Ben Carson's West Point Lie Will Probably End His Chances At Becoming President
To call GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson’s rise to one of the two overwhelming frontrunners for president an “enigma” would be an understatement. Aside from the evangelicals who clearly eat up his religious rhetoric, I can’t understand why anyone would think he’s even remotely qualified to be our next president. Even as a doctor he’s spread false information about Ebola, pushed blatantly misleading information about vaccines during a debate and believes that the theory of evolution is satanic.
As I joked with a buddy of mine, leave it to the GOP to find a brilliant neurosurgeon to run for president – who doesn’t seem to believe in science. Not only that, but nearly everything the man says is a lie. Even his stories of adolescent violence and a Popeyes restaurant robbery have come under some rather intense scrutiny considering the odd nature of the details involved and the fact that, at least at this point, there’s almost no evidence of any of these events actually occurring. No childhood friend has come forward to corroborate his stories about his past, he says the family member he tried to stab has no desire to be made public and there’s no police record of any robbery taking place at a Popeyes during the time he says the event occurred.
Well, Carson better get ready to face even more scrutiny as Politico reported today that his story about getting accepted to West Point was all a lie:
From Politico:
The academy has occupied a central place in Carson’s tale for years. According to a story told in Carson’s book, “Gifted Hands,” the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together. That meeting, according to Carson’s telling, was followed by a “full scholarship” to the military academy.
West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.
More: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/ben-carson-west-point-lie/
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Republicans take their military series! 
sorry to be funny, I'm from a military family we always called the top ranked people 'brass' 
It's JROTC at the HS level and being in a top position hardly qualifies a student for a scholarship, let alone an appointment to a military academy. It's a good point for the student, but being the captain of the football team is a much stronger point for evaluators.
I'm a product of ROTC, former regular army officer, and part of my duties at one point was to inspect JROTC units. I'm a big believer in JROTC programs; they do a lot for many kids who need structure; but being the highest ranking JROTC cadet in the school is not a big deal.
br-ASS!! 
He is so use to people acting like he walks on water he is stunned when people suddenly don't think that and becomes hostile because his hole world is coming down. His bubble has popped!
