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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015

      1. Considering all the bat-guano that comes out of Ben Carson's mouth, this West Point business is very minor & easily explained.

      7 replies 12 retweets 27 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      2. It's easy to imagine exculpatory scenario: as student Carson went to a big military event where he was encouraged to apply to West Point

      3 replies 6 retweets 8 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015
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      3. When encouraged to apply to West Point, maybe Carson told there'd be no tuition (which is true). So he remembers it as scholarship offer

      10 replies 7 retweets 16 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015
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      4. So Carson, whose not lacking in modesty despite his gentle demeamor, remembers encouragement as full scholarship offer.

      6 replies 5 retweets 12 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015
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      5. I'm not saying that's what happened, but it could have. So it's just a case of Carson misremembering something. Happens to us all.

      10 replies 6 retweets 11 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015
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      6. There are other signs here and there that not all of Carson's stories stand up to scrutiny. Not a huge thing, but a tendency.

      6 replies 6 retweets 9 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015
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      7. And the more troubling thing is that when challenged Carson didn't say "I misremembered" but dug in his heels and attacked.

      4 replies 13 retweets 24 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015
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      8. But let's keep perspective. This is someone who is a creationist, thinks Satan influenced Charles Darwin & pyramids were grain silos.

      4 replies 38 retweets 60 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Nov 2015

      9. Carson also thinks women who are raped and want an abortion are analogous to slave owners. West Point fib is the least of his faults.

      6:52 PM - 6 Nov 2015
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        1. Josh‏ @JoshMLabelle 6 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet Maybe least of his faults objectively, but to the Republican base?

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        1. The Homework Ogre‏ @thehomeworkogre 6 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet no but it's indicative of a narcissistic tendency to reremember personal anecdotes in the most self-aggrandizing way possible

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        2. Lemurs‏ @TheNewman81 6 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet heard this whopper yet?pic.twitter.com/9rvtKmbbHG

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        3. Matt "Dynamic Zero" Hardwick‏ @MattLabor 7 Nov 2015
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          @TheNewman81 ...A hoax of a hoax that sounds like it's one of the more imaginative tales of an inspirational management book. @HeerJeet

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        1. Megan‏ @McCreadyM 6 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet "that's a lie and here's proof" is better than "that's just crazy"

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        1. The Third Snowman of the Apocalypse‏ @john_cross_ 6 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet by a mile.

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        1. ¡Bill Lenner!‏ @Bill_Lenner 6 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet @LOLGOP And women bering forced to bear and raise a child because of rape isn't slavery? 👅

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        2. Michael Pollak‏ @mdpollak 6 Nov 2015
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          Michael Pollak Retweeted The War Nerd

          @HeerJeet Remember O'Bagy. Pundits care about resume lies like nothing else: https://twitter.com/thewarnerd/status/655045898322518021 … And they are always the smallest sin.

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          The War Nerd @TheWarNerd
          Replying to @TheWarNerd
          "that America considers O’Bagy’s lie about her resume worse than her lies about Syria is what really frightens me" https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/elizabeth-obagy-human-resource/ …
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        3. Michael Pollak‏ @mdpollak 6 Nov 2015
          Replying to @mdpollak

          @HeerJeet The one thing that might save him is this wasn't actually on the resume. He didn't say he got a degree, just that he got accepted.

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        1. Helen Hart‏ @Boots4ACowGirl 6 Nov 2015
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          @HeerJeet your right, he's looney toons!

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