Posted on 11/06/2015 10:51:55 AM PST by xzins
Carson has been caught red-handed claiming he was offered a “full scholarship” to West Point. West Point does not “offer scholarships”. Carson is a liar and needs to withdraw from the race. Carson in his own words.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/11/06/conservative-media-react-to-ben-carsons-admissi/206676
It's called an "appointment", a necessary but not sufficient part of the nomination process to a service academy.
You fell for the Politico-mind-trick, along with other gullible so-called conservatives.
Westmoreland just happens to be dead so that story cant be verified and lying Ben can say whatever he feels like saying.
Is there anyone here who doubts that West Point admissions officers would not hesitate to accept a brilliant black cadet from Detroit?
This story is meant only to distract and dominate the news of the Hag story that just broke of her having signed the gov docs as Sec of State to keep Top Secret info secure.
Congressional appointments are not the only way to get into west point, so people need to stop with that.
Other ways include:
USMAPS — the US Military Academy Prep School, I think it’s still at Ft Monmouth, NJ, but I’m not sure of that.
Child of a Medal of Honor winner.
Athletic
US Military Academy Superintendent appointment.
Highly Qualified List not via Appointment on order of merit
Yep. Carson lied. Just like he said the vitamins story was a lie but he was lying about that as well.
I doubt this story is over. Carson’s campaign just called out the reporters at Politico.
Game on.
“Unfortunately Ben Carson doesn’t have those kinds of connections or resources.”
Carson is worth about 40 million dollars. Fox has given him over a million dollars in the past year for his mumbling.
See #46. He probably did get an offer.
This general calls that general at West Point and says, “Harry, have I got a kid for you.”
And that’s the rest of the story.
Yep. No way it would be turned down.
And especially in about 1970, a black kid from poverty, from inner city Detroit, who had brilliant grades, and who was the XO of his JROTC.
If he was the top ROTC student in Detroit and had the academics to get into Yale, I have little doubt that he was told by the relevant people that he would get in. In fact, his being black with those qualifications made admission a “gimme”. I’ve seen girlies and minorities get into the more selective AFA with lower qualifications than Carson had. So, I think the story is a smear.
No, I don’t support Carson - wonderful man but not tough enough and too liberal on some issues.
The media is trying to destroy Carson. Carson is the embodiment of MLK’s dream. The liberals hate him.
You really believe that? With Vietnam you don’t think there were kids in the same position whose parents refused them to go? And especially during the same time African Americans in the military were treated less than admirable in many units?
Dunno about that, but his dumbass campaign is shooting themselves in the foot with increasing regularity.
Not ready for POTUS. Can’t even run a front runner campaign correctly. EVERY front runner gets the anal probe treatment. He should have been ready. Amateurs.
Did he say it was in a YouTube video? Did it result in four men dying? Did he have a representative of the Whitehouse go on national television and say he was accepted to Westpoint? After all these years, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
Don’t forget the KKK lynched Republican blacks for registering to vote.
Pray America wakes
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