Obama, Chavez, and Castro lose in Honduras election - Honduras wins
The winner of the election in Honduras - a conservative rancher named Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo; the losers - socialists Barack Obama, who previously supported the want-a-be socialist dictator Manuel Zelaya, and Hugo Chavez who continues to support him:
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A conservative rancher named Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo took the Honduran presidency in elections Sunday, five [...]
Wish fulfillment journalism, Part Two
The Washington Post hits a new low in foolish, partisan reporting in this front-page story about Dede Scozzafava and the race in New York-23. Written by Jason Horowitz, with all the finesse of a third-tier lefty blogger, the piece bears the nuanced title: “‘Scozzafava’ Turns Into Epithet: It’s a Grand Old Purging as [...]
The case of Honduras
In Honduras the Obama administration seeks the restoration to power of a lawfully deposed Chavista thug. Among other things, in pursuit of this objective, the administration has cut off aid and yanked visas from Honduran officials who supported the thug Manuel Zelaya’s removal. These officials reportedly include the fifteen justices of the Honduran [...]
Obama’s Honduran mistake, Part Two
As Scott discussed here, the Obama administration has decided to cut off all non-humanitarian aid to Honduras in an attempt to pressure the country’s interim government to accept the return of its deposed president. The deposed president, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya, is a friend of Hugo Chavez who illegally sought to emulate Chavez’s ascent [...]
The Curious Case of Tegucigalpa’s Traveling Traitor
I highly recommend the excellent Los Angeles Times commentary-analysis by filibustered D.C. Circus nominee Miguel Estrada; he makes an excellent legal (and moral) case that:
The ouster of former Honduran President (and now accused traitor) Manuel Zelaya was perfectly legal (and a darned good idea), not only in accord with the Honduran constitution, but also at [...]
Coup are you? part 2
Octavio Sánchez is a lawyer, former presidential adviser (2002-05) and minister of culture (2005-06) of the Republic of Honduras. His Christian Science Monitor column on the events in Honduras is “A ‘coup’ in Honduras? Nonsense.” Sánchez writes:
Sometimes, the whole world prefers a lie to the truth. The White House, the United [...]
