Fascinating how, without substantive evidence, you follow the lame-stream media's lie and claim Carson lied. By your simpleton definition, Colin Powell "lied" in his factually wrong remark illustrated at post # 152. But an honest person, which you are not, would see Powell is guilty of nothing more than misremembering what happened.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
Another misdirection - this time to Colin Powell. I have not - and will not read #152 because it is not relevant to what Carson wrote. Stick to the subject matter instead of drawing false comparisons.
In your very explanation you claim that thousands who apply to West Point understand that what the academies offer isn't a scholarship. But the key fact in this instance is that Carson didn't accept Westmoreland's offer, and, consequently, he DIDN'T APPLY and go through the process. Applying is the education process wherein people learn the difference, and Carson did not apply; hence, your example doesn't prove your point at all. In fact, it proves the point that its principally the initiated who know and understand the process, and that outsiders are not among the initiated.
BTW, if you read West Point's website, that website explains that potential academy cadets must under go the same battery of academic tests and the same physical that is required of ROTC scholarship candidates. Hence, it's much easier to see why an uninitiated individual might conflate an academy appointment as being a scholarship than it is to make a substantive case against Carson that he was lying. Fundamentally, you and the lame-stream media do not have the evidence to back-up your claim that Carson "lied". You lie when you claim you do.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
More deflection.
There weren't any websites when Carson was 17 years old. Hell, there were barely any websites in 1992 when he published his book, Gifted Hands. The first web browser was invented in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee, but it wasn't until 1993 that Mosaic became the first (barely) widely used browser.
But, you keep saying in this and other posts that Carson had a "non-military" mind and therefore wasn't "initiated" in understanding the process.
I guess you didn't read the "lame stream" media article to, you know, familiarize yourself with these things called "facts":
“Dr. Carson was the
top ROTC student in the City of Detroit,” campaign manager Barry Bennett wrote in an email to POLITICO. “In that role he was invited to meet General Westmoreland. He believes it was at a banquet. He can’t remember with specificity their brief conversation but it centered around Dr. Carson’s performance as ROTC City Executive Officer.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/1...t-point-215598
So, I guess maybe he knew something about it, right?
Notwithstanding what was probably an honest misstatement in the book in 1992, Carson has had plenty of opportunities in the intervening 23 years to correct the record and stop making it sound like he was offered a nomination.
According to his own book, he never even considered going into the military because he wanted to be a doctor. So why even mention that West Point story at all?
Congratulations again though. This thread is 22 pages long and it seems like half the posts are yours. Typical. You are making Womby look like a model of restraint.
And all to defend a minor fib.