A Congressional Coup Caucus emerges

[Judi Lynn]

A Congressional Coup Caucus emerges
Mark Leon Goldberg - July 7, 2009 - 3:21pm



Support for the coup in Honduras extends beyond the pages of right wing political magazines to the United States Congress. Tomorrow, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will host a private meeting for her Republican colleagues with former Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and former Costa Rican Ambassador to the U.S. Jaime Daremblum. According to the invitation, obtained by UN Dispatch, "President Maduro will help to outline the sequence of events leading to the shift in power in Honduras and removal of Manuel Zelaya; provide insight into Honduran constitutional authorities; and discuss how the U.S. can now work to support the democratic institutions and rule of law in Honduras." Ambassador Daremblum will discuss his Weekly Standard piece titled "A Coup for Democracy."

In related news, Florida Republican Connie Mack (pictured) is circulating a congressional resolution that effectively supports the coup. So far, the Congressional Coup Caucus includes Dan Burton (Republican from Indiana), Jeff Fortenberry (Republican from Nebraska) and Dana Rohrabacher (Republican from California) who are co-sponsoring the resolution.

Here is a sample of what they are signing onto, passed onto UN Dispatch from a congress watcher who says Rep. Mack will likely "drop it in the hopper" tomorrrow.

Whereas several sectors of Honduras were opposed to this referendum, including the legislature, the judiciary, the Attorney General, the Human Rights Commission, the Catholic Church, evangelical groups, business associations, and four of the five political parties represented in the National Congress—including President Zelaya's own party.

More:
http://www.undispatch.com/node/8563

[Judi Lynn]

1. Connie Mack is in bed with the Miami gusanos, as is Dan Burton,

who has received humongous financial assistance from them for his campaigns. He gets more money from OUTSIDE Indiana than he gets from within his own home state.

You must remember he co-sponsored a filthy piece of internationally illegal legislation, the Helms-Burton Act with mega-racist P.O.S. Jesse Helms.

Dana Rohrbacher? Oh, PLEASE!

[flamingdem]

2. It's slimey worm time again nt