He said he only applied to one school. Even though one is appointed to the academies, one still has to apply and go through a lengthy set of interviews etc. Sounds like he was encouraged to apply but didn’t. That’s not actually an “offer” to be a cadet but an offer to apply.
One cannot confuse the offer of a nomination by military officials with being offered a slot by West Point.
That Facebook post may be his undoing on this matter.
Not a Carson for president and this won’t make me one, but this shows how scared they are of a Black conservative.
It certainly sounds like he embellished the story quite a bit.
If Carson was in high school at the time, he would have been in JOUNIOR ROTC. Has anyone tried to verify that he had lunch with Westmoreland, and that he was in fact the best JR ROTC cadet in Detroit? Someone should do that, and see if that part of it is even true.
Pathetic desperation. The lie has been exposed and rather then admit the lie, the attack bots cling to it.
Why does anyone take these habitual liars seriously?
At the end of my twelfth grade I marched at the head of the Memorial Day parade. I felt so proud, my chest bursting with ribbons and braids of every kind. To make it more wonderful, We had important visitors that day. Two soldiers who had won the Congressional Medal of Honor in Viet Nam were present. More exciting to me, General William Westmoreland (very prominent in the Viet Nam war) attended with an impressive entourage. Afterward, Sgt. Hunt introduced me to General Westmoreland, and I had dinner with him and the Congressional Medal winners. Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point. I didn’t refuse the scholarship outright, but I let them know that a military career wasn;t where I saw myself going.
The Carson defenders are unreal, all because the story is from Politico. Carson at best embellished. I believe he knowingly lied. As a service academy graduate, they do not fling “scholarships” around. The entire process is long, drawn out, requires an appointment from a congressman or senator and you most certainly know when you receive an appt. It’s a big deal and they trot you out to your congresscritter or senator for the dog and pony show. Still have my picture with Bill Bradley. In fact, the Army even denies that Westmoreland was in Detroit when Carson said he was. So yes, I believe Ben has knowingly peddled a false story for years.
I just want to know if any former SEAL’s were killed as a result of this.
Maybe CNN can look into that for us.
Facts are present, you cling to the lie, that makes you liars.
If you don’t like that fact about you two being pointed out, stop lying.
And Politico took all that time and energy to look through fifty year old West Point applications to prove that Carson didn't apply, which he already said and has never claimed.
Well done, Politico.
The bigger question is who was rifling through 50 year old West Point records for the sole purpose of making a political smear?
By my name and tagline you can tell who I support. I am now a fan of the good Dr. I don’t like political assassinations.
The writer of the hit-piece on Dr. Carson—Kyle Cheney— can be reached at kcheney@politico.com
I sent him a lovely note. I suggest the rest of you do, too. Let’s circle the wagons on this. We need to send politico a message—and all the rest of the left wing media. This is BS, and bigger than your particular favorite candidate. Dr. Carson is a good man, who has saved many, many lives.
I’d punch this asshat in the face, hard as I can, if I ever meet him.
What is with these people ... (Brian Williams, etc) ... this isn’t the 1800’s ... we can look things up ourselves in literally seconds. Why do these people do this? If its mental, then he has no business being POTUS.
I really don’t like Carson one bit, but he could have been promised a slot at one of the service academies. While most traditional appointments are via the student’s US House representative, or senator, there are discretionary appointments, as well. A General with Westmorland’s stature can make things happen.
I knew a CMOH winner that said he wanted to go, he got a slot. Sons of military members KIA were offered slots on occasion. The class was about 1,000 cadets very year, more slots than just those available through congress.
That Gen. Westmorland’s staff indicated to Carson that he could go if he wanted does not seem a lie to me. If he had accepted, of course the proper paperwork would be the next step. He already had his “interview” and passed easily.
Rush is really hammering Politico on their slander hit piece on Dr. Ben Carson.
You are a dips**t if you somehow construed this as some how saying he was offered a scholarship or that he applied.
Dr Carson has never said he applied to WP. What he said is that he was introduced to representatives from WP and they encouraged him to apply.
Since WP does not charge tuition, you are actually joining the service, it is easy to see where even an extremely intelligent 18 year old from inner city Detroit would hear no tuition and think it equals a scholarship. Dr. Carson never said he applied to WP, saying he always wanted to go into medicine.
“I applied to only one school. (it was all the money I had). I applied to Yale and thank God they accepted me.”
Dr. Carson never said he applied to West Point. He said he was told by his ROTC commander that if he applied he would receive an appointment.
Dr. Carson was a good student with good grades and a good record with the Junior ROTC.
It is almost certain that had he applied he would have received an appointment.
I guess I will start worrying about this “lie” the day that Hillary is forced to quit over her lie about being under fire in Bosnia.
There are two issues here. First, everyone who runs for president should expect and should have a complete vetting (not like Obama). Second, yes there are attacks, especially on Conservative minorities and/or women. In either case, in my opinion, Dr. Ben is in way over his head.
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