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By
Raoul Lowery Contreras - July 25, 2009
Obama joins a leftist Axis of Evil
By Raoul Lowery Contreras
President Barack Obama is a
fool. I so declare while we celebrate freedom and independence, the 4th of
July.
He has driven our economy into a ditch unprecedented in modern
history. His unemployment record is disastrous. His policy
pronouncements on
That being said, we now have the man who had never even visited
President Obama probably didn’t even know where
Barack Obama has forfeited his claim to being a democrat by
supporting Nicaragua’s and Venezuela’s attempt to eliminate democracy in
Honduras, a nation that stood by the United States and its surrogates in the
successful fight for a democratic Nicaragua. He even had his minions in the
United Nations sponsor a resolution that stated that the removal of
President Manuel Zelaya by democratic forces in
Here are the facts:
Manuel Zelaya was elected President of Honduras in a democratic election in
which he ran as a center-right business oriented candidate. Some time
later, he switched sides and became a populist leftist under the influence
of
At their “suggestion,” Zelaya ordered a convention to rewrite the
Honduran constitution to allow him to run for reelection. However, only the
Honduran Congress can call for a constitutional convention. Zelaya failed to
even get his party to support such a rewrite. Zelaya then proclaimed
that he would call for a referendum to rewrite the Constitution like Hugo
Chavez did in
The Honduran Supreme
Court ruled Zelaya’s “referendum” illegal. When the country’s top
soldier informed Zelaya that he would not enforce illegal orders from Zelaya,
Zelaya fired him. Zelaya then led an armed mob provided by
On the last Sunday of
June, the Army took over the presidential palace arrested Zelaya and sent
him by plane into exile in neighboring
As the New York Daily News put it: “It was
Zelaya, who in his avowal to ignore a supreme court decision and proceed
with an illegal power grab, subverted his country's democracy. Nevertheless,
the (Obama) Pentagon cut off all cooperation with the Honduran military and
Obama administration officials told “The New York Times” of their intention
to give the poverty-stricken Central American nation "a taste of isolation"
(would they threaten such consequences for the mullahs in Iran?).”
Barack Obama has failed democracy. He has joined the Mullahs, Daniel Ortega
and Hugo Chavez in attempting to raise dictatorship above that of a free
democratic constitutional government.
The Daily News continues:
“Secretary of State Clinton said that Honduras' actions "should be condemned
by all" and President Obama said that his administration would "stand with
democracy" by supporting Zelaya's reinstatement. Propping up an
authoritarian undermining his country's constitution (which he claimed needs
fixing to reflect a new "national reality," apparently one in which he rules
forever) is a strange way to demonstrate that solidarity.”
Fidel
Castro gloats about American support for Zelaya with, "Even Mrs. Clinton had
declared that Zelaya is the only president of
We shall
see, Mrs. Clinton; we shall see, Mr. Obama.
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Contreras’ books are available at www.amazon.com