Oct 03 Congressional Dems Show Anti-Democracy Roots

Thanks to Jim at Gateway Pundit, we now have proof of the Far Left's anti-democracy beliefs. Jim posted a letter that six Democrats sent to Honduras. Here's the text of that letter:

His Excellency José Ángel Saavedra
President of the Congress of Honduras

Your Excellency:

It is with profound respect that the undersigned members of the U.S. Congress write to you and the members of the Honduran Congress to share our views on the difficult events currently underway in your country. We understand that you have received visitors from our Congress who represent the minority party, the Republican Party, who have expressed views that differ markedly from those of President Obama's administration and the Democratic majoritly party in the U.S. Congress. What unites the persons signing this letter is that we are all members of the majority Democratic Party, we support the Obama Administration's efforts in Honduras, and that we each have a deep and longstanding interest and admiration for Latin America and for Honduras.

We believe that the coup against President Zelaya was unconstitutional...

The United States government has one position, which has been a repeated call for dialogue between both sides, and support for the San José Accords, as proposed by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. We will continue to encourage the U.S. administration to work multilaterally with our allies in the region. Should the de facto government continue to stall, we will encourage our government to not recognize your upcoming elections.

We know full well the weight of your task in this fast-moving scenario,, as your Constitutional responsibilities are very similar to ours. We thought it important that you be aware of our views on these critical issues since you are the authors of the laws that govern your country and guardians of the rule of law in Honduras. Count on us to assist in any way we can.

Sincerely,
James P. McGovern, Bill Delahunt, Janice D. Schakowsky, Sam Farr, Gregory W. Meeks, Xavier Becerra

That bunch doesn't listen to our Constitution. Why should we trust their opinion of another country's constitution? Mary Anastacia O'Grady's reporting for the WSJ outlines the constitutionally approved method for amending the Honduran constitution:

While Honduran law allows for a constitutional rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress.

Clearly, Zelaya didn't follow the constitutionally mandated procedure. If he had, the Honduran Supreme court wouldn't have ordered his removal. This AOL News article has the original story:

He insisted Zelaya's ouster was legal and accused the former president himself of violating the constitution by sponsoring a referendum that was outlawed by the Supreme Court. Many saw the foiled vote as a step toward eliminating barriers to his re-election, as other Latin American leaders have done in recent years.

This is consistent with what we know through Ms. O'Grady's reporting. Honduran presidents don't have the constitutional authority to unilaterally change the Honduran constitution, which is precisely what President Zelaya was attempting to do. If Democrats were interested in Democracy, they would've known this. In this instance, they aren't interested in Honduras's constitution.

Later in Jim's post, he notes this about Rep. McGovern:

Last year US Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass) was suspected of offering Colombian Marxist FARC terrorists assistance while at the same time he was undermining the Colombian government.

The evidence was discovered on the computer of FARC rebel leader Raul Reyes after his death in March at an Ecuadorean FARC camp. Interpol confirmed the computers were not tampered with or the documents manufactured by the Colombian government.

You'd be wrong if you thought that this was the only connection with South American leftists. Here's a 'golden oldie' from Rep. Delahunt's past:

While most of Congress was spending an August recess tending to local constituents, Representative William D. Delahunt was in Caracas, sitting down to a four-hour, one-on-one dinner conversation with President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, one of the Bush administration's most ardent critics.

That meeting, unusual for a sitting member of Congress and a head of state so critical of the White House, sparked negotiations that led to the official announcement scheduled for today: A US subsidiary of a Venezuelan-owned company will provide 12 million gallons of discounted home heating oil to Massachusetts consumers and organizations serving the poor.

This meeting took place in November, 2005. Less than eight months after Delahunt's meeting, the price of a gallon of gas hit $4 a gallon in the U.S. At the same time Massachusetts voters got a steal of a deal on home heating oil, Delahunt was opposing a Bush administration proposal to open up the OCS for drilling. That drilling would've yielded millions of metric tons of natural gas. So would've opening up ANWR, where huge reserves of natural gas still exist.

Rather than betray his environutter allies, Rep. Delahunt chose to deal with Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. Nothing in his statements up till now says that he's opposed to the Chavez government's trampling of that nation's free speech rights.

It's interesting that nobody in this group was outraged during the Iranian uprising after that country's fraudulent elections. Freedom's advocates around the world decried the violence and the fraudulent elections. This group, not so much.

The Democrats' roots in 'realism' is really a cover for their nonchalant attitude towards dictators. They have a long history of supporting dictators in the name of regional stability while oppressed people suffer mightily.

This letter is just the latest proof of that.

Comments welcome at LFR.