
Ben Carson Says He Didn't Lie Like Hillary Clinton
Whose misstatements ("lies," unless candidates are talking about their own) are worse -- Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson's or Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's?
If you ask Carson, you won't be shocked by his answer. Clinton's early account of the Bengazhi attacks that led to the death of four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens is just that -- "a lie," he says. As for the disputes of his own statements about being offered a scholarship to Westpoint and violent behavior in his youth, he says he's "being lied about."
Carson argued during Tuesday night's GOP debate, hosted by Fox Business Network and the Wall Street Journal, that skeptics focusing on his biography rather than Clinton's are missing the point.
"When I look at somebody like Hillary Clinton who sits there and tells her daughter and a government official that this was a terrorist attack and tells everybody else it was a video, where I came from, they call that a lie," he said, referring to emails on Clinton's personal server, released after the former Secretary of State and the White House said the attack in Benghazi was spurred by an anti-Muslim YouTube video.
As for Carson, did he try to stab a classmate in ninth grade, as he says? Maybe, but the story can't be verified. Does he have ties to nutritional-supplement company Mannatech? Yes, but he initially said he didn't, then later said he gave speeches on its behalf.
And was he actually offered that scholarship to West Point? No, not officially, Politico reported.
Carson implied Tuesday night that such "inconsistencies", "discrepancies," or "misinterpretations" are not intentional, but due to a faulty memory.
"I thank you for not asking me what I said in the 10th grade," Carson chuckled before answering the question. "I appreciate that."
Carson's bottom line, he said, is that all candidates should be treated equally -- he even questioned why President Barack Obama, a Democrat, hasn't received the same scrutiny he has.
"We have to start treating people the same and finding out what people really think and what they're made of," he said.








