LOSER Rick Santorum weighs in on Honduras.

[Joanne98]

The Elephant in the Room: Going against democracy
By supporting a Chavez wannabe over constitutional principles in Honduras, Obama has chosen the wrong side of a struggle - again.
By Rick Santorum

Hugo Chavez was democratically elected to the presidency of Venezuela - initially, in 1998.

Ever since, the Venezuelan strongman has done everything in his power to undermine constitutional democracy, the rule of law, and basic freedoms in Venezuela. In addition, he has inflamed anti-United States sentiment across Latin America, and he has forged alliances with Iranian despot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian regime's Hezbollah proxies, and terror outfits such as Hamas.

All of this is bad enough to have in our backyard, but Chavez hasn't stopped there. Flush with petro-dollars, he has succeeded in exporting his unique brand of authoritarianism throughout Latin America, including Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. Honduras was to be the next domino to fall.

By late last month, though, the Honduran people had had enough. They sent President Manuel Zelaya, a Chavez wannabe, packing.

Bravo for them? Not according to President Obama, who has insisted on the reinstatement of this democratically elected president.

True, Zelaya was democratically elected to the presidency - initially, in 2005. But ever since, he's been trying to copy Chavez's power grab.

The Honduran constitution, and the Honduran people's allegiance to it, have posed a problem for the corrupt and reckless Zelaya. The constitution strictly limits presidents to one four-year term. And that's among the eight constitutional articles that cannot be amended by the president and a congressional majority. In fact, the article declares that anyone found to "incite, promote, or aid in the continuation or reelection of the president" faces loss of citizenship.

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In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE Naomi Klein documents how the miltary coups in the 70's and 80's were followed by economists from the University of Chicago, who went down there and wrote new the "constitutions". These constitutions were designed to force "Milton Friedman savage capitalism" on the people of these countries. They had no imput. They were being raped, tortured and murdered by the RW paramilitary forces. In other words ALL these so called "constitutions" are ILLEGAL!

I'm waiting for Naomi Klein to write her first article about Honduras. I'm sure she'll clear up this FAKE constitution BS!

[47of74]

1. Ok, Senator Man-On-Dog

I don't care what you think, Senator Man-On-Dog. The voters in Pennsylvania rejected you and your brand of extreme politics back in aught 6.

[formercia]

2. The usual right-wing-reactionary disinformation and propaganda.

Santorum is a scumbag.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. Being lectured by a creepy religious moron always makes my morning.

Chavez is still very popular within his country.
The masses of Honduras are chafing at the illegal military take-over and want their president back.

There are reasons why so many south and central americans hate the US. Our policies have sucked, especially over the last 8 years. So far, Obama's best moves have been to reduce tensions, start talking to others, and not shouting orders at them. But it is not enough. Especially on Honduras.

[chelsea0011]

4. I wonder if he could find Honduras on a map.