As far as he knew at the time the official who
encouraged him regarding West Point had the power
to authorize what Carson thought (or thinks) to be a
scholarship. We can’t fairly assume Carson knew that there was any difference between the admittance process to West Point and any other higher learning
institution. What we do know about Carson is he was
a poor black kid who was bright and motivated. At
17 yrs of age the word “scholarship” was important
in his lexicon.
Yesterday, a Limbaugh caller who said he attended
West Point while Carson was a high school senior
indicated that at the time there was quite an
effort to increase the number of black cadets and
midshipmen so I could imagine an enthusiastic
pitch to Carson by significant representatives.
I think what you and other sincere people are doing
is imposing a “what Carson should have known” standard
on the issue. Since Carson apparently already knew
what he wanted to do he didn’t spend a lot of time and
effort as a seventeen year old learning the ins and outs
of gaining acceptance to WP. And, he hasn’t thought enough
about it to spend the effort to learn how the process
of entry actually works. I think he was/is complimented
he was offered an opportunity.
I think there is zero there.
Regarding his belief that he’d been offered a full scholarship when he was in high school-—that might have worked had he written his autobiography shortly thereafter, but it does not work now. He was asked directly recently if he’d been offered a full scholarship, actually offered one, he had to say no. The thing is, he had to have known that when he wrote the book. He could have clarified things with a few words, but it appears that he did not.
We also learned after the stabbing story that the near victim was not a friend, but a close relative. Still no corroboration on that. What about the lock story? The baseball bat stuff?
Too many unanswered questions remain, too many retellings. Are we getting a ‘tell the truth slowly’ situation? Will we eventually learn that none of the violent stuff took place outside of his imagination?