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WASHINGTON — South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.
Zelaya was ousted in a military coup after he ignored a Supreme Court order to halt a constitutional revamp, which many Hondurans believe was meant to let him stay in power.
A Republican conservative, DeMint called Zelaya "a Chavez-style dictator," referring to Venezuelan leftist leader Hugo Chavez, an outspoken critic of the United States.
DeMint said in a statement Thursday that Zelaya flouted the constitutional authority of the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court.
DeMint says President Barack Obama's call to reinstate Zelaya is "a slap in the face to the people of the Honduras."
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{"commentId":8001372,"authorDomain":"kelvins273"}
So if Zelaya was breaking the law, the "rule of law" says you start impeachment proceedings. You don't kick him out of the country without a trial. So Jim DeMint's definition of the "rule of law" changes depending on which country we're talking about and the ideology of the victim.
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#1 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 3:07 AM EDT{"commentId":8005316,"authorDomain":"cactusflower"}
I read that it was Zelaya's choice to leave the country rather than stay and face the impeachment process. Sounds like he wanted to make sure he had time to gather support from Chavez and other supporters of dictatorships and nationalism/socialism.
Guess it worked.
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{"commentId":8008156,"authorDomain":"BobbyBilly"}
So you are saying Bush and the Senator from South Carolina and Zelaya belong to the same party ideology? No Zelaya is a nationalist. Nationalists are different from National/Socialists.
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{"commentId":8007985,"authorDomain":"arthurhaynes"}
Sounds to me that honduran intelligence picked up on his communist agenda. This has happened before, in Vietnam, when the people and intelligence picked up on Ho Chi Min`s Communist agenda. I am a Vietnam veteran, and kmow what I am talking about. My observations suggest a resurgence in the cold war.
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#2 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 3:58 PM EDT{"commentId":8008084,"authorDomain":"BobbyBilly"}
No this is not about ideology. It is about two things business, and business. Latin America is trying to get it's nations back from US corporate control. After the smoke clears you will see and smell corporate America.
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#3 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 4:03 PM EDT{"commentId":8015599,"authorDomain":"agguzman"}
Finally! A US Senator who sees the truth. Now we just need to wait for Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton to see the truth instead of supporting the leftist Zelaya. Open your eyes people. Zelaya is a communist, a puppet of the even worse Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. Long Live Democracy. Out with Zelaya!
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#4 - Fri Jul 3, 2009 10:05 PM EDT{"commentId":8016200,"authorDomain":"BobbyBilly"}
Disgusting absolutely disgusting an American senator who knows knowing about Honduras and it's right wing corruption talking crazy. At what time in future history will Latin American stop being the whore of North American corporations.
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