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Ben Carson (Video): "I was offered a full scholarship to West Point" (Oct 9, 2015) | Charlie Rose
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Posted on 11/06/2015 12:17:39 PM PST by springwater13

Dr. Ben Carson�‹'s statement on "Charlie Rose" on October 9th, 2015. Video

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1 posted on 11/06/2015 12:17:39 PM PST by springwater13
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To: springwater13

Yes. And he didn’t take up the offer.

He decided to go to Yale instead.


2 posted on 11/06/2015 12:19:17 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: springwater13

Agenda much?


3 posted on 11/06/2015 12:19:56 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: springwater13

what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive


4 posted on 11/06/2015 12:20:01 PM PST by hotsteppa
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To: ifinnegan

So you’re saying he was offered a FULL SCHOLARSHIP?


5 posted on 11/06/2015 12:23:11 PM PST by boycott
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To: springwater13; All

Its so easy to get conservatives to eat each other. Just throw a little bait out and they tear each other apart.

Meanwhile king bam bam continues the destruction of America.


6 posted on 11/06/2015 12:23:18 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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7 posted on 11/06/2015 12:24:15 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: springwater13

Per Dictionary.com - scholarship: a sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of merit, need, etc., to pursue his or her studies.

West Point fully funded education.


8 posted on 11/06/2015 12:26:32 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: springwater13

He could have majored in pyramid construction!


9 posted on 11/06/2015 12:26:40 PM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: springwater13

Maybe Carson doesn’t understand how it works. Maybe what he should have said is, higher ups in the army beseeched me to apply to West Point.

He never applied. In a way it is just semantics, or is it? A brilliant high school senior who has started his own business and made millions, might well get a scholarship at Harvard Business School, but he won’t be offered it unless he applies.

It’s not worth lying over. All he had to say was that the military hoped he would apply, that he would be a shoe-in. Though it always will depend who else applied that year.


10 posted on 11/06/2015 12:27:54 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: driftdiver

He was verbally offered. That’s what he said, anyway.


11 posted on 11/06/2015 12:28:45 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: boycott

I believe that Westmoreland mentioned to Ben Carson that he could get in to West Point. Many people would consider this an offer of a scholarship.


12 posted on 11/06/2015 12:29:49 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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Right now I couldnt care less if he said he was abducted by aliens.

Who can win the election? My hope is Cruz but any of the top 3 are better than what we have and better than the eGOP.


13 posted on 11/06/2015 12:31:13 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: boycott

Yes i think verbally he was offered West Point Contingent on him deciding to take it and also meeting whatever criteria he would need to.

I’m sure West Point was chomping at the bit to get a smart ROTC black student like that in 1969.


14 posted on 11/06/2015 12:31:18 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: boycott

Yeah, that is how he interpreted it, and me too. Needs some more nits to pick?


15 posted on 11/06/2015 12:31:34 PM PST by libbylu (It is no longer right vs left. It is right vs wrong.)
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To: cornfedcowboy
I believe that Westmoreland mentioned to Ben Carson that he could get in to West Point. Many people would consider this an offer of a scholarship

Really?
16 posted on 11/06/2015 12:32:25 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: cuban leaf

The room was full of ROTC guys. You really think Westmoreland singled him out?


17 posted on 11/06/2015 12:33:18 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: springwater13
Denial - It's not just a river in Egypt.
18 posted on 11/06/2015 12:35:16 PM PST by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: Yaelle

Darn right it depends on who else applies. We were to to first seek out our State Senator if we were interested.


19 posted on 11/06/2015 12:38:54 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: springwater13

Doesn’t one generally need a congressman/woman endorsement to get into West Point? If so, then I wonder who endorsed Carson for him to be offered a scholarship?


20 posted on 11/06/2015 12:39:03 PM PST by MichelleWSC3
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