Posted on 06/30/2009 8:50:18 PM PDT by Steelfish
June 30, 2009
Obama and the Bad Villagers
George Joyce
The U.N. General Assembly has just condemned the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.
In addition, the world body insisted that the 192 U.N. member states shun recognition of any replacement government in Honduras.
On Monday, President Barack Obama also insisted that Zelaya is still "the democratically elected president" of Honduras:
"It would be a terrible precedent if we start moving backwards into the era in which we are seeing military coups as a means of political transition rather than democratic elections."
In sum, what we have according to many news outlets is an "avalanche" of world opinion directed against those trying to protect the Honduran Constitution.
For the U.N to side with Zelaya is hardly surprising, but to have President Obama issuing an opinion on what constitutes democracy in Honduras is, given the facts, quite incredible.
In a devastating essay over at the Wall Street Journal, Mary Anastasia O'Grady reminds us all about some simple and crucial Constitutional details curiously missing from the latest liberal reporting on Honduras:
"While Honduran law allows for a constitutional rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress."
Therefore, Mr. Zelaya's attempt to create his own referendum, complete with Venezuelan ballots, was clearly a violation of his country's Constitution. What else was the Honduran Supreme Court supposed to conclude?
For the American president Barack Obama to paint broad and clumsy strokes about "democratic elections" without mentioning Zelaya's blatant disregard for Honduran law is both outrageous and frightening. His refusal to lend support for those courageous Hondurans defending the law is also inexcusable.
Long ago in ancient China the philosopher Confucius was once asked how...
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I heard John Bolton commenting on this today (radio) and he said what you’d expect. But, for the first time, I disagreed with him.
I think The Lord is upset because he wanted to take notes to see how a Western leader assumes power for life. Yes, I think The One wants and expects to wave off term limits and become a permanent resident of 1600 Pa. Ave, like FDR hoped for.
re: “It takes a village idiot” - Yes - that’s Obama.
Any doubt any more that Obie is a communist sympathizer?
The Hondurans should get in touch with Israel; Israel has lots of experience being ostracized by the Useless Nations.
The action of the Honduran military was Divine guidance? A Divine message maybe?
Should some nutcase president of ours decide to become president for life this is a precedent for our military. They will not likely have the support of the courts -- or even the support of the majority of the Congress.
To try to quash the precedent for our military saving our Constitution the 1960s Marxist-Alinsky street rabble, the ideological issue of the 1960s Marxist-Alinsky street rabble, the state controlled media (SCaM), Cuban and Venezuelan Communists, and America's enemies everywhere must try to destroy the Honduran heroes.
The real story here...is that the guy had barely a 30 percent approval rating...and thought that he could easily rig up a “blessing” to have unlimited time as president. And then, all the ballots for this “blessing” were made in Venezuela.
This is a Woody Allen movie....”The Banana Republic Guy Meets the Real Republic”.
President Obama is a daggone commie.
To be expected from a Marxist.
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