Jim DeMint -What I Heard in Honduras

WSJ ^ | October 10, 2009 | Jim DeMint

[Bahbah]

Thanks, StarFan.

I’d like to see the tortured reasoning of the Koh memo, if there even is one.

[PghBaldy]

Going overseas and intefering in US foreign policy. I disagree with Obama’s views and actions as much as the next guy, but what is the limit for the loyal opposition? I honestly wonder.

[maica]

That will be the eventual solution of this mess — blanket immunity.

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That is the way leftists always resolve “messy” situations. “Yes, we did wrong, and we won’t do it again. We will craft some new ‘ethics guidelines’, and wipe the slate clean.

However —— when Republicans are caught in a questionable ethical action, it’s hysteria until said Republican has been banished.

[maica]

Aren’t Congressmen supposed to go on ‘fact-finding missions?’

[maica]

BTW, Honduras is in our hemisphere,in the part of our continent that President Reagan worked so hard to keep out of the clutches of foreign communist regimes.

The Monroe Doctrine should still apply today!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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MODERN DAY HEROES: In Defense of America *

http://www.ModernDayHeroes.com/aloha

* Sen. JIM DeMINT, Contributing Author

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[BonRad]

Yes Kerry tried to stop the trip- there was a FR thread on that on Boston Globe article from last Saturday.

Yes this is great news here, really great...has made my day!

[San Jacinto]

DeMint damaged his political future.

LOL! Yeah, with the obama crowd.

[GatorGirl]

All right...I’ll bite:

What makes this situation so untenable that the United States of America, formerly steadfast ally of representative democracies world wide and stalwart foe of dictators, should support Zelaya?

[tokerinchiefisanacornamerican]

If Obama sees nothing wrong in pressuring the Honduran people to abdicate their constitutional protections in favor of a dictator, then he probably sees no impediment to sacrificing our constitutional sovereignty in favor of international governance and law. Everything he does plays to the international community.

[GaltTrader]

While Jim DeMint is accurate in his analysis, my question is “What’s new Jim?”. WSJ writer Mary Anastasia O’Grady has done an outstanding job of reporting and analyzing the situation in Honduras from day 1.

The only real question remaining is why the Obama adminstration is taking position it is taking. Perhaps Obama hopes to find himself in a circle, arm-in-arm, hand-in-hand, cheek-to-cheek, with his fellow jerks, Hugo Chávez, Daniel Ortega and the Castro brothers.

[opentalk]

Is the pro-Zelaya faction represented on the ballot for president

This is from a similar article on Hot Air:

"Zelaya’s own party had already nominated someone else to run in that election, and that candidate and party want the elections to proceed."

That article also alluded to Obama administration wanting to suppress Harold Koh's legal opinion. This is all the more reason to demand transparency.

[BonRad]

Last weeks thread-

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2354317/posts?page=1

More like ‘DeMint *schools* Kerry over Honduras.’
RedState ^ | 10-3-09 | Moe Lane

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/10/03/more-like-demint-schools-kerry-over-honduras/

[Art in Idaho]

I believe it was Karl Marx who said; “Peace is the absence of opposition to communism”

Thanks for the clarification. Wasn't sure on the wording. Now we know what the Nobel PEACE Prize is all about. . . Love that photo!

[Art in Idaho]

His closing comment is (paraphrasing) conservatives need to start fighting dirty because it is now a life or death situation.

Damn right! Alinsky back at em'! These folks are communists, anarchists, revolutionaires - they walk around with Che T shirts on. They're either brain dead, brainwashed or cultists - but they're there and They fight dirty - "no quarter" - we need to jump in the frey as if it's War. We are in a Cold War with Obama and his cronies for the very survival of our nation as we used to know it. By the way, if any of you missed it, a must read article by Krauthammer, Decline is a Choice

The Krautman hammers it home again. Every American should read this article and Think. . . Think of the consequences if we do nothing. .

[normanpubbie]

By blanket immunity, I mean that several entities will receive immunity from prosecution. These include Zelaya, the Supreme Court, the National Congress, the military commanders, and probably the Attorney General.

It's pretty obvious why Zelaya will need immunity. In addition to the four charges in the Supreme Court's arrest warrant, the Attorney General has levied fourteen more charges against him.

But why the coup participants? Because when Zelaya was deported, Article 102 of the Constitution was violated and a crime was committed the instant that the airplane left Honduran territory -- specifically kidnapping. The military performed the actual deportation, so they are criminally liable. But let's face it -- Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, the Commander of Honduran Armed Forces, didn't come up with this idea on his own: He was told to do it. It will turn out that the Supreme Court and the leaders of the National Congress were in on the deportation scheme, and probably the AG too. So all of these folks have criminal exposure.

Article 102 is easy for anyone to understand. In English, here is Article 102:

No Honduran citizen may be deported, nor may any be turned over to authorities of a foreign government.

Notice that Article 102 forbids deportation for any reason.

[kidd]

Counterbalance to Grahamnesty. How can the people of SC be so right and at the same time so wrong? The same way that Minnesota can elect Al Franken and Michelle Bachman at the same time

[maica]

Interesting. Which Constitutional Article will prevail. We will have to wait and see, but I am disgusted that our current Administration always sides with the politician who prefers the anti-democratic style of Ruling! - not governing.

[stephenjohnbanker]

DeMint has proven to be the REAL thing. He must feel pretty lonely out there by himself.

[Syncro]

Excellent report by Sen. DeMint

I met him in DC last Sept 12^th and thanked him for his help with the Marine Recruiting Center in Berkeley that codepink and the city of Berkeley were trying to shut down.

Sen. DeMint threatened to cut off federal funds to Berkeley if they continued on their path of closing down the Center.

I like the way he circumvented Kerry's pathetic attempt to stop him from going by getting a plane from the Pentagon.