Ben Carson
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honeybunny
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J-man date=1446833340 said:
Funny how the media was never curious about Obama getting into Harvard...
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If proven to be true then it's a definite strike against his character and integrity, which is a valid concern to me since his platform is heavily built on trust and honestly. He should have at least revealed it early on, before the media beat him to the punch.
lotstodo
aka "The Jackal"
The scuttlebutt is that he was actually told by a family friend with political ties that he could get him into West Point, but Carson never actually took him up on the offer. This is, however, not what he said in his book. It may be padding the resume a bit, which if he weren't running for President probably wouldn't matter. But as a Black Republican, everything he does is double and triple checked by a legion of haters and paid shills. This definitely looks bad for him.
Politico are the ones who are lying. Rush read directly from his book in which he states that he was invited to dinner in Detroit with (I believe he said General Westmorland) for being the top ROTC officer and was offered a scholarship, but he never took him up on it or even applied.
Politico doesn't care that they falsified the story because all the major lame stream outlets are reporting it as accurate. That's all they wanted, even if they have to retract it. It's out there and people are hearing it and many will believe the lie regardless of its accuracy.
It's the political lynching of a black republican is all this is.
Politico doesn't care that they falsified the story because all the major lame stream outlets are reporting it as accurate. That's all they wanted, even if they have to retract it. It's out there and people are hearing it and many will believe the lie regardless of its accuracy.
It's the political lynching of a black republican is all this is.
lotstodo
aka "The Jackal"
I think the confusion is in "offered a scholarship", which is not correct. He never applied and therefore was never offered a scholarship. I don't doubt for a moment that whomever it was (Westmorland?) said that they could probably get him an appointment. It sounds like a technicality, but it is an important one. It sounds like he turned down a scholarship position to Westpoint. He did not.Grey Colson date=1446840364 said:
lotstodo date=1446840758 said:
I know that you have to be appointed to go because I initially wanted to go to the Air Force Academy when I was a teen and researched it then. He could very well have termed "appointment" as "scholarship" but the fact remains that this is a political assassination attempt. I'm sure we'll hear more about it from Carson very soon.
honeybunny
Pursuit Driver
Have you ever seen the movie "Up" ? ? ?
There is this one scene... :whistle
There is this one scene... :whistle