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Keyser Söze

On 11/8/15 3:54 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2015 16:59:10 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 11/6/2015 2:51 PM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2015 10:45:25 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Friday, November 6, 2015 at 1:18:49 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Outed regarding his claimed appointment to West Point.
That's the end of his political ambitions, assuming he
ever had any.

He's mis-remembering something that happened 46 years ago, and/or using sloppy language to describer it. From what I've read, it's likely that he did meet General Westmoreland, and they did discuss West Point. Carson never applied, so the appointment was never granted. Perhaps he had the impression that it was a given?

Almost as bad as claiming to have flown into Bosnia under
heavy sniper fire.

But that didn't end that particular career, did it?

If Westmoreland said he could get Carson into West Point, then Carson could have
gotten into West Point. Carson probably didn't know at the time that there is no such
thing as a 'full paid scholarship' to West Point, but I can imagine Westmoreland
using such a term. Cadets do not pay to attend USMA, but are, in fact, paid a salary
while there. They do incur a five year obligation to the military (at least it was
five years when I was in the military).

It's very easy to be confused about entrance requirements to USMA. As a young PFC, my
lieutenant urged me to apply, which I did. I went before a board of the company
officers, a board of battalion officers, and then went to the board at the brigade
level. When I walked in the personnel staff NCO at the brigade HQ happened to look at
my hand. He then looked up and said, "Are you married?" No one had asked that
question or noticed the ring. When I told him I was, he was shocked. Of course he
cancelled that board and let the full colonel presiding know about the boo-boo.

Was I offered a scholarship? No. But I was told by several officers that I could get
into the academy.

**** happens.

Now some liberal can make a lot of hay from my story, just as they are Ben Carson's
story.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

The West Point thing isn't the only strange tale to come from Carson in
the past week. He also gave an account about how he was somewhat of a
bad ass as a kid living in Detroit and recounted an event where he
stabbed some other kid in the stomach with a knife. The media jumped
all over this, investigating and interviewing anyone they could find who
knew Carson at that time. Last I knew, nobody has any recollection of
such an event.

He has a right to his beliefs and his religious views but I am starting
to wonder if he has all his oars in the water.

We've been camping. Haven't heard that story yet. But I did listen to CNN for a few
minutes on the way to the campground. I am convinced the liberal media will do
anything it can to drag any GOP candidate through the dirt. I don't for a minute
believe the liberal media did all that much searching to find a witness to the
'incident'.
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Oooooh...another right-wing simpie blaming the "liberal media" for the
bull**** spewed by Ben "Call Me Crazy" Carson...