[BuckeyeTexan]

Now that is a fabrication. He was not offered a slot. Slots are limited.

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.

[MNJohnnie]

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?

http://www.dailywire.com/news/960/no-ben-carson-didnt-lie-about-west-point-its-ben-shapiro?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=110615-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro

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.

[Junk Silver]

“That Facebook post may be his undoing on this matter. “

I just don’t see that, it seems more like splitting hairs.

This whole thing reminds me of the rigorous vetting that was done when Barack Obama first ran for president, with so many questions about his background being thoroughly examined by the MSM.

(Do I really need a sarcasm tag here?)

[Another Post-American]

It looks to me like he’s only guilty of a poor choice of words. He should clarify that he was offered the chance to apply for a slot, not that he was offered a slot.

The fact that he plainly states he only applied to one school (not West Point) is the key point here. It refutes the notion that he’s been claiming he was accepted by West Point, since he didn’t even apply to them and says as much. But his wording was unfortunate, I’ll grant that.

[MNJohnnie]

No what is a fabrication is try and twist his words to mean something they do not. Anyone who has been in the Military in that era knows full well that Recruiters will dangle impossible dreams in front of potential targets. I suspect what happened here was someone dangle bait to Carson about what a “great opportunity” he had in the US Army.

Point is the accusation is prove a lie. The real story about what happened is much less clear then the accusation.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/960/no-ben-carson-didnt-lie-about-west-point-its-ben-shapiro?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=110615-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro

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.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I think that by embellishing his chances at West Point and allowing everyone over time to believe he was accepted is actually more accurate. But still its fabrication by omission to clarify.

[txrefugee]

Military men called Rush today and said that during the Vietnam Nam War it was easy for a young Black man with Carson’s to enter West Point because their were slots open for them. This electronic lynching has made me consider supporting Dr. Carson because he has the right enemies.

[cuban leaf]

Actually, in ROTC there is a “direct path” option. I know because I worked in IT at Army HR at Ft Knox, specifically supporting ROTC.

If a Cadet knows the right guy, he can follow a sort of direct process.

What Carson said can be true if one is not trying to parse words.

This issue is about semantics and stupid.

For the record, I’d like to see Carson drop out, but this is a witch hunt.

[the_daug]

The army told me that I would go to a 9 month course and if I was chosen from the course I would go to West point. Not surprising a HS kid to think it was a offer to go to West point.

[Above My Pay Grade]

I think the Facebook post is neutral to good for him as he only mentions “an offer” as opposed to a scholarship and made it clear he only applied to Yale. It is plausible that he meant the General and the MOH recipients assured him they could get him in.

The “Gifted Hands” quote would seem to be far more problematic as he mentioned acceptance and a scholarship.

[Lib-Lickers 2]

why can’t one confuse being offered an appointment from the mouth of a General at a dinner with an official offer in writing by West Point?.

If he had said yes he would have been admitted.. I call that an offer

[Patton@Bastogne]

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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