tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616261316550803840.post761741167214795186..comments2024-03-17T03:13:50.328-04:00Comments on Barackryphal: Jim "RaceBannon" Bancroft: Birtherism's Forrest GumpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616261316550803840.post-65863307344224298272012-06-03T00:33:22.376-04:002012-06-03T00:33:22.376-04:00"but I have only tonight found out that you w..."but I have only tonight found out that you were correct and I was lied to 30 years ago and have been repeating that lie as a funny story of peopel I met while serving as a Marine."<br /><br />Only tonight? Really? Either you're lying (not good for your credibility) or your memory is seriously faulty (equally not good for your credibility).<br /><br />Because you didn't find this out when you read this blog post. You were told this, and explicitly acknowledged it, WAY back on December 1, 2009. Just two weeks after you first posted it:<br /><br />http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397370/replies?c=106<br /><br />When you RE-posted your story two days later, at Gathering of Eagles, you didn't remove the Liddy story that you had just admitted had to be false. Instead, the anecdote was still there, but all the references to Liddy's name were suddenly scrubbed:<br /><br />http://nygoe.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/barack-obama-sighting-hawaii-1980-revised/<br /><br />And when this scrubbing was brought to your attention at FreeRepublic, you claimed that it was because you had removed ALL the names from the second version:<br /><br />http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2809790/posts?page=146#146<br /><br />Except that's a lie too. Because in the second version, you not only retained people's names from the first version, but you even ADDED names. But you only removed ONE name, and that name was "Liddy":<br /><br />http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2809790/posts?page=181#181<br /><br />So yeah...I don't believe you. And no one else should either. Especially since you've also admitted that that only people who could validate any portion of your Obama story (i.e., your fellow Marines who you claim you told about sharing Mombasa photos with the kid) have told you that that never happened. Maybe you sincerely believe it happened, maybe not. But either way, stop deluding yourself and others with the notion that this really happened the way you tell it.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466505033314234610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616261316550803840.post-47124493367978649892011-11-21T22:08:21.399-05:002011-11-21T22:08:21.399-05:00I disagree with the general tone of your article, ...I disagree with the general tone of your article, but I have only tonight found out that you were correct and I was lied to 30 years ago and have been repeating that lie as a funny story of peopel I met while serving as a Marine. <br /><br />The following story really happened, but I have since learned as of Nov 21, 2011, that I was lied to. I knew from previous readings of news articles, that Gordon Liddy had a son, James Liddy, who was a Navy SEAL. Because of the incident I am recounting below, I believed that was who I must have met. I have learned as of today, however, that I was lied to. James Liddy entered naval service in the late 1980’s and went through BUDS School in 1987 or so. This information was confirmed through the SEAL Database. Because I had no reason to doubt the sincerity of the man who said these things, nor the word and defense from his fellow Sailor, I have been believing something that was factually in error and also repeating this error for 30 years by word of mouth, and in the last 2.5 years through the original writing of this account of interesting persons I met while a Marine. I ask your forgiveness, and I include the original account in italics, which is in error, to show the original writings. <br /><br />“”While on ship, I met the son of a famous political figure connected to the Watergate scandal on board the USS Okinawa in 1980 when we were heading to Iran. My ship was part of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit, and deployed in January 1980 from Pearl Harbor to be sent to the Arabian Sea at what we all now call The Hostage Crisis. As I remember it, some group of men were standing near the port side of the hanger deck, just milling around near some open hatchway, and I noticed they were inspecting some military equipment, don’t remember what, but I saw this person’s name written on his trousers, the same name as that political figure.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />This political figure was the chief of certain operations in the Nixon White House. During the Watergate scandal, many secrets of the Nixon administration were revealed, most of them known to be performed by both political parties, but, the media wanted to show support for the Democrats and every slight that could be connected to Nixon was done and this figure was questioned before Congress. This person balked and refused to rat out his friends and associates, manned up, admitted his actions, and was found guilty and sent to jail.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />So, I find myself standing next to a 6’2” man about 28 or so with the name on his trousers, and I asked him, “Hey, are you related to that man?” His answer surprised me totally, “Uh, Yes, he’s my father”. The likeness was now apparent and unmistakable and since then, I have read how one of his sons was in the military at that time, so, that is who I met. I commented how his dad never ratted anyone out, and he said, “No, he didn’t”. I was filled with wonder at meeting him and I told him, “Gosh, it’s like standing next to a celebrity”. That didn’t go over too well, his face changed from it’s professional military bearing to one of, “Asshole, you’re annoying me” and a blonde man next to me spoke up, “Uh, You’re talking to my Lieutenant here…”<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Well, that proved embarrassing, so I quickly apologized and stepped back, I honestly didn’t know he was an officer and wouldn’t have spoken up otherwise, but the blonde guy stood next to me after I stepped back, sort of watching me. I remarked to him, “That must happen a lot”, but the blonde guy looked at me and said, “Uhhh, nooooo…” I took that as a hint and about faced after another quick apology””RaceBannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466824217512849795noreply@blogger.com