Posted on 11/06/2015 1:36:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Ben Carsonâs campaign on Friday admitted, in a response to an inquiry from POLITICO, that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The academy has occupied a central place in Carsonâs tale for years. According to a story told in Carsonâs book, âGifted Hands,â the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together. That meeting, according to Carsonâs telling, was followed by a âfull scholarshipâ to the military academy. West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission...When presented with this evidence, Carsonâs campaign conceded the story was false.
For those looking for ambiguous wording in Gifted Hands on the West Point scholarship, it isn't there pic.twitter.com/erM1sHo283— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 6, 2015
If Gen. Westmoreland told you, age 18, to go to West Point free of charge, you would probably remember and describe it the way Carson did.— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 6, 2015
New Politico headline eliminates "fabrication" allegation: "Exclusive: Carson claimed West Point 'scholarship' but never applied"— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) November 6, 2015
So much vetting.
Where is Obama’s BC,
or proof he did not give up his citizenship
for his $$$$$ for college, as the funds required?
Not there, is it.
“Provocative comments about Muslims”? This shmuck is as bad as Politico.
>> To beat the ruthless Democratic machine, Republicans need an agile, clear-thinking nominee who’s surrounded by a top-notch team.
TED CRUZ!
Nice to see the pressure mount in Politico. Absolutely vetting is required for ALL candidates, regardless of party, but lies should be called out.
*on Politico
West Point told ABC news there is no way to prove, or disprove, Dr Carson's statements about West Point.
If there is no evidence from West Point, what is the source for Politicos much repeated smear of Dr Carson?
Think the American People have a right to know who gave Politico this fraudulent information? Politico needs to provide their evidence because right now there is NOTHING to back up their accusation.
Seems we might have Rathergate 2.0 brewing here
Fake but accurate.
And Politico is all over Hillary’s lies. < /ba dum, tish>
Where’s the vetting of Hillary’s admiration of Saul Alinsky and the fact that she was FIRED from the Watergate Investigation for lies and unethical behavior?
BTW, since the Dems are always calling Republicans stupid and intellectually dumb, maybe they’d like to dig up the reason why Hillary FLUNKED the DC Bar exams....
So many rich material to vet, so little time [actually so little interest ]
I want to see his proof that he is, and has always been, a citizen eligible to his Office!
Politico is not capable of vetting. They are an organ of the democrat party. They are propped up by hundreds of thousands of dollars from subscriptions taken out by federal government offices during the Obama years.
When either Trump or Cruz take office, those subscriptions will be cancelled and Politico will likely go belly up.
I have nothing to hide (well somethings...).
Why is it so hard for Barry to disclose relevant information?
5.56mm
How do we know that Obama even graduated from college (undergrad, that is)?
Funny that stupid Dan rather movie is out now - the parallels between this and the GWB Texas Air National Guard lie are stunning.
Bingo. Campaigns need to react INSTANTLY to this kind of nonsense. The "24 hour news cycle" is now the 24 minute news cycle.
all carson has to do is come out and thoroughly explain the misunderstanding. btw, still haven’t heard an adaquate explanation for how his name ended up on a research paper using the tissue of aborted babies.
Utter nonsense considering this was launched less then 12 hour ago and the Carson camp has all ready nuked it.
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