, not find Carson, then say this is a smoking gun proving a lie, when in actual fact Carson never said he applied to the school or for a scholarship.

[Twinkie]

Cruz, Carson, Trump - whomsoever the nominee they finally
settle on - I will crawl to the voting booth if I have to
cast my vote AGAINST Hitler-y Clinton for President and
Billious Clinton for her First Laddie. Her minions in the
media are attacking until they get the RINO they want to run
against her; then they’ll push them and inflate Hitler-y. -
Rest assured, Hitler-y’s operatives are busy posting on
FR.

[Hot Tabasco]

The problem is that Carson’s campaign ADMITTED he lied.

Carson never lied, Carson never said he went to WP and he never claimed he applied...........

Truth: Carson was the top ROTC student in Detroit

Truth: Carson did indeed meet with Westmoreland and WP recruiters.

Truth: They told him they could help him get into WP if he was interested.

Truth: Carson was not interested and never pursued their offer......

The only fabrication was by Politico and that was echoed by his campaign......

Now, if you wish to insist that Carson lied, then tell us exactly where you, or Politico, got the information that Carson had actually completed the application process to WP.........

[Patton@Bastogne]

Dr. Ben Carson ... QUIT PLAYING EGO GAMES ... and ACT like you're "Presidential Material".



Under "normal" circumstances with "decent" people and a "moral news media" Congress and the Senate would be filled with 535 "Dr. Ben Carson" types.

That would be a good thing.

But that's not reality.



Dr. Ben Carson (once he accomplished his first surgeries) has been "coddled" ... for both his accomplishments and because he's black ... sorry, that's the TRUTH ...

so Dr. Ben Carson has been wandering around saying whatever he wants, whatever comes into his mind, "whatever" ...

and that is NOT how a 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign is successfully operated.

Period.



This whole "Mannatech, Westpoint and Pyramids" sequence should be a DAMNED wake-up call for what I suspect is an arrogant (I'm the smartest guy in the room) Dr. Ben Carson.

Being U.S. President is NOT about a person's ego ...

Rather, it's like being a U.S. Marine Sniper at Falujia ... where EVERY shot MUST be a "kill" ...

or your buddies DIE.



Dr. Ben Carson ... QUIT PLAYING EGO GAMES ... and ACT like you're "Presidential Material".





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