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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCarson’s past called into question = claims he hid white classmates during race riots
Ben Carsons past called into question again as friends doubt claims he hid white classmates during race riots after MLK assassination More stories from Ben Carsons past have been called into question, including a harrowing tale of how he sheltered his white classmates during Detroit race riots, a day after the GOP candidate called reporters desperate for probing 1996 autobiography.
A fiery Carson blasted the media Friday after reports questioned the validity of his book, Gifted Hands, specifically suggesting he may have lied about earning a scholarship to West Point and embellished stories about his violent outbursts as a child and teenager.
There's got to be a scandal. There's got to be some nurse he's had an affair with. There's got to be something.' They have gotten desperate, Carson told reporters Friday night, according to CNN. Next week, it will be my kindergarten teacher who said I peed in my pants. It's ridiculous.
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A fiery Carson blasted the media Friday after reports questioned the validity of his book, Gifted Hands, specifically suggesting he may have lied about earning a scholarship to West Point and embellished stories about his violent outbursts as a child and teenager.
There's got to be a scandal. There's got to be some nurse he's had an affair with. There's got to be something.' They have gotten desperate, Carson told reporters Friday night, according to CNN. Next week, it will be my kindergarten teacher who said I peed in my pants. It's ridiculous.
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L. Coyote
Nov 2015
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)1. GOP Front Runner Crashes and Burns: Ben Carson Busted For Lying About West Point Acceptance
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)2. Is this the Diary of Anne Frank now?
he seems to have taken tropes from everywhere to weave his narrative. Maybe he was hoping for a second career as a Kathy Acker-esque pomo novelist
drray23
(7,633 posts)3. modern version of the railroad underground in reverse ?
This guy is completely unhinged. Pathological liar and he cant stop himself.
msongs
(67,417 posts)4. he's be the only one who never did...pee in pants in kindergarten lol nt
Enrique
(27,461 posts)5. that story has obvious appeal
to people that are afraid of black people.
IcyPeas
(21,889 posts)6. is his book in the Fiction section? nt