Is Senator DeMint Preparing To Commit Treason?

[adlibn55]

Hmmm. So the Obama administration supports a president who violates his country's constitution to further his personal political fortunes. We need to keep a close eye on Mr. Obama.

[echosyst]

Maddow is a deluded nutcase. Her errors in reporting number into the thousands. MSNBC is going down.

[dvdpfstr]

As stated before, the military booted the former President because he was trying to violate their own constitution. Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[n66178]

ditto, she is a shill, and your right SamHa1n, the information is all over the place...."going rogue", Ha! I am glad he is my senator, and I am also glad I stopped watching the mainstream shill, on both sides - can't stand Beck either.

[sp4lg]

MSNBC. Obama's FOX.

[SamHa1n]

She is just a shill...if people researched the issue in Honduras..it wouldn't take long to realize it WAS NOT A COUP, the outed president BROKE THE LAW.

[justonefirefly1]

You know what your problem is: mind your own fucking business - its their country not ours. How many fucking wars do you think we can afford? How many familily members do you have in Iraq? Go fuck your stupid asshole brain- sick of paying for your goddam tiny prick - get over it and shove your ego up your ass

[JumpinJesuits]

jesus christ...I can't believe she actually said TREASON!

Good lord help us...and pass the ammunition! These people are throwing off their masks with no abandon. I know I shouldn't be shocked, but...DAMN!

Is anyone else seeing this?!

[alisoakita]

I love that NBC thinks Rachel Maddow's opinions are representative of average ordinary Americans. They ought to leave Manhattan once in a while.

[awaspm]

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel.... tisk tisk...

Your Pro-War is showing...

Sort of like bending over and mooning the world...

Here's the way you can tell if anti-war is a real value for you:

Are the innocents, just as dead under Bush as they are under Obama?

[sharazel]

You're a statist bitch, Maddow.

[MstrirSage]

Ms. Maddow, you're way out of line on this one. First off, suggesting that someone commits treason by encouraging others to resist U.S. intrusions is, well, remeniscent of the Bush era. And besides, the Honduran coup was entirely in accordance with the Honduran Constitution. After several courts ruled against the president of Honduras, and after the president unconstitutionally sought another term anyway, the Honduran Supreme Court unanimously issued a detention order against him.

[motorolarules]

I believe the demopublicians did the same thing in earlier administrations, in fact I think hilary did it. All of this travel,of course, is at the cost of the citizens of this country.

[MrSokitumi]

Hmm maybe Demint knows the evils of our own lieing scamming gov and their bid for the north american union hmmm maybe just maybe this is that countries last ditch effort to keep their own soverienty )o

[iamavet]

Rachel ---- yawn. "Wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead. "

Your propaganda is silly tonight.

[fepris]

Since Obama sees nothing wrong with a leader trying to change the Constitution of his own country to benefit his own ambitions, Obama would try the same thing with the Constitution of the U.S.

I see something wrong with Obama and Chavez agreeing with each other.

[thementalpatient2005]

What if the people who are elected to represent the citizens of their country(politicians) votes for policies and pass laws that are obviously detrimental to that country. Their leader was obviously trying to violate their constitution; so the citizens acted to protect it. Here in america we protest violations to our constitution. In other countries they do as abraham lincoln did and fight to protect their civil liberties.

[fido5150]

Zelaya hadn't actually done anything yet. He had the potential to do something, but unfortunately the law requires you to have actually done something, to be prosecuted for it.

Not saying he's a nice guy, he's actually a lot like Bush. Trample the constitution, amass power, stomp on your adversaries... I could go on and on.

I have a differing opinion on America... here we can't pull our eyes away from 'American Idol' long enough to realize our constitution is being trashed. Total apathy.

[hubristime]

For clarity, Sen Demint was blocked, and now is going with the blessing of the Defense Dept. Ok?

There is no violation of the Logan Act.

[fido5150]

Yeah, they got permission because McConnell pulled some strings.

He was blocked because he's purposely holding up confirmation of some administration appointees, then he crybabied to McConnell who pulled rank and got him permission through the Defense Committee.

Still doesn't mean his actions will not be treasonous... we'll just have to wait and see.

[hubristime]

Chalk it up to MSNBC once again for fabricating rumors.

Treason: 1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign. 2. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state. 3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.

None of the above have been violated. Nice mind trick associating something "military" & outside US as if it world have an impact upon national security. May as well be about the price of bananas.

[fido5150]

Maybe you should read #2 again bud... though mostly #3.

The policy of the U.S. (and the rest of the world) toward Honduras is that Zalaya be restored (with limited powers) and 'then' elections be held... any elections held while the current democratically-elected leader is in exile will not be recognized.

The interim government is leaning toward doing this, and DeMint and his cronies are going to advise them against it.

They are sabotaging the foreing policy of the U.S. government. TREASON

[granulorhoek]

Speaking of hubris and mind tricks... Your definition #3 seems to apply. It sounds to me that you've decided to defend a Republican, right or wrong. You need to answer the question, What is a South Carolina senator doing in Honduras meeting with a government that the U.S. doesn't recognize as legitimate? I'll bet you'd have something to say if Barney Frank was meeting with Hamas. De facto hypocrite.

[hubristime]

You didn't watch the video, did you?

He is going there with the permission of the Defense Department. You sound like a brainless idiot who doesn't think about what he hears.

Douchebag.

[Bishop153]

There have been plenty of Violations of the Logan Act... I don't know why this one's so important.

[hubristime]

They said he was blocked by the State Department, but now he has the blessing of the Defense Department. There is no violation.

[chessgame1960]

new ameriKa's involvement is nothing more than our socialist baby boo president and cronies supporting another socialist pres' at the expense of Honduran rule of law. But you know that already.

[chessgame1960]

You socialist can't help lying. Honduras wasn't a military coup. Their constitution states a pres' can serve 1 one term as pres', 1 term. Ousted Pres' Zelaya tried to establish a poll for 28 June adding a ballot box to the Nov election to convene an assembly to rewrite their constitution. Various legal bodies declared the poll unlawful. On 26 June their Supreme Court issued a detention order for Zelaya. On 28 June, 2 DAYS AFTER THE COURT ORDERED HIS ARREST, troops entered his residence. Liar.

[RaginCelt]

Congress has right to go to foreign countries as long as they don't undermine foreign policy. However, DeMint is trying to undermine US policy by encouraging the coup leader to defy the USA. That seems borderline treasonous.

[DillonX]

DeMInt is the worst South Carolina Senator ... yes, even worth than Lindsay Graham.

But he can be defeated in 2010 if the Dems put up a candidate who'll stress how he's been in the pocket of the Insurance Companies & has worked against the US govt.

[maidenshadows]

The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort.

[newperve]

You're assuming that the Courts in the US would actually enforce any law that affects the executive.

[newperve]

So because someone doesn't support the (often ludicrous) US foreign policy that means they're a traitor? How? He made no oath to slavishly follow every stupid thing the president said about other countries. Opposing government policy is what the opposition party is SUPPOSED to do, that's why it's called the opposition party. Whether this instance is a wise or moral one is another matter, but by equating opposition with treason you join the totalitarians in spirit.

[iTellYouNoLie]

they can't really say shit about the logan act, almost the whole government, on both sides of the isle, are guilty of that thing, so they won't enforce it.

[ModernSurvivor]

Wow, what a biased hack-job of an answer. Doesn't she make you think of a word, you know, one that starts with a HYPOCRIT.

[HumanAction23]

As is typically the case such as this, both sides are wrong. Rachel is simply an idiot, but that goes without saying. And DeMint, well, he's a politician. But they both have something in common, they are both STATISTS! Which brings me to another side of the debate, one that is never brought up in the Blue vs. Red that we hear over and over with these Talking Head Shows. Isn't anyone for individual liberty anymore?

[atrickpay11]

Rachel Maddow is a fascist.

[clownpants]

You have no idea what that word,  fascist, means, so don't use it.

God, you republicans are dumb.

[ferrozm]

They are dumb as hell. We know this stuff but they don't even bother to research it.

[VVick3d]

"DeMint became furious that his personal mission to undermine the foreign policy of the government he supposedly serves was thwarted..."

WRONG, Rachel Maddow. DeMint does not serve the government. DeMint serves the people.

[sploogersmoof]

Actually, he serves himself. As well as his corporate backers.

[Taors]

'We' refuse? Who the hell is this 'we'?

People who think that the United States is some sort of divine entity are going to get a rude awakening soon enough. There's a paradigm shift coming, and it's going to leave hacks like Rachel Maddow and Sean Hannity in the dust.

[meest101]

Disagreeing with the 'party line' of the Federal Government is treason? You suck, Rachel

[newperve]

Well what has treason always meant? Has it ever had any other denotation or connotation?

[chunga777]

Maddow's critique sounds oddly similar to the garbage Fox News spews on a regular basis.

The US government has no business messing with Honduras. What happens there is business of the Honduran people only. Why is it so hard for people like Maddow to accept this?

Leave Honduras alone and then apply that same principle to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Korea and Pakistan. Talk with them, trade with them, be diplomatic, but don't threaten them and don't try to tell them what to do. That helps no one.

[Garlannd]

It is because she's the reflection in the mirror of bizarro world when Ann Coutlier looks in the mirror.

[PrincessSushiTushi]

Rachel Maddow, typical hypocritical warmongering media whore. She would have been cool with this sort of behavior if it had been a Democrat doing it under Bush. Back in the day, she actually acted like she was for peace. We see mirror-images of her ilk among the people who work for Fox. They can all go take a flying leap, the whole hypocritical, lying bunch of them.

[idnotego]

LOL...I bet you Maddow doesn't even realize that she is demonizing Lincoln and the war between the states. Lincoln attacked another nation, the Confederate States of America, and imposed a new gov't. Hardcore dems and republicans both lose on many arguements just like Maddow does on this one.

[junior00bacon00chee]

honestly, who takes this garbage seriously? anyone who watches the news, on any channel ("left" or "right"), and takes it seriously, is, quite frankly, a thumb sucking retard.

now...i know the govt schooling camps discourage critical thinking....but if your bullshit meter doesnt fly off the charts when you turn on the news, then you are a bona fide moron.

cable news is a laughing stock. up with the NET, down with TV!!!

[mmaier2112]

Maddow's a partisan Dem party shill.

Obama visited Pakistan when the feds didn't allow it. Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter have undermined foreign policy in the past. Should they have been killed for it? (I'd be fine with all 3, actually.)

This is much ado about nothing. Our government saying its citizens cannot travel anywhere is not at all befitting a free people.

Congress is a co-equal branch of govt, BTW.

And whatever happens in Honduras is none of our business.

[junior00bacon00chee]

does this mean the US doesn't formally recognize itself?

according to maddow's logic it should....which means.....OMG, FREEDOM! everyone dance in the streets, the behemoth is dead!

[MrYougunt]

Remember kids, if you make a law against dissent and call it something else, then the sheeple will eat it up and castigate dissent.

[imacandoman]

for ex-peacnik rachel maddows, dissent = treason.

OBAMA = BUSH

[MrYougunt]

War is peace., freedom is slavery, ignorance is power!

[helltrackrider]

"...of the Government he serves..."???

Is this bitch stupid!?!?!?...well, that statement alone should tell you YES!

He serves "WE THE PEOPLE"...not the FUCKING GOVERNMENT...God Damn Leftists fucktards!!!

[chrishird21]

Do you think that he's serving the people of America by going to a foreign nation and going against the stance taken by the representative body of the American people? Surely that's trampling on the will of the people, who elected the government in order to come to consensus agreements like this?

[helltrackrider]

...and Osama did such a wonedrful job by taking sides on the issue?

Basically, "All men are created equal"...All men...not American men...I commend DeMint for standing for others...not just Americans, peacefully and responsibly...not by war and threats.

But, back to my original comment...This Bitch is STUPID.

Are you a Libtard?

[OutlawTomFantastic]

What, she wants this senator shot because he disagrees with the government? Rachel sounds like a commie, and differences in opinion will not be tolerated.

[jaralero]

Mad(dow) Federalist

[themackattack11]

Rachel Maddow is aspiring to be a bull-dyke left wing version of Bill O'Reilly. If you're not with us, you're against us! My opponents are unpatriotic and treasonous!

[mmaier2112]

Her and Olbermann should have a lesbo love fest.

[PrincessSushiTushi]

mmaier2112 wrote, "Her and Olbermann should have a lesbo love fest."

You should be ashamed to write such a thing! It's "SHE and Olbermann should have a lesbo love fest."

:)

[mmaier2112]

Oh yeah? Well... good point.

[trombonemasta]

How dare both of you say something like this!!

It is "Olbermann and she should have a lesbo love fest."

:P

[PrincessSushiTushi]

trombonemasta, we stand corrected! I'm trying hard not to imagine Olbermann with a strap-on . . .

[mmaier2112]

HEY! I'm eating dinner here!

[RMMHS4RP]

Oh, so none of Honduras' neighbors recognize the new government either? I guess small nations can stick their noses where they don't belong, too. How would we feel if the criminal gangs that run Canada and Mexico had refused to recognize the government of Gerald Ford because they felt that Nixon had been unfairly forced to resign? This whole thing is so ridiculous, and it makes me sick to see Maddow shill for the new boss, who is the same as the old boss.

[sinitskyd]

we should not be supporting anyone. Hondurans can figure out themselves what to do. As they say in a wise Russian joke: if honduras bothers you, don't scratch it. LezMaddow and DeMint are both full of shit.

[utubehayter]

Good. I am not supporting anyone. Are you?

[howiehardcore]

Rachel, A Senator does not serve the government. A Senator serves the people and should obey the Constitution. He can do anything he wants, assuming it is legal and if he wants to support a military coup he can. His support means nothing and neither does the U.S.'s condemnation. Honduras is a sovereign country. I hope you've appreciated the civics lesson.

[TeleprompterOTUS]

"Honduras is a sovereign country. I hope you've appreciated the civics lesson. "

LOL. Nicely put.

[silencemagazine]

Maddow is perplexing. Yes, I too would be trying to undermine the U.S. foreign policy. I mean has Rachel forgotten about Iraq? Our empire is shameful.

[feeknocks]

Perplexing? Come on, she's just another party liner hoe. That's what you get in the mainstream media, party liner hoes across the board.

[JiveDadson]

Remember when Maddow was opposed to US imperialism? Ah, those were the days.

[feeknocks]

She was opposed to Republican neocon imperialism. She's not against Democrat imperialism, however.

[utubehayter]

Yeah! I remember at one time thinking.. man she is ripping on Obama when he talked about "non-combat" soldiers staying in Iraq - she might be one of the good ones. Alas! she has returned to her party line. "Democrats = good, Republicans = bad - and I cannot really be bothered about principles or the constitution"

[bucs2921]

Zelaya is a piece of shit.

[ThatWayneGuy2007]

Hey.. with any luck ? De Skint might not come back. Sure he isnt visiting his lover down there ala Sandford ?

[ZedAlfa273]

Senator Jim DeMint is going to Honduras to support a repressive, anti-democratic, military regime and to advise them to resist all efforts of the United States to return the DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED Honduran President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales to power.

If I did'nt know any better, I'd say Senator Jim DeMint is a CIA operative.

[997GT378]

Truth is treason in the empire of lies

[milan20]

rachel maddow; " the government he serves"

really? i thought they supposedly served us, not the government. what an idiot.

[JahfreFireEater]

Wow, someone needs to clue this empty headed suit that elected officials serve the PEOPLE not the government. Hard to believe how such ignorant people can have such visible jobs in the USA. Its equally embarrassing and dangerous.

[adamdriscl]

Wow. I actually thought, while I may have disagreed, that she had consistent principled integrity....now I'm realizing she is yet another shill for power/party over principle. Go figure.

[HuxleyWasRight]

actually, maddow does resemble hannity.

[HuxleyWasRight]

I don't like demint, I find his foreign policy positions disgusting, but here, essentially, Maddow is acting like O'Reilly, you go against your government, you're a traitor ?

[mattahern]

Ex-peacenik sells out for money and glory... SHOCKING!! Throw a little money at them and most sluts will stick the booty in the air,... of both the male and female variety.

[HuxleyWasRight]

Rachel O' Maddow .

[Csmallo]

I thought the Vice President took the place of the ousted commie. So how is he a military leader? Was Ms. Maddow also outraged when Pelosi went to Syria? I have no problem with an American going down there, but why are the tax payers paying for it?

[rpwhite55]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, "Fox News has pulled off another dominant quarter, claiming the top 10 cable news programs in 3Q 2009 and growing against 3Q 2008, while CNN and MSNBC lost substantial portions of their election-boom audience."

[livefreeordie2008]

wonder what this twat would have to say if he was doing this with Bush admin.

[Honkyrappa]

Is this Bill O'Reilly?

[buddjas1]

Remember when Maddow was against war?

[Jai666666666]

So these are traitors within traitors..., within traitors..., sort of what I got out of 9-11 a vary confusing bunch out there.

[mynameisbobtoo]

this is treason.

[69QuIzAcK69]

Why the HECK are we even messing with their country? We can't even keep our OWN under control! Rachel, you really need to look at your OWN country! The person that was overthrown was done so BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY! Welcome to democracy at work! If you mess with your country too much, you will have to reap the consequences. I hope Obama is watching!! Maybe he's against it because dictators stick together...

[Plat465]

new america foundation? neocon??? i hate msm

[FriarTuck1961]

(ex) President Manuel Zelaya is a communist sympathizer.  I would spray Oust on him too.

The Supreme Court of Honduras ordered the military to arrest Zelaya because of unconstitutional activities.

[rachelabombdotcom]

wait a second, I thought our Gov was backing that coup? They must have changed their minds... Maddow needs to look around in her own country for treason. Everything the Obarry adm is doing is unconstitutional.

[fakenewz]

Fuck American policy. All we do is fuck things up. Anyone who undermines the U.S. government, at this point, is a good guy, as far as I'm concerned.

[BeantownJim]

The US govt backs the leftwing of honduras

[BabybooR33]

all politicians have already commited treason with the ET cover-up and 9/11 cover-up alone....

[risecat]

i am alien too.

cia as well

;)

[Psilo007]

I'm SHOCKED we didnt just bomb the country like the gov does with non cooperatives.

Hey lets not even mention the elite nature of the coup party!

Hmm thinking of it, THIS illegal Honduran admin, is actually working against 'freedom.' Sounds like a  breeding ground for terrorism to me :P

Oh the people of Honduras were only trying to get a proper constitution for themselves. That is small fries compared to those non exsistant WMD's we found in Iraq. Wait were elsewhere now, freedom isn't easy?

[youthinksoo]

ummm. He was "outsted" because he VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION! He was backed by Castro and Chavez.... and Hilary and Obama...

[fido5150]

youthinksoo,

Regardless of his actions, a military coup is not the answer. There's this little entity called a 'court of law' that is the proper venue to handle transgressions such as this.

And if his actions were so 'un-constitutional' (as you say) why does he have the support of every other country in the world? Riddle me this... oh, but you know better because you heard it on O'Reilly, right?

Every day that goes by the wingnuts hammer more nails in the GOP coffin, stupid is as stupid does

[BeantownJim]

anyone that goes against the constitution of any country should be banned from that country and or shot

[BOBSMOKETV]

TARP (bank bail outs) was unconstitutional! Whats the court case number for that? Do you have it? I cant find it.

[utubehayter]

Are you kidding me? If anything military coups are GREAT! Especially if they are occurring on principles. It is the only threat professional politicians will respond to.

[thomasst2]

Depends on who starts/funds it and for whose economic and political interests (CIA, the Bipartisan Policy Center, the National Endowment for Democracy). But I agree for grassroots ones against tyranny.

[utubehayter]

I actually do not care who funds it. Really, fund all the revolutions you want - everything has consequences, and anyone who has the moral courage to fund a good revolt - should do it. Anyone who is stupid enough to fund a bad revolt -apparently imagining that such things will never bite you back - should do it too.

[freedomcorp]

Zelaya stated that he was being targeted by toxic gases and radiation, and that Israeli mercenaries might assassinate him. Starting 22 September, Honduran authorities used a Long Range Acoustic Device against people present at the Brazilian Embassy. A medical doctor reported that 25-30 people had symptoms of nose or stomach bleeding and that many people had symptoms of nausea, throat and sinus irritation and related problems. - Wiki

Sounds like G-20

[jamiefhr]

guess what about the logan act. obama hilary clinton and many others have been breaking this act by attending bilderberg grp meetings

[jamiefhr]

maddow rhymes with scarecrow

[chrishird21]

Jeez, I know YouTube is full of fucking idiots, but the majority of people commenting on this are out of their minds. Treason: a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.

That's what DeMint is doing!

[CosmoZorzi]

hows that old bag the queen doing these days? hope she lives for a while, hate to see one of those wicked prince-cunts ruling over the isles

[MrYougunt]

Treason is a crime, which on historical reflection is/ was punishable by death (used to slander too). I'm sure the context of the word is clearer to you now.

Allegiance to a country is given in exchange for the state's protection. This is what makes you a citizen; however the government has no obligation to protect its citizens. This is not only supported by a variety of court cases, but also the constitution (Bowers vs. Devito). The social contract is and void, therefore there is no treason.

[MrYougunt]

Violation is ambiguous, so I'll provide the merriam definition of treason: the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family.

Who cares if anyone commits treason? Are you some sort of legal positivist or ardent nationalist (like a right-winger)?

[chrishird21]

It just stinks of Republican hypocrisy to me - to be a representative of your own government, and to travel to a foreign nation and go against your own countries stance on a military coup is treasonous - if this man was a Democrat, or a liberal, the Republicans would be hanging him in effigy.

[MrYougunt]

It's hypocrisy on both side, the only difference is that the variables have changed. Now it's not about Iraq and Bush. Maddow is just exemplifying that the mindset between left and right is nill.

[fruitsofnews]

THINK! Journalists are information- and opiniondroppers. Howdo they generate their opinion? Each and everyone of us has an opinion. So we need the material. why is demint doing it? Is he earning from it? Is it legal for him to do what hes doing? Is he in the know of something we dont? Is his support of the coup right or wrong? Is the coup right or wrong? Is the coup pro or anti US? Is it good for the people of honduras or bad? Is the US on the side of the honduran people or against? THINK

[deveousdevil]

Only republicans like this fucker can be so arrogant and pathetic that they back a military government takeover. They did the same thing with Saddam Hussein, then in 20 years they'll say "oops, turns out he's a genocidal maniac, stop selling arms to that guy, and start a war with him." Republicans hate the troops, and they hate life, none of them are pro-life, they're just hypocritical bastards.

[xxxXoakwoodXxxx]

It has gotten to the point now when newscasters just flat out lie about what is going on? When did it get this bad? That was not a coup on behalf of the Hondurans. They threw out the guy who was attempting a coup. This reporter should be fired and Obama and DeMint both should have their head examined

[311ftw]

maddow,not hot,as dumb as the other strippers=totally useless

[SaveOurSovereignty3]

Maddow is a moron.

Treason? Really?

DeMint is an idiot but this woman is a partisan hack.

[MooseOfReason]

This is treason? Really?

[Zaphodox]

hang on... didnt the CIA back a coup to put the last guy in about 20 years ago?

God this bitch is so full of it.

[szol2005]

Q

"What would you call that...."

A

Commonsense, far beyond, that of of the level of the mainstream media.....

Where the mainstream media should be dragged to jail, for there part they play in dragging down a Republic.

[risecat]

Admit nothing,

deny everything.

Demand proof,

and make counter-accusations.

[nkosev]

Sorry but whatever that man did - that's not journalism, that's propaganda.

To me it sounded like a female using irony and sarcasm all over the place. Objective news reporting ? Whats that ?

[risecat]

exactly, she is a willing tool

playing a fool.

[cheeseaura]

I find it hilarious that the MSM invokes the Logan Act for Demint but not for the Clintons or Rick Perry.

I also find it ironic that a few years ago to speak out against the policy of the US's warmongering was patriotic, but now is labeled as treason by the Left.

I know it's bipartisan, but real story is why is Demint going? What isn' the MSM telling us?

[risecat]

No.

anyone is a nut job for not examining issues closely and blindly following any presuppositions or ideas.

[fido5150]

Funny how the Republicans would label anybody that disagreed with Bush as 'un-American', yet here we have a Republican preparing to commit treason... the ultimate 'un-American' thing to do.

Actually I'm thrilled... the more the nutjobs in the Republican party show their true colors, the more people distance themselves from them.

DeMint should just stay in Honduras, the traitorious bastard... if he's smart, he will.

[wearethenightmare]

the Founders warned us... stay out of foreign affairs!

Especially since our CIA is the biggest terror organization the world's ever known, and quite successful in backing a lot of these coups, so we can go and "destroy the opposition"

Fuck your NEW WORLD ORDER

[risecat]

Rachel Maddox should first state his reasoning before attacking him.

Do NOT attack a man;

It makes professionals look like fools.

Violent revolutions are rarely acceptable, however, if the people of the land want the revolution, it is none of the business of the USA.

Majority rule?

Self sovereignty?

lol "USA"...

[OLDBEATERSIX]

reasoning aside, treason is a crime.

[risecat]

i agree, but laws will be made of reason. wherever there is not a reasonable law, there will be breakers.

unreasonable, unjust, and unfair laws make honest people into criminals. i ignore laws i don't need to use, who doesn't? the wild west for example, was based on a united social contract and they resisted states as long as they could.

those are real americans. people who love liberty and are not afraid to show it.

we don't need another communist witch hunt.

[risecat]

the real crimes are choosing to ignore reason if there are to be crimes. i could be called a traitor for many of my thoughts.

[fido5150]

It doesn't matter what his reasoning is... I'm sure criminals rationalize crimes after they commit them as well.

It's illegal. It would be one thing if he were going down to convince the military to restore the ousted president, but instead he's instructing them to do the exact opposite, contrary to the position of the government HE SERVES.

I seriously hope they arrest him on his return to the country, and charge him with treason. It's completely ridiculous the stunts the Republicans pull.

[risecat]

that's insane.

[risecat]

excuse me, but our representatives serve the people and not the government.