Snubs For The Hondurans

Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti is not leftist, and for my money that explains why he can't get the time of day from the Obama administration.

"We have not spoken to any ranking U.S. officials," Mr. Micheletti told The Washington Times by telephone, speaking in Spanish. "They have shut the door on us. We want [President Obama] to understand and to send officials to Honduras to see for themselves that we didn't do anything unconstitutional.

"What has happened in Honduras is part of a judiciary, congressional process that went into effect when Zelaya tried to extend his power and authority against the constitution."

Mr. Zelaya, a leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, was ousted in June when the Honduran Supreme Court ruled he violated the constitution by seeking a second consecutive term. The constitution limits the president to a single term.

Zelaya is still holed up in the Brazilian embassy and still trying to incite a violent overthrow in Honduras.  He's like a community organizer in that regard, bullying, intimidating, using anything that works to get his way.  What he wants is to be a dictator in the mold of Hugo Chavez, which would put him in real tight with our community-organizer-in-chief.  So far the Hondurans are not budging, not even an inch.  Three cheers for the Hondurans!