As the top JROTC cadet in Detroit with excellent grades, he was certainly told by multiple people at the dinner that he would be accepted and that it was a full ride. Carson never said that he applied to West Point and was accepted. He knew early on that a military career was not what he wanted. Politico may indeed burn him down with their interpretation of Carson’s story, but I don’t see that Carson is guilty of lying. Carson said he didn’t outright refuse the “scholarship†but that he did let “them†know that a military career was not what he was interested in. Sounds to me like “them†is not West Point but rather the people who offered to nominate him and that “scholarship†is the full ride that would’ve come with being accepted into WP. I give Politico two Pinocchios on this one.You may be right on this. Looks to me like a POLITICO hack job.
I find it interesting that some people here are quick to believe POLITICO yet their candidate of choice has called POLITICO dishonest.
“You may be right on this. Looks to me like a POLITICO hack job. “
Respectfully, there was nothing “hack” about it. This may be the most well thought out, finely structured Hit Piece I have ever read : )