The story’s original headline [on Politico], "Ben Carson admits fabricating West Point scholarship," has been changed to read: "Exclusive: Carson claimed West Point 'scholarship' but never applied."This says it all. They are making a big deal over the word scholarship and making it look like he has been saying he applied and received a scholarship. He has said on multiple occasions over the years that he only had $10 to spend on college applications so he only applied to one university - Yale - and was accepted. He has always maintained that he only applied to one university, and that he was told by Westmoreland at a dinner that he should apply and that he'd receive a scholarship to West Point. Now, is that hard to believe - that a young, talented, intelligent, ROTC, African American high school student, who had the qualifications to be accepted to Yale might be the type of candidate that a guy like Westmoreland would want to recruit to West Point during dinner?
The media looks so bad here. They turn out to be obvious scumbags like Hillary.
But did Carson ever go to West Point?
I wanted to also let people know that if someone says they’re offered a “full scholarship” to a service academy (Army, Navy, Air-Force, Marines), they’re lying. In Carson’s case, there’s no such thing as a “scholarship” to West Point. The government subsidizes every student - they’re effectively in the Army and their training is free. Even with the suspect headline from Politico, what Carson said is untrue. He knew it and that is why he admitted that he lied.