Jim “Race Bannon” Bancroft was told by Barack Obama in 1980 that he was born in Mombasa, Kenya. In this radio interview about his thirty year old memory, Bancroft
recounts Obama’s admission. Bancroft was a member of the U.S. Marine
Corps at the time and met Obama in the vicinity of Kalakaua Blvd., one
evening in early August of 1980. ~ Floyd Brown – Audio
Bancroft has published the account of his personal meeting with the then Barry Soetero online at the Gathering of the Eagles Blog.
Bancroft writes in his essay:
He also told me something that I never forgot, for it
caused me to do some other things in an effort to be nice to him and
possibly a favor. We spoke of where I had been and the world as I saw
it. I told him I had been to Africa , Mombassa specifically, and he said
to me abruptly, “I was born there.”I told him he is not eligible to be
president if that was true, but I remembered he said his mom was an
American, so, maybe it was okay.But it was what I did after that makes
this a true memory: I went back to the barracks and told others of this
guy and suggested we all grab our photo albums and visit him again and
show him pictures of Mombassa so he could see where he was from.No one wanted to go, and at that time, my camera had failed me weeks
before we hit Mombassa and it was late August or early September until I
had borrowed someone else’s pictures to develop myself so I had copies
of where I was.But I never forgot meeting that man for those reasons. I
was going to do him a favor and show him his home country of birth. And
I never went back for some reason, most likely I forgot to or just felt
that a one time chance encounter would be meaningless to both of us and
didn’t mean we were friends.
Bannon then closes his testimonial with the following observation:
In the light of what is called “The Birther” movement,
these memories are still foremost in my mind concerning this. While I
cannot swear it was Barak Obama, all the details I do remember of that
chance encounter fit the profile of the man who some people claim is
born in Kenya and others claim he was born in Hawaii .The man I met was
about 18, thin, Mulatto, told me he was born in Mombassa, raised
overseas, was living in Hawaii and hadn’t yet been to many places in the
world outside of those places, mostly, hadn’t been to the mainland of
America for any long time period if at all. And he openly told me he
wanted to be President.And I remember that face, the face of a young man who sat on a table
to my right front, his hands resting on the edge of the table, him
leaning forward, his smile, all teeth. It was Barak Obama. I don’t know
if I’d bet my life on it, but I am willing to tell people openly at the
risk of my ridicule. I was there, and saw him, spoke to him, and he
openly told me he was born in Mombassa, Kenya, not Hawaii.
Does it matter? Of course it does. It should not have to be explained as to why it matters.
Race
Bannon’s testimony is corroborative of that of two witnesses to the
uncut version of the Obama vs. Keyes Senatorial Debates of 2004. The
first and second testimonials of which can bre read at The Post
Email. Five African News Agencies also reported that Obama was born in
Kenya.
A discussion of Bannon’s testimony can be found at Free
Republic, repleate with comments by the Marine himself and other photos
of himself, from his time in the U.S. Marines.
Floyd Brown – June 4, 2012 – WesternJournalism
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