Originally Published at The Minority Report
Presidente For Life Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales — Not So Fast Jose
Typical of the left-kook response from the American Oldstream Media comes courtesy of this Huffington Post excerpt:
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power.
The first military takeover of a Central American government in 16 years drew widespread condemnation from governments in Latin America and the world, and Chavez vowed to overthrow the country’s apparent new leader.
President Manuel Zelaya was awakened Sunday by gunfire and detained while still in his pajamas, hours before an unpopular constitutional referendum many saw as a power grab. An air force plane flew him into forced exile in Costa Rica as armored military vehicles with machine guns rolled through the streets of the Honduran capital and soldiers seized the national palace.
Democratically elected in 2006, the single four-year term was not enough for the Marxist ally of Chavez and Castro. He announced earlier this year his intention of staging a national referendum that would allow him to remain as president indefinitely, in direct contradiction to the constitution.
This move follows the same tactic used by Hugo Chavez who needed three such referendums in Venezuela before he was finally able to overthrow that nation’s constitution.
The Honduran Supreme Court, however, informed Zelaya that his referendum was unconstitutional — which should have put the notion to bed. Instead, Zelaya continued his plans for a referendum, with the vote scheduled for June 28.
A more balanced reporting of what ensued:
The Supreme Court of Honduras declared the Zelaya referendum unconstitutional, his own Liberal Party came out in strong opposition, and the public overwhelmingly opposed his power grab. Despite this, Zelaya, a leftwing politician with strong ties to Cuba’s Castro and Venezuela’s Chavez, scheduled the referendum for Sunday, June 28. At midnight, Wednesday, June 24, the strong-arm president gave a televised speech accusing his opposition of promoting “destabilization and chaos” by attempting to thwart his unconstitutional referendum.
As the situation in Honduras continued to deteriorate, the Zelaya’s attorney general called for his ouster; his Defense Minister resigned; he fired the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for stating that he would refuse to send out troops to put down public protests; the chiefs of the army, navy, and air force resigned; and the country’s Supreme Court ordered the nation’s army and police not to support the unconstitutional referendum.
And so, yesterday the Honduran people, with the aid of their military, took back their government, and restored their constitution. As reported in the HuffPo article, Zelaya awoke to gunfire, and still in his pajamas was arrested by the military doing the people’s business.
Unlike banana republic coups of past decades, Zelaya was not taken out back by his generals and shot, but instead, escorted to the airport where he was allowed to leave the country.
Another country that the Marxists in Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba had counted upon to fall, refused to buckle to tyranny.
This is good news for people anywhere in the world who value freedom and the rule of law. The Obama Administration, who were curiously mum while Zelaya attempted his end-around maneuver around his nation’s constitution, has come out against the coup that restored democracy to that nation state.
President Barack Obama said he was “deeply concerned” and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Zelaya’s arrest should be condemned.
“I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” Obama’s statement read.
President Obama is showing the moral courage we have come to expect from the man.
Originally Published at The Minority Report
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Are we going to do what we did with Chavez
civil truth (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 9:35PM EST (link)and force Zelaya back into power? Who’s running our State Department, anyway?
Has Hillary decided to take off the mask of moderation she wore during Bill’s reign and exposing herself as a Marxist totalitarian, is she being hustled by Obama’s appointees, or has she decided that her only path to power is to lick Obama’s boots?
Time will tell, I suspect.
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
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Uh oh..... President Barack Obama said he was “deeply concerned”.
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 9:58PM EST (link)1,000,000 points of light vs 1,000,000 lines in the sand.
Which to choose………..
President TelePrompting Appeasment just asked everybody to step back because there’s not yet enough space in the sand for 1,000,000 lines.
deeply concerned and the world is watching that should scare em...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:08PM EST (link)I mean seriously, what is scarier, a kitten or a rainbow, either or would be forceful than this president.
I am deeply concerned
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:27PM EST (link)about trusting this empty suit with political power.
Next thing you know he'll issue a "strongly worded" statement
bk (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:35PM EST (link)in 8 years you may be able to replace Zelaya with Obama...
DONTREADONME (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:05PM EST (link)keep this for later, when all you need to do is replace Zelaya with Obama and replace Honduras with United States. I am just saying, plus let me see how many leftist lurkers we have around Redstate to come an attack this.
eight years in not nearly long enough
David Hinz (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:30PM EST (link)I mean you don’t think FDR could have achieved all that he achieved had he only had eight years?
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Perhaps Obama wants to take lessons from Zelaya
civil truth (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:14PM EST (link)…for when he decides to override our term limits, and he doesn’t like having his rehearsal cancelled.
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
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that was my exact thought!
David Hinz (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:28PM EST (link)I expect to see the constitutional amendment any day now…
…fast-tracked, of course, because there is not a minute to lose.
The Minority Report — The HinzSight Report — TMRB.tv — MFOB “Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement.”
It's been introduced every session's first day by a NY Democrat Congressman.
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:35PM EST (link)Rep. Jose Serrano, D-NY-16.
http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.J.RES.5:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual… (Introduced in House)
Wouldn't surprise me if it's tucked into
TNJim (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:40PM EST (link)one of these thousand page tax-and-spend-and-tax bills no one ever reads. I don’t put anything past this bunch anymore.
I wasn't talking about a Constitutional amendment
civil truth (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 11:10PM EST (link)I was talking about a plebliscite, fixing the outcome, and then enforcing the “people’s will” by force – which is what Zelaya was doing to override the Constitution. That’s why I was referring to Obama missing the chance for a rehearsal, to see how Zelayawas setting up the militia/milatary forces to enforce the preordained result of his referendum.
But now Obama get’s to act out a different script to install Zelaya as President for Life.
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
http://www.gmsplace.com/
I'm not worried about that
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:34PM EST (link)It’s not as though he’s anywhere near a lock to win even a second term.
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He doesn't have to win it, just steal it.
Tbone (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:45PM EST (link)What do you think has been included in all these stimulus bills? Yep, the financial and political mechanisms to overthrow our government from within.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
BO and his Buds ACORN might try it
djemi (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 11:01PM EST (link)but by then I would hope that most of the American people would have woken up, and would be paying attension. IMHO given what they are trying to push through at the moment we are looking at an offical unemployment rate between
13 – 15% and we all know that means the real number of unemployed is around the 20 mark.
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If it's not close you can't steal it
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 11:11PM EST (link)And 10% unemployment would make it not close.
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Tell that to the Iranians
djemi (Diary) Monday, June 29th at 9:19AM EST (link)And the unemployment rate there is approx 40%
Anyway alot will depend on who we on the right nominate and who else is on the ticket. At the moment my money is on a Palin/Rommey ticket, although I’m not sure witch way round it would be. It’s still along way out and things can change, so I’m hedgeing my bets at the moment.
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Iran is not America (nt)
Neil Stevens (Diary) Monday, June 29th at 9:40AM EST (link)RS contributing editor, technical administrator, and “a hardy variety of crabgrass.”
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That's VERY true
djemi (Diary) Monday, June 29th at 2:00PM EST (link)And I love that America is America, being a Kiwi myself and suffering through a British education I was trying to be flippent.
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ACORN, the entitlement class, Unions, the 2010 census...
nessa (Diary) Monday, June 29th at 9:41AM EST (link)if the 2012 election was your daughter you just allowed her to go “clubbing” with Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. Want to make any bets on when and how she’s coming home?
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Obama says...
The Political Class (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 10:50PM EST (link)Some dictators are more equal than others.
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Respect democratic norms, the rule of law
izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, June 28th at 11:59PM EST (link)President Barack Obama said he was “deeply concerned” and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Zelaya’s arrest should be condemned.
“I call on all political and social actors in Honduras to respect democratic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” Obama’s statement read.
LOL, you mean like you are supposed to do here in America??
Zelaya, with his close ties to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Fidel Castro in Cuba was just another tinhorn dictator wannbe.
Obama is really concerned because soon his cover will be blown.
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
"deeply concerned" my a....
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Monday, June 29th at 1:00PM EST (link)Obama has shown time and again his IMMORAL LACK OF COURAGE.
Secretary of Nagging
lukematthews (Diary) Monday, June 29th at 8:20PM EST (link)She’s just doing what she’s told. She was installed to nag countries into compliance with collectivist goals and she is a trooper following her fearless leader command. Obama must be annoyed because this interferes with his bookclub buddy’s plan to ‘take out’ democracy and freedom in the region. See how he meddles now.