No, Ben Carson Didn't Lie About West Point. It's Another Media Hit Job.

Daily Wire ^ | 11/06/2015 | Ben Shapiro

[bgill]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3307349/Ben-Carson-admits-story-getting-scholarship-West-Point-repeated-three-times-year-key-inspirational-story-crumbles.html

Looks like he lied, lied and lied again.

[JimSEA]

Breitbart has a fairly detailed rebuttal. the Politico article is an out and out lie. This is the same sort of tactics that have politically destroyed Sarah Palin. Palinization.

[TangledUpInBlue]

That would seem awfully naive to me. But maybe you’re right.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Here would be a great move for Trump to say, “Hey wait a minute!!!” But he didn’t, he jumped right in the media’s story calling Carsin a liar. Opportunity missed. This could actually help Carson in the end.

[South40]

It will be interesting. Because the passage in the book is very poorly worded and was written by the ADULT Carson who should know better - not the 18 year old kid who may not realize that Service Academy tuition is free providing you fulfill your military obligation.

I agree Carson should have known better. Just as the adult Donald Trump should know better than to say Mitch McConnell is "speaker" of the senate.

Those who didn't mind Trump's faux pas are screaming the loudest about Carson's.

[pabianice]

Fine. But it’s NOT a scholarship, unless you consider anyone who joins the Army and gets paid as on a “scholarship.”

[cynwoody]

It will be interesting. Because the passage in the book is very poorly worded and was written by the ADULT Carson who should know better - not the 18 year old kid who may not realize that Service Academy tuition is free providing you fulfill your military obligation.

Or maybe he just fell for some gubmint propaganda.

[Kenny]

Yeah, Dr. Carson must be guilty of trying to polish his resume with a “scholarship” to West Point. I mean he ended up in that crappy little school, what was the name?

Oh yeah, YALE!!!

[celmak]

Read the second to the last page on the West Point prospectus at

http://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/shared%20documents/wp_prospectus.pdf

IT STATES:

ADMISSIONS DECISIONS

West Point has a rolling admissions policy. Outstanding, qualified, nominated candidates will be offered admission as their records become complete. All admissions files must be complete, to include nominations, by the last workday in February.

Financial and Service Obligation

As a cadet, you are a member of the U.S. Army and receive a full scholarship and an annual salary of more than $10,000 from which you pay for your uniforms, textbooks, a laptop computer, and incidentals. There is no tuition charge, but there is a requirement for an initial deposit. Room, board, and medical and dental care are provided by the United States Government.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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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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[UCANSEE2]

I’m having post#51 removed.

I found a copy of the Tweet posted by TIME, but I’m very suspicious of it.

“@Robostop10: @realDonaldTrump This is not good. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/ben-carson-west-point-215598 ...”WOW, one of many lies by Ben Carson! Big story.”

When I first read the TWEET (the day it happened), the words “WOW, one of many lies by Ben Carson!” was a response by another user, and Trump responded with “Big story, if true”.

I guess I shouldn’t believe my lying eyes anymore.