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Jim DeMint Kicks John Kerry’s Tookus Over Honduras

Chris Jones — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:55 +0000

Republican Senator Jim DeMint is taking on the Obama administration’s outrageous Honduras policy. John Kerry attempted to stop DeMint from taking a trip to Honduras, but DeMint gave him a swift kick in the tookus.

Kudos to DeMint for raising a stink over Honduras. It’s disgraceful that President Obama chooses dictators over democracy.

Roberto Micheletti: Moving Forward In Honduras

Chris Jones — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:57:35 +0000

Honduran President Roberto Micheletti has a great piece in The Washington Post explaining and defending the reasons former president Manuel Zelaya was removed from power.

The Obama administration’s reaction to the situation in Honduras is one of the most bizarre and shameful episodes to take place on the world stage in decades. It just doesn’t make any sense.

Obama is bullying a poor country like Honduras, because they refused to allow a Marxist president to seize control of their country the way Hugo Chavez did in Venezuela.

President Obama is an embarrassment to the free world and a disgrace to this country. He stands with dictators instead of democracy.

Fox’s Greta Van Susteren interviewed Roberto Micheletti last week.

Video: Greta Van Susteren Interviews Honduran President Roberto Micheletti

Chris Jones — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:24:50 +0000

(hat tip Conurls)

Predictable: Obama Stands With Marxist Regimes Against Honduras

Chris Jones — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:14:44 +0000

Obama’s despicable treatment of Honduras after they prevented a Marxist takeover by a Chavez stooge is an outrageous stain on our nation.

Obama is standing with his fellow Marxists, Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, The Castro Brothers, and Evo Morales to step up the pressure on the democratic government of Honduras.

What a shame.

Obama Continues His Assault On Democracy In Honduras

Chris Jones — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:10:25 +0000

The Obama administration is continuing its assault on democracy in Honduras by revoking the visas of 4 Honduran officials:

The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials, stepping up pressure on coup-installed leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president.

The U.S. State Department did not name the four, but a Honduran official said they included the Supreme Court magistrate who ordered the arrest of ousted President Manuel Zelda and the president of Honduras’ Congress.

This is nothing short of stunning. For a guy who doesn’t like to “meddle” in the affairs of other nations, Obama sure has taken to meddling in Honduras. The Honduran Supreme Court followed their own constitution by ordering Zelaya removed from office for ignoring the constitution and violating the rule of law.

He was attempting to replicate Hugo Chavez’s power grab in Venezuela and the people of Honduras said we don’t want that shit.

Shockingly, (or maybe not so shockingly) our president has taken the side of Zelaya, Daniel Ortega, Raul Castro, and Hugo Chavez. I understand that Obama is himself a Marxist with great sympathy for leftist dictators, but it’s a f*cking embarrassment that he’s put our nation in the same camp as those thugs.

If Obama is successful in getting that Marxist gangster reinstalled as president of Honduras, it’s going to have a devastating effect on democracy in that part of the world — not to mention our credibility.

Obama Stands With Dictators Instead Of Democracy In Honduras

Chris Jones — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:59:51 +0000

For a guy who loves to brag about “restoring the rule of law” from an allegedly lawless Bush administration, president Obama has done the very opposite by meddling in the political affairs of Honduras.

The president refused to “meddle” when Iranians were being gunned down in the streets of Tehran. The murderous Mullahs of the Islamo-Nazi regime in Iran were allowed to suppress demonstrators and steal an election while president Obama said nothing.

I actually thought in the beginning his measured approach to the protests was probably the right thing to do, but I think he should have become more forceful sooner. However, his Iranian response is certainly a matter for debate and many opposing views on the subject have merit.

Obama’s response to Honduras is a different matter. There is only one side to this issue and the president is clearly on the wrong side.

Unlike with Iran, it only took hours for Obama to take to the airwaves and condemn the ouster of would-be Honduran dictator Manuel Zelaya. He called the ouster “illegal” and demanded that Zelaya be put back in power.

Here’s why he was removed and why it was actually the most beautiful display of democracy ever seen in that part of the world:

President Zelaya is an ally of Hugo Chavez. Zelaya borrowed a page from the Chavez playbook in Venezuela by ordering a referendum on removing presidential term limits.

The Supreme Court of Honduras ruled the referendum unconstitutional and it was opposed by the congress and many in Zelaya’s own party. The Supreme Court said it’s flat out unconstitutional to hold such a referendum.

Zelaya didn’t give a damn what the Supreme Court said and ordered the referendum to be held anyway.

The high court then ordered the military and police not to participate in the referendum since it’s illegal. Zelaya then fired the top military chief and the defense minister when they refused to participate.

The Supreme Court reinstated both men and Zelaya promptly fired them a second time. He vowed to press on with his referendum and hold a vote Sunday.

On Sunday, just before dawn the situation came to a head. After the congress voted unanimously to remove Zelaya for “repeated violations of the constitution and the law” — the military was ordered to remove him.

He was seized from his bed with his family and placed on a plane to Costa Rica still wearing his pajamas.

The military could have taken over as they often do in that part of the world, but they did not. Immediately, the member of congress next in line to the president was sworn in. He will remain president until the next election in November.

The military removed the president in a manner consistent with Honduran law and democratic principles.

Not only is Zelaya a Marxist Chavez stooge, he’s also actively involved in trafficking cocaine to the United States.

So it’s absolutely stunning that president Obama continues to demand that Honduras reinstall a thug like Zelaya.

Is Honduras not allowed to protect their constitution? Should they just go along with Zelaya’s plan to make Honduras into another Commie dictatorship like Venezuela?

This story is not even close to being over and I think Obama will ultimately pay a heavy political price for siding with Chavez, Castro, Ortega, and the UN instead of with democracy.

I guess Obama’s reaction to this shouldn’t come as a surprise. He’s spent his entire political career breaking bread with people who think Castro is a hero.

Obama and his friends share a common ideology with leftist dictators and always have, I just didn’t expect his support for them to be so brazen.

It’s worth noting that Zelaya told the UN today that he will no longer attempt a referendum on term limits if he can come back to power.

Kudos to the Honduran government for not allowing their democracy to be turned into a dictatorship.

-Chris Jones

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