wise words from a conservative viewpoint - he said it way better than I could
I have already heard Carson lie about Mannatech, a company he made an hour long PBS special for, numerous speeches and videos, and he even credited them with funding his $2.5 million endowment chair at Johns Hopkins. When they became a liability, he denied having a relationship with them.
He clearly meant his readers to believe he was offered a post at West Point, when he was never offered such a post, which is done through a process of application, nomination and acceptance by formal letter. The most that happened was that he was encouraged to apply, which he did not,