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In reply to the discussion: Ben Carson admits making up West Point scholarship: report [View all]Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)81. Is the term "chicken hawk" hyphenated?
He was in ROTC in the late 60's, early 70's.
Vietnam war was underway.
Despite his involvement with ROTC, actually signing up, picking up a weapon and manning a post in a combat situation -- or even going to West Point -- just didn't fit into his plans.
Fast-forward to our current situation: he wants to be commander-in-chief.
Am I missing something here?
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I think the Christitian Right will ignore this, as they have a history of ignoring stuff because God
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2015
#6
But he's still standing by his account of being the first teenager on the moon, right?
Bucky
Nov 2015
#7
Excellent point. The Koch brothers may spend a billion dollars this time, for all we know. (eom)
StevieM
Nov 2015
#18
Funny just the other day I was thinking - is it really going winnow down to Trump?
underpants
Nov 2015
#38
Clearly the elite liberal media is trying to tear down their hero
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Nov 2015
#61
There was a guy on Stephanie Miller this am from Mississippi defending him and saying us liburals
kimbutgar
Nov 2015
#37
the problem with padding a resume, putting it into book form and publishing it prior to elections
Sheepshank
Nov 2015
#51
Attending West Point implies a full scholarship. There is no cost involved.
The_Casual_Observer
Nov 2015
#52
No. But there is now competition for being the biggest joke in the clown car. /nt
NCjack
Nov 2015
#68
Dr. Carson discovered America! This man needs to be evaluated in a psyche ward!
mfcorey1
Nov 2015
#69
Shit everyone accepted to the USMA gets a "full scholarship" + a monthly stipend. Duh. eom
mrmpa
Nov 2015
#73
I never thought of Carson as anything more than a conman and a snakeoil salesman
prouddemfromaustin44
Nov 2015
#91
his base isn't going to care, will find some way to blame this on the "librul media"
niyad
Nov 2015
#100
That is all he had to do up front. Instead he continued to push the lie, and thus dig himself in a
still_one
Nov 2015
#109
Why do we let the oligarchy's Mian Stream Media focus our attention on idiots
daybranch
Nov 2015
#112