With his place as Republican front-runner solidified with the release of many new polls putting him above Donald Trump, Dr. Ben Carson is now seeing the ugly side of sitting on top of national polls. Just days after cementing his new status as the Republican standard-bearer, Politico released a fact-challenged hit piece designed to paint Dr. Carson as a liar who fabricated his rags-to-riches story in his own autobiography.
The claim they dispute is in regards to Carson’s retelling of a story in which he said he was offered a scholarship to West Point Academy. Politico attempted to disprove this story by searching West Point’s admissions records.
When they found that Ben Carson never applied, they wrote a piece that said the entire story was fabricated. What they failed to mention — or perhaps failed to notice — was that Ben Carson never said he applied in the first place.
Faced with that fact, Politico was forced to retract major portions of their original hit piece, but the damage had already been done. Dr. Ben Carson was now playing defense against accusations against his moral character. This is just the latest in a series of fact-free attacks on GOP candidates by the liberal media. To read more about the Politico story, continue on to page two:
He lies all the time Go Donald Trump for President 2016
Told ya he’s a honest man.
My oh my. A lying media? Really? Never would have thunk it.
Forget hearsay, I heard him say myself, that he was for gun control, that he tried to stab someone, and tried to hit a family member with a claw hammer. All presidents are under tremendous pressure, why do you think almost all turn grey while president. He acociates with Sharpton and that devil farrasaten. How can you trust this man, there’s too much to lose, we can’t afford to be wrong three times.
If they’re really interested in FABRICATION, why don’t they spend some time with killary?
Politico is a fraud. Investigate HiLiarly and Ofraud.
ha ha
so let’s see. the facts are that ben carson wrote in his book that he was offered a full scholarship. that he turned down the scholarship. then mr carson repeated it recently in front of cameras.
then it turns out that west point doesn’t offer scholarships.
in fact there is no fee to anyone accepted to west point.
and ben carson is an honest man.
I’m not advocating for him but I also hate lying MSM and ignorance! Notice the highlighted area in the text?
interesting. i wonder if they were running that ad 30+ years ago.
i’m also wondering if you can just be picked by someone like westmoreland. one might think you would have to apply to get in. I wonder if westmoreland has any memory of this (or even if he’s still alive).
i don’t think they draft you into west point.