West Point can't find evidence of Carson's claim that he applied

[Ilsa]

there, according to Yahoo! News:

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/ben-carsons-campaign-admits-he-lied-about-west-181600104.html

Politico reported Friday that Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson did not — as he has claimed repeatedly — receive a full scholarship to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. 

In fact, Carson’s campaign admitted that the former neurosurgeon not only fabricated the story of his acceptance into the prestigious military academy, but he never actually applied. This concession came after Politico obtained evidence from a West Point spokesperson that the academy has no record of Carson’s application or his admission — calling into question a key piece of the presidential hopeful’s personal history.
Snip


On edit: Apparently now the campaign is straightening out this misunderstanding about his nonexistent application. Now they are saying that he didn't apply. But he sure made it sound like he did.

[jberryhill]

1. Obama ordered West Point to cover it up

That one's easy.

Next?

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Wow! That's Easy!

Thanks for clearing that up so quickly, J

[jberryhill]

16. You know what's scary?

Some days I think I could do a better job coming up with bullshit than their own campaigns.

I mean Obama is still covering up his real birth certificate since everyone accepted that forgery. Erasing Carson's West Point records is a snap.

They already covered up Carson's Nobel Prize, so he doesn't even mention it anymore since he can no longer prove it.

[hunter]

12. Of course he did!

Carson was on the team dissecting captured hostile space aliens for SHADO.

His scholarship to West Point was just the beginning of his secret career...

I heard this first hand from a woman with violet hair who used to work on the moon.

[Doctor_J]

13. you sure it wasn't trump?

He knows generals, you know.

[jmowreader]

17. I know generals too but that doesn't make me presidential material

Oh, and Donnie? "I.met three generals who played poker in my casino" does not count.

[mercuryblues]

3. I am

beginning to wonder if his name is really Ben Carson.

[leftyladyfrommo]

26. Oh, that's funny.

This is just getting more and more bizarre.

I can never remember an election that was this crazy.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. My times front page story

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/06/ben-carson-west-point/?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

[riversedge]

5. Bush Says He Backs Carson on West Point Story--losers stick together....

Bloomberg Politics ‏@bpolitics 1m1 minute ago

Bush Says He Backs Carson on West Point Story http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2015-11-06/bush-says-he-backs-carson-on-west-point-story …


3 minutes ago
Bush Says He Backs Carson on West Point Story

“If it’s between POLITICO and Ben Carson, I’m in the Ben Carson column,” GOP presidental candidate Jeb Bush says on Fox Business, according to spokesman Tim Miller. Related stories:

[spanone]

7. jeb! is fucking dumber than i ever imagined....i can imagine him looking up at W* in awe...

of his master intelligence.

[Maeve]

9. Jeb, boyo...if it's Carson vs reality, bet on reality

And go do those cooler, more intersting things you'd like instead of making yourself a bigger laughingstock, 'kay?

[Skittles]

11. what that tells me is that Politico has rightfully trashed Jeb, too

yes INDEED

[riversedge]

24. sometimes-very few times--they do the right thing.

[oasis]

6. Carson's not quick enough on his feet to beat this stuff back.

In Tuesday's debate he's going to mumble, fumble and stumble his poll numbers into "kids table" territory. This will be fun to watch.

[Laxman]

8. Here's The Thing....

Carson's story was complete B.S. from the get go. Nobody is "offered a full scholarship to West Point". That's simply not how it works. Everyone who is accepted, not only doesn't pay tuition, but is also paid a stipend to attend. Same with all of the military academies as well as the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. That does not even get to the necessity for a nomination, a physical, a background check and an accepted application. The very statement that he was "offered a full scholarship" is complete and utter nonsense and doesn't take an investigative reporter to understand that. The guy just can help but spew lies and made up stories. Maybe he can get Stephen Glass to write his biography.

[Kber]

15. Thank you!!

A quick Google search would have tuned any high school paper reporter onto the truth.

Sad.

[Ilsa]

21. I'm surprised someone on Trump's team didn't

dig this up earlier. I didn't know anything about his bio, like his ROTC stuff, etc.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. Drip! Drip! Drip! There's a penalty for being the "front runner", and Carson is finding that out now

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. Apparently it was a virtual full scholarship. It was a sure thing.

[JBoy]

18. Just a slip of the tongue. What he actually meant to say was

That he was accepted to Pyramid Academy, but didn't attend because he stabbed the Pharaoh during the Hieroglyphics entrance exam. Because he used to be such a badass.

[Ilsa]

19. LOLOLOLOLOL!!!

I'm hearing now that he made the claim in his stupid book that will eventually hit the $1 bins at Family Dollar, etc.

[Historic NY]

20. Of course they can't find anything because there isn't any to find....

West Point keeps some pretty precise information on those that try to get and on those that do.



http://www.usma.edu/admissions/sitepages/apply_nominations.aspx

[Ilsa]

22. I wonder why no one looked at this sooner, like

when his book came out.

[central scrutinizer]

23. if someone is digging themselves into a hole

Give them all the time they need to make the hole even deeper.

[TeeYiYi]

25. This thread needs a video...

...for posterity.

TYY

[Demonaut]

27. I was offered the military's BOOST program but I never formally applied

it happens


still think he's a loon though

[Kingofalldems]

28. Also he claimed to have met Westmoreland at a parade

in Detroit. Military records show Westmoreland was NOT in Detroit at that time.