TOTALLY GEEKED!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

The Left has Ben Carson in the their Crosshairs

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Oh, don't forget Sir Edmund Hillary. Vince Foster. Rose Law Firm. Insider trading of turning 1K into 100K and on and on and on and on.

Lindley · Guru

Don't forget that Al Gore was not only the inspiration for the "Love Story" he also invented the internet.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Bwaaaghh!! Keep those coming!

Ohfour · Hooker

And you know what else? The libtards keep hounding Trump on his wealth...they did the same to Romney. Said Romney was only rich because of his father (which is a stupid reason to be mad anyway), but they fawned ALL over John Kerry...who was at the time the wealthiest senator. And you know how HE got HIS money? From his wife. But that's ok... confuse

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

They hate and are frightened of conservative blacks. They will try to bring him down like they did Herman Cain.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Ohfour wrote:
And you know what else? The libtards keep hounding Trump on his wealth...they did the same to Romney. Said Romney was only rich because of his father (which is a stupid reason to be mad anyway), but they fawned ALL over John Kerry...who was at the time the wealthiest senator. And you know how HE got HIS money? From his wife. But that's ok...

I try not to buy Heinz products still.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lawyerlady wrote:
They hate and are frightened of conservative blacks. They will try to bring him down like they did Herman Cain.

This is exactly it.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Did Carson ever SAY he applied or attended West Point? Um no.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

He said in his book he applied. That he was given a full scholarship. However, he DID meet with General Westmoreland. The General could have easily told him that he would receive a full scholarship if he applied. Who knows. They are not huge inconsistencies to me. I sure wish the left cared as much about all of Hillary's lies as they do about Carson's life story.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I am amazed how many people want to jump on the dog pile before they even know the facts

Lindley · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
He said in his book he applied. That he was given a full scholarship. However, he DID meet with General Westmoreland. The General could have easily told him that he would receive a full scholarship if he applied. Who knows. They are not huge inconsistencies to me. I sure wish the left cared as much about all of Hillary's lies as they do about Carson's life story.

Me too, They didn't push for Obama's birth certificate nor college records. When someone would ask for make a remark the "conservatives were out for a witch hunt" Kerry's military record was less then steller too and not a hero like he was making himself out to be. His so called band of brothers didn't back him up either.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

You know, I think this is the first time in history we have a presidential candidate trying to ADMIT to doing illegal/bad things and the press not wanting him to.

WYSIWYG · Guru

OK, the West point thing. He DID meet with General Westmoreland. He was in ROTC. He was 17 and may have not understood the application process. But, most people are lazy so they won't do any research when instead they can just believe sound bytes and go back to scratching their arses. But, lest you forget, the Queen of Liars, Hillary. Who supposedly endured Sniper Fire, uh huh which was found to be a lie among her many, many fabrications. And, Obama's book, also full of half truths as well. So, yeah.
- Lady Gaga Snerd

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But Hillary did endure sniper fire. Brian Williams reported on it because he was there too!

;)

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Wake up. The people that Dems attack are the people they are most afraid of. Did they even whimper over Big spendr Paul Ryan as speaker? No. What does that tell you? If you cant recognize attack and smear then u deserve more of the same. This is a non issue ramped up into a feeding frenzy.

Lindley · Guru

They always attack the ones they are afraid of. He is not only a black conservative but a brilliant brain surgeon who grew up in Detroit and never let racism stop him.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I am amazed how many people want to jump on the dog pile before they even know the facts

Right? Like the fact that West Point doesn't give scholarships. And that he lied about applying there. And he lied about a knife fight he was supposedly in that never happened.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Mellow Momma wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I am amazed how many people want to jump on the dog pile before they even know the facts
Right? Like the fact that West Point doesn't give scholarships. And that he lied about applying there. And he lied about a knife fight he was supposedly in that never happened.

Ben Carson never said he applied.

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By:

Ben Shapiro

Never underestimate the capacity of the media to propagandize against Republicans.

That’s the theme of this morning’s overwrought news coverage on Dr. Ben Carson’s supposed “lie” regarding a “scholarship” to West Point. The story began with Politico, which ran with the audacious headline, “Ben Carson admits fabricating West Point scholarship.” Even I was taken in by the headline – after all, that’s a pretty bold claim!

Politico began thusly:

Ben Carson’s campaign on Friday admitted, in a response to an inquiry from POLITICO, that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated: his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

The key word here is “fabricated.” Did the Carson campaign admit any such thing? Absolutely not. The facts reported by Politico don’t even support this interpretation of the Carson campaign’s response. According to Politico, Carson said in his 1992 memoir Gifted Hands that he was offered a “full scholarship” to West Point after dining with General William Westmoreland in 1969. Here’s the relevant passage from Carson’s autobiography:

At the end of my twelfth grade I marched at the head of the Memorial Day parade. I felt so proud, my chest bursting with ribbons and braids of every kind. To make it more wonderful, We had important visitors that day. Two soldiers who had won the Congressional Medal of Honor in Viet Nam were present. More exciting to me, General William Westmoreland (very prominent in the Viet Nam war) attended with an impressive entourage. Afterward, Sgt. Hunt introduced me to General Westmoreland, and I had dinner with him and the Congressional Medal winners. Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point. I didn’t refuse the scholarship outright, but I let them know that a military career wasn’t where I saw myself going.

That’s the entire relevant portion of Carson’s account. He reiterated that account last month in an interview with Charlie Rose, when he said, “I was offered a full scholarship at West Point, got to meet General Westmoreland and go to Congressional Medal of Honor dinners. But decided really my pathway would be medicine.”

Politico followed up on this story. They reported one additional piece of information that seems to conflict with Carson’s story: Carson never applied to West Point, and was never extended admission.

But Carson never said he applied. He said he was extended a full scholarship offer. What’s more, West Point doesn’t offer scholarships: all admission is free contingent on serving in the military afterwards. It thus seems probable that Westmoreland or another military figure tried to recruit Carson, telling him that he wouldn’t have to pay for his education – and that Carson read that as a “full scholarship,” and never applied.

In fact, that’s exactly what Carson’s campaign manager said to Politico in an email:

Dr. Carson was the top ROTC student in the City of Detroit. 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. He was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC Supervisors. They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission.

But here’s how Politico editorialized: “When presented with this evidence, Carson’s campaign conceded the story was false.”

That’s nonsense. They did no such thing. They provided details that corroborated Carson’s story and explained his loose use of the language. If someone told you that you could go to college for free, you might reasonably conclude that you had been offered a full scholarship to attend that university. But Politico would call you a liar if you used such language to describe the exchange.

Now, some on the right are saying that Carson should be held to a higher standard here than other candidates because he’s running as an “outsider.” But this is a basic case of misinterpreting facts, not an outright lie. Carson served in ROTC. Prominent people wanted him to go to West Point. He wouldn’t have had to pay. He didn’t apply because he didn’t want to go. Those facts are not in dispute. It’s the specific wording over which media have decided to crucify him.

This is a textbook example of a left-wing media hit. Politico would never editorialize about any Democrat who issued such a response to a factual inquiry in this manner. Politico won’t even conclude that Hillary Clinton lied about her attribution of the Benghazi attacks to a YouTube video despite email evidence that she knew Benghazi was a terrorist attack entirely unrelated to a YouTube video.

But for Ben Carson, they’ll make an exception.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Mellow Momma wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I am amazed how many people want to jump on the dog pile before they even know the facts
Right? Like the fact that West Point doesn't give scholarships. And that he lied about applying there. And he lied about a knife fight he was supposedly in that never happened.

There is no way to prove he lied about the knife fight. I think it's sad that so many people will let Hillary get away with real crimes and they look at Ben Carson telling a story about his childhood and say he is a terrible liar. I have no reason not to doubt him on it. Also, the Westpoint thing could be a misunderstanding. But let's nail him to the wall. I mean it's not like we have politicians out there who are actually breaking the law or anything.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Mellow Momma wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I am amazed how many people want to jump on the dog pile before they even know the facts
Right? Like the fact that West Point doesn't give scholarships. And that he lied about applying there. And he lied about a knife fight he was supposedly in that never happened.

Why would he lie about a knife fight? And to a 17yr old kid , telling them they could go to West Point for free means "scholarship". But yeah the lying sacks of Dems your party ignores.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

There are TWO instances where he claims he was violent. One was with his mom and one with another boy whom he now says was a person in his family. I'm trying to figure out how just two instances of angry outbursts as a kid disqualifies him from life. It's actually quite shocking to think about those two things and the Westpoint thing and then compare them to what Hillary has done wrong in her lifetime. I mean if we treat Hillary the same way she should be sitting on death row using the same judgments as people are using for Carson.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Its just a smear job of turning nonsense into histrionics.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
Its just a smear job of turning nonsense into histrionics.

Exactly.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

thefederalist.com/2015/11/06/politico-admits-fabricating-a-hit-piece-on-ben-carson/

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

He scares me...so much ignorance mixed with his intelligence.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Politico Admits to Fabricating the headline and that is was a hit piece.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Bernie Sanders has made some interesting remarks concerning Carson.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

flan327 wrote:

He scares me...so much ignorance mixed with his intelligence.

flan

Yes, because an educated black man leaving the Democrat Plantation with his own actual thoughts and opinions scares the bejeepers out of Democrats.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

The only blacks that the 'party of Tolerance" accepts are the ones that parrot the party line.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

From MSN:

Bernie Sanders would rather talk about Ben Carson's "absurd" views on the issues than whether he exaggerated parts of his life story.

"Ben Carson, as I understand it, wants to abolish Medicare. How's that?...So you've got millions of old people whose entire health-care existence rests on Medicare. He wants to get rid of it. That's of some significance to me."

Sanders added that he is more concerned with Carson's views on climate change and his tax proposal, which he said would give huge tax breaks to wealthy Americans.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

You are gonna quote Bernie Sanders and then be scared of "ignorance'? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
You are gonna quote Bernie Sanders and then be scared of "ignorance'? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn Skippy...

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

What I see in the two parties is the dems want to talk social issues, the Republican want to talk issues about running the country.

The government has its dirty fingers in so many pies.

I'd say at least 90% of the things dems want to sqwak about are things that should be given back to the states to deal with.

Here, we have a man who admits to making mistakes. He accepts his part in them and doesn't try to lie to make himself look better.

I don't know when being aware of your mistakes and owning up to them became a bad thing.

I like Carson more and more.

He has accomplished a lot in his life. He has a strong moral compass. He doesn't seem to back down from adversity.

The complete opposite of what we have as a president now.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I agree Lilly.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Carson has indeed accomplished a lot in his life. I disagree with his politics.

flan

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

flan327 wrote:

Carson has indeed accomplished a lot in his life. I disagree with his politics.

flan

That's fair.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
You are gonna quote Bernie Sanders and then be scared of "ignorance'? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. Yes. Bernie Sanders is an idiot. He wants true socialism in every form. And yes, Carson wants to do away with Medicare but he also has programs he wants to replace it with. People pick and choose what parts of his plan they want to believe in or regurgitate.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
You are gonna quote Bernie Sanders and then be scared of "ignorance'? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Yes. Bernie Sanders is an idiot. He wants true socialism in every form. And yes, Carson wants to do away with Medicare but he also has programs he wants to replace it with. People pick and choose what parts of his plan they want to believe in or regurgitate.

True, but DH and I both like Sanders.

He's an idiot solely because of his socialist ideas? What do those crazy residents of Vermont know?!

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Well, I would prefer not to have rampant socialism in my country. Vermont's government healthcare system has gone bankrupt. But it doesn't really matter. Sanders isn't going to get the Dem backing anyway. They're going to take Hillary.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Here's another quote from him (regarding Hillary):

"Yes, we do agree on a number of issues, and by the way, on her worst day, Hillary Clinton will be an infinitely better candidate and president than the Republican candidate on his best day," Sanders said.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Well that's a matter of opinion.

weltschmerz · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
You are gonna quote Bernie Sanders and then be scared of "ignorance'? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Yes. Bernie Sanders is an idiot. He wants true socialism in every form. And yes, Carson wants to do away with Medicare but he also has programs he wants to replace it with. People pick and choose what parts of his plan they want to believe in or regurgitate.

He wants to abolish private property and capitalism?

WYSIWYG · Guru

Can we just get rid of both the Democrat and the Republican Parties yet?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

WYSIWYG wrote:
Can we just get rid of both the Democrat and the Republican Parties yet?

YES!!!!!!

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

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Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Bwaaaahh!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Have u seen any of them investigate Hillary or any other Dem?? No

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Are people finally waking up to Media Bias and the liberal agenda of the traditional media? Did they EVER even bother to try to find any information about Obama when he was running? Hell, we never even saw a college transcript. But, they can go to Cuba trying to dig up dirt on Cruz or will look back into what Romney did in grade school but they NEVER give Dems the same treatment. Hopefully, people are waking up to this and the fact that there is news everywhere now makes there phony smear campaigns all that much harder now. Thank goodness for freedom and the internet, which of course Obama wants to take over under the guise of "net neutrality", etc.

weltschmerz · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
There are TWO instances where he claims he was violent. One was with his mom and one with another boy whom he now says was a person in his family. I'm trying to figure out how just two instances of angry outbursts as a kid disqualifies him from life. It's actually quite shocking to think about those two things and the Westpoint thing and then compare them to what Hillary has done wrong in her lifetime. I mean if we treat Hillary the same way she should be sitting on death row using the same judgments as people are using for Carson.

Three. A lock, a hammer and a knife.

weltschmerz · Guru

Lindley wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
He said in his book he applied. That he was given a full scholarship. However, he DID meet with General Westmoreland. The General could have easily told him that he would receive a full scholarship if he applied. Who knows. They are not huge inconsistencies to me. I sure wish the left cared as much about all of Hillary's lies as they do about Carson's life story.
Me too, They didn't push for Obama's birth certificate nor college records. When someone would ask for make a remark the "conservatives were out for a witch hunt" Kerry's military record was less then steller too and not a hero like he was making himself out to be. His so called band of brothers didn't back him up either.

Wait...WHAT? They didn't push for Obama's birth certificate?