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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsfrom our 'friends' at faux news: 'Report alleging Carson lied about West Point called into question'
they've got to protect their brand.....
Ben Carson's presidential campaign pushed back Friday at a published report questioning a seminal moment in the personal narrative of the Republican candidate -- that the top U.S. general in the Vietnam War had been so impressed during a dinner with the young Carson that he was guaranteed a "full scholarship" to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Academy officials, responding to the POLITICO report Friday, confirmed that there is no record of Carson ever applying to the elite military academy, much less gaining entrance or a scholarship offer.
But in Carson's 1996 memoir "Gifted Hands," he appears to tell a different story: that the young Carson, a 17-year-old top ROTC officer from Detroit, had dined with Gen. William Westmoreland, who was a fresh out of his command in Vietnam, in 1969. He said he was immediately offered a full scholarship by West Point. He has said in the retelling of the story that that he turned down the supposed offer because he wanted to be a doctor. He later graduated from Yale University in 1973.
A West Point spokesperson told POLITICO that that it was "certainly possible" that Carson spoke with the general, and the four-star may have even encouraged the teenager to apply, but the school has a rigorous entry process that would not have allowed Westmoreland to guarantee anyone entry. Furthermore, there are no "full scholarships" to the academy.
Academy officials, responding to the POLITICO report Friday, confirmed that there is no record of Carson ever applying to the elite military academy, much less gaining entrance or a scholarship offer.
But in Carson's 1996 memoir "Gifted Hands," he appears to tell a different story: that the young Carson, a 17-year-old top ROTC officer from Detroit, had dined with Gen. William Westmoreland, who was a fresh out of his command in Vietnam, in 1969. He said he was immediately offered a full scholarship by West Point. He has said in the retelling of the story that that he turned down the supposed offer because he wanted to be a doctor. He later graduated from Yale University in 1973.
A West Point spokesperson told POLITICO that that it was "certainly possible" that Carson spoke with the general, and the four-star may have even encouraged the teenager to apply, but the school has a rigorous entry process that would not have allowed Westmoreland to guarantee anyone entry. Furthermore, there are no "full scholarships" to the academy.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/06/carson-west-point-campaign-controversy/?intcmp=hpbt1
earlier, m$nbc showed a clip of the doctor on the charlie rose show, where he definitely said he was 'offered a scholarship'
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from our 'friends' at faux news: 'Report alleging Carson lied about West Point called into question' (Original Post)
spanone
Nov 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. Fox is a disgrace to the human race.
spanone
(135,858 posts)2. i think there are other races that are disgraced too!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)3. Change that book title
to Grifter Hands.
brush
(53,826 posts)4. Somebody better get to Carson and tell him to "shut it" . . .
with the personal background stuff.
Seems all the does is lie or come off as totally ignorant, i.e., the pyramid stupidity.
yardwork
(61,698 posts)5. Too late. These lies are all published in his book.
Turns out that his inspirational life story is a big lie. Hard to walk that back.
JI7
(89,261 posts)10. that personal crap is one reason he was doing well
Rex
(65,616 posts)6. Gosh gee...who would know more? Carson or Academy officials for West Point?
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)7. They charge tuition or room and board? Sounds pretty full to me.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)8. strange stuff comes off the fingers of Dr. Ben
and out of his mouth ............. this is the best the republicans have to offer
JBoy
(8,021 posts)9. Westmoreland wanted him to head up Eye Spy Military Intelligence,
Both National and International.