Republicans visit Honduras despite US coup policy

AP - via Yahoo ^ | October 2, 2009 | BEN FOX

[don-o]

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Four U.S. Republican lawmakers met with Honduras' interim president on Friday in a challenge to Washington's condemnation of the coup that brought him to power.

The brief, amicable visit with the leaders of the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya highlights a divide in Washington, where the Obama administration is working to reinstate Zelaya but many conservatives side with the government installed after soldiers arrested the president in his pajamas and flew him into exile.

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, the leader of the delegation, said before the trip that even calling Zelaya's overthrow a coup is "ill-informed and baseless."

[don-o]

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[La Lydia]

Good. At least a few people with working brain parts are there, on the ground, to find out more about what happened.

[2banana]

This is HOW the republicans can with the Hispanic vote. And NOT by pandering...

[St. Louis Conservative]

Awesome. Eat it, Kerry.

[MagUSNRET]

It amazes me that these idiots are still calling this a COUP . It was NOT a “COUP”! (I know you know that, don-o I am just frustrated beyond reason.

[Billthedrill]

Glad to see it. Somebody needs to remind the Dems and their lapdog media that the truth isn’t whatever they say it is. This was as clear a case of deliberate and sustained misrepresentation as we’ve seen in a long time, and they’re still at it. BTT.

[rocksblues]

I Applaud this effort. Wonder what the Dem-Underground/Huffington Post people are saying.

I won't allow my computer to visit these sites!

[pissant]

ILL-INFORMED AND BASELESS describes our current foreign policy very well.

[smokingfrog]

About time the pubs showed some gumption.

[OldNavyVet]

Good for DeMint and colleagues.

[jazusamo]

Good for these four for showing support for Hondurans, Lurch is deeply saddened.

[snowsislander]

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, the leader of the delegation, said before the trip that even calling Zelaya's overthrow a coup is "ill-informed and baseless."

Well said, Senator DeMint.

[Lexinom]

Some balls... from... Republicans...?

[Ingtar]

Right. Not a coup, but an impeachment.

[Lexinom]

You need to stop fretting yourself about words "they" use. You're worth too much.

The significant thing here is Republicans acting according to objective truth rather than subjective, Marxist truth.

I hope those reading this recognize the significance of this visit.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

GOOD SHOW!

[OpusatFR]

The democrats seeded their own problems by playing this game when Bush was in office.

The democrats single-handedly destroyed the policy of not taking politics outside the US.

[autumnraine]

Maybe it’s because it doesn’t qualify as a coup.

[khnyny]

It amazes me that these idiots are still calling this a COUP . It was NOT a “COUP”!

The MSM Obama butt lickers are continuously calling it a "coup". They are attempting to sway popular American public opinion with their distortions.

[TexasKate]

Whoever wrote this article is very ill-informed and pro-Obama. Makes me sick.

[counterpunch]

The GOP should be referring to it as impeachment as this is what it was.
He was removed in accordance to Honduras' constitution.
 

[Yardstick]

I hope those reading this recognize the significance of this visit.

Absolutely. Bravo Jim DeMint and the other three Republicans.

[Major Matt Mason]

The fact that the media is still referring to this as a coup is proof that they have no integrity. But we knew that already.

[Pan_Yan]

A delegation from the Organization of American States, which has taken the lead in pushing for a negotiated resolution that restores Zelaya to power, was expected to arrive later Friday.

If I recall correctly, the last 'delegation' that the OAS sent was denied visas and put back on a plane. Hold fast, Honduras. And restore civil liberties. You're not helping yourself there.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I call this non-coup the “chicken coup.”

[Common Sense 101]

WOW... I’m shocked! Four Republicans grew a set...! What’s next?

Forcefully providing the conservative viewpoint on Zero’s Socialist policies loud enough for people to hear...?

[HiTech RedNeck]

God bless DeMint if this is a beginning of national recognition. Palin/DeMint or DeMint/Palin 2012, both sound real good to me.

[philman_36]

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, the leader of the delegation, said before the trip that even calling Zelaya's overthrow a coup is "ill-informed and baseless."
Yet the AP does so anyway...repeatedly.
AP is ill-informed and clueless.

[torchthemummy]

Once again a liberal story that neglects to even write a single paragraph with a simple timeline of the legal events that led to Zelaya’s legal ouster. Then, even worse, the AP writer mentions that Zelaya denies doing exactly what he was doing and leaves it at that.

People that complain that the Pubbies suck at PR need to remember that they could give a million interviews and the LMSM will simply ignore them. Unfortunately for all the Dem Media they are slowly but surely dieing of lack of credibility.

[frithguild]

DeMint for President. No other politician has been so dead on perfect on every issue over the past 12 months.

[pissant]

Yeah, he’s been darn good lately, and for most of his days in DC. But I’d take Hunter, who has more wisdom and knowledge about our military, its needs, and geopolitics than the entire House and Senate put together.

[TigersEye]

"I think that this trip potentially will muddy the waters even more, and that would not be constructive," said Joy Olson, executive director of the Washington Office on Latin America...

Another communist identified.

[snippy_about_it]

Especially proud of my Senator since Obama told him not to go! Go Jim!

[TigersEye]

Whoever wrote this article is very ill-informed and pro-Obama. Makes me sick.

And this one isn't nearly as distorted as most mainstream articles about Honduras.

[Rome2000]

DeMint is now the defacto leader of the GOP.

Now he needs to start taunting the socialist bastards like Newt used to.