Huh. Ben Carson made up entire story about his admission to West Point

[Michchamp]

When asked for comment his campaign responded: "Derrr... oops. You mean they can check that?"

Link to stupid politico.

 

[Gulo Blue]

M'eh. You can let that slide like Hillary's ducking under sniper fire story from back in the day. Carson resume padding, while troubling, is the least of his problems.

 

[TheVictors]

M'eh. You can let that slide like Hillary's ducking under sniper fire story from back in the day. Carson resume padding, while troubling, is the least of his problems.

seriously.

he's both Black AND a Republican AND running for President



makes you think a bit. when sbee goes into that voting booth and imagines himself as a single Black mother living in inner Detroit, how will he vote.....?

 

[tinselwolverine]

M'eh. You can let that slide like Hillary's ducking under sniper fire story from back in the day.

That's a point.

I'm not registered to either party, and the Republican primary is closed in California, so I can't vote for Carson whatever tales he tells or doesn't.

In 2008 the California Democrats had an open primary, and specifically voted against Hillary Clinton.

If I end up voting next spring I would likely do that again.

 

[tinselwolverine]

seriously.

he's both Black AND a Republican AND running for President



makes you think a bit. when sbee goes into that voting booth and imagines himself as a single Black mother living in inner Detroit, how will he vote.....?

Michigan Republican primary is still open as far as I know; the UAW has a long history of encouraging members to cross over and vote against the Republican front runner.

My guess is sbee is a registered Democrat, but he could cross over and vote for Michigan's favorite son, Ben Carson, if he wants to.

 

[Sbee]

seriously.

he's both Black AND a Republican AND running for President



makes you think a bit. when sbee goes into that voting booth and imagines himself as a single Black mother living in inner Detroit, how will he vote.....?

obsessed

 

[Sbee]

Michigan Republican primary is still open as far as I know; the UAW has a long history of encouraging members to cross over and vote against the Republican front runner.

My guess is sbee is a registered Democrat, but he could cross over and vote for Michigan's favorite son, Ben Carson, if he wants to.

I'm not a registered democrat, I'm more anti republican than anything else, though they are running a few less crazy candidates this year with Kasich and Paul, but they have no chance of winning.

I'll quote Michael Che from SNL a few weeks ago, "vote for anyone but the black guy"

I have a hard time voting for anyone who thinks the planet is 4000 years old

 

[Michchamp]

M'eh. You can let that slide like Hillary's ducking under sniper fire story from back in the day. Carson resume padding, while troubling, is the least of his problems.

Far be it from me to defend Billary, but I'm not familiar with this claim of hers. What did she say exactly?

Carson's deal was obviously an entire fabricated story that he put effort into; the dodging sniper fire story sounds more like an off-hand embellishment.

You're right about this being the least of his problems. Have you heard his rapping? He's no Young Jeezy. Or even Vanilla Ice.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Far be it from me to defend Billary, but I'm not familiar with this claim of hers. What did she say exactly?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/us/politics/25clinton.html

?I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia,? she said, in remarks that aides described Monday as not being part of her prepared speech. ?I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.?

 

[byco42]

This does not suggest that Politico is all that interested in the details of this situation.

And the thread title is also misleading. And Politico is editing the story without saying so. The original link does not link to the original story any more.

 

[Rebbiv]

Politico is fabricating a story here folks. Nothing new.

 

[Michchamp]

This does not suggest that Politico is all that interested in the details of this situation.

And the thread title is also misleading. And Politico is editing the story without saying so. The original link does not link to the original story any more.

I initially read about it here.

see update: "I guess this will actually end up helping him, because the POLITICO story was slightly inaccurate (he never claimed to have applied, he just claimed to have been offered a full scholarship without applying, which when you think about it is an even more impressive accomplishment)."

It's a Liberal Media witchhunt!!!!111

 

[byco42]

I initially read about it here.

see update: "I guess this will actually end up helping him, because the POLITICO story was slightly inaccurate (he never claimed to have applied, he just claimed to have been offered a full scholarship without applying, which when you think about it is an even more impressive accomplishment)."

It's a Liberal Media witchhunt!!!!111

No, it's POLITICO being POLITICO. Surprised you are that gullible (or that inclined to assume that Carson is someone who would knowingly write a deliberately false account of this for all to judge.)

But, I don't really think this lowers your opinion of him, were POLITICO's account even somewhat accurate.

 

[Michchamp]

No, it's POLITICO being POLITICO. Surprised you are that gullible (or that inclined to assume that Carson is someone who would knowingly write a deliberately false account of this for all to judge.)

But, I don't really think this lowers your opinion of him, were POLITICO's account even somewhat accurate.

Does it lower your opinion of him?

 

[Monster]

I'm sure we will find out that his violent past was invented, too. Sorry, but even if this happened 40+ years ago, I would think that SOMEBODY would remember the neighborhood kid who beat people with bricks, especially since that kid grew up to be so famous.

It just seems a bit ridiculous to lie about this.

As much as I hate Trump, he would be a much better president.

 

[Sbee]

He's getting some of the frontrunner scrutiny now. There was an excerpt from a 1998 commencement speech where he said that the pyramids were constructed by Joseph to hold grain. So there's that

 

[Spartanmack]

He's getting some of the frontrunner scrutiny now. There was an excerpt from a 1998 commencement speech where he said that the pyramids were constructed by Joseph to hold grain. So there's that

do you have a link for this? is it the same source that told you Carson thinks the world is 4,000 years old and you believed that too because you want to believe it.

 

[Spartan23MSU]

I'm sure we will find out that his violent past was invented, too. Sorry, but even if this happened 40+ years ago, I would think that SOMEBODY would remember the neighborhood kid who beat people with bricks, especially since that kid grew up to be so famous.

It just seems a bit ridiculous to lie about this.

As much as I hate Trump, he would be a much better president.

I saw Carson speak years ago and he spoke of his angry childhood and stabbing someone. He openly brought it up. Since then hes changed Juuuuust a little bit DUHHHHHHH! There is muck one everyone out there. Because hes on top of the polls the liberal venomus attacks are plentiful and are only going to increase

I guess the easy route is just to claim racism on anything someone says negatively about him (sound familiar). Funny when the shoe is on the other foot :nod:

 

[Monster]

I saw Carson speak years ago and he spoke of his angry childhood and stabbing someone. He openly brought it up. Since then hes changed Juuuuust a little bit DUHHHHHHH! There is muck one everyone out there. Because hes on top of the polls the liberal venomus attacks are plentiful and are only going to increase

I guess the easy route is just to claim racism on anything someone says negatively about him (sound familiar). Funny when the shoe is on the other foot :nod:

What are you talking about? I never said anything about that. CNN sent a reporter to find these people that Carson beat up and nobody that he grew up with remembered him being a violent kid. They couldn't even find the supposed victims or anybody that knew of the incidents. All I am saying is that if he was so violent and out of control, you would think somebody would remember. His excuse is that it was 40 years ago and memories are short. I call bullshit. People don't forget things like a boy beating somebody with bricks. Usually, bad kids are the ones who are never forgotten.

Why would he make this shit up? I say its because it adds to his amazing story - from thug to neurosurgeon. And he can throw God into the conversation for the christian voters. Who can trust a man who fabricates such a big portion of his life with that much power?

The guy is a fucking quack. Pyramids full of grain... https://youtu.be/Fhol3WdB4QU

Give me Trump, Bush, or Rubio if a republican wins the whitehouse. Sorry, but this guy has some serious red flags that are much brighter than Hillary and I'm not a huge fan of hers, either. Lack of options is forcing me to support her.

And I'm not one of those liberals that blame racism for everything. Don't lump me in with those clowns.

 

[Sbee]

do you have a link for this? is it the same source that told you Carson thinks the world is 4,000 years old and you believed that too because you want to believe it.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kristin...tians-wrote-down-why-the-pyramids-were-built/

He says that his own personal theory is that they were built by Joseph to store grain.