Debate on Honduras: Lanny Davis NYU Historian Greg Grandin on Democracy Now 8/7/09 1 of 4

Debate on Honduras: Fmr. Clinton Lawyer Lanny Davis, Lobbyist for Honduras Business Leaders vs. NYU Historian Greg Grandin

The Obama administration appears to be backing off its opposition to the Honduran coup regime just as internal resistance is growing in the Honduran streets. We host a debate between Latin America historian and New York University professor Greg Grandin and Lanny Davis, a former special counsel to President Clinton whos now a paid lobbyist for Honduran business leaders backing the coup government.

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[Pinch0fSalt]

the only dictator here is you dictating your badly misinformed assessment of events in this country. Do you know the pro Zelaya protests are being utterly repressed - the media aren't covering them, and killing their journalists?

[hectorlca]

Wow, Amy has gotten so old. I miss her in Saturday Night Live.

[ale1202bat]

go away zelaya, go away hugo chavez

[chepsoki]

actually lanny davis uses facts while greg grandin tries to avoid facts by comparing the legal removal of zelaya with historical events in central america yet has no proof and makes statements as if they were facts.

[chepsoki]

brutallity of the coup?? as for that comment, you have to remember that fanatic radicals are exagerating whats happened, they claim 150 deaths while human rights say much much less, and are accusations only..... accusations that are coming from the side that has no morality, just remember the first days zalaya claimed rivers of blood, when there was no rivers of blood.

[poop121]

Lanny Davis is one of the most insufferable pundits/lobbyists. He just filibusters and degrades the debate with false accusations. It's too bad he's not just a pundit, or I'd feel comfortable just ignoring him.

[poop121]

whatever was wrong with zelaya is nothing compared to the brutality of the coup

[studape]

Lanny Davis would be part of the coup if he was Honduran. The elites have demonized the word socialism and communism because they involve the sharing of wealth. They beleive in manipulating the governments of the world to ensure thetop 1% thast own everyrthing in their countries to keep it for themselves and then use the military and media to feed the people bullshit.

[victoriahawes]

Why is it so dangerous to do a polling?

[echo1042006]

Eventhou the goverments of most countries support Zelaya's return, the mayority of HOnduran people and the people of most countries refuse his return and it's easy for President Arias to propose Zelaya's return and for other goverment to support that for it was honduran law Zelayas broke, not theirs. So horray for the honduran institutions and the armed forces who defended the democracy in Honduras!!!!!!

[chepsoki]

Zelaya was a criminal that swore to uphold the constitution , once in office he did everything possible to ignore and walk all over the constitution. even breaking into a military base with a mob

Its funy how some idoits try to tie the levels of curropness to the interm goverment that have only been in office for less then a month ignoring the corrupness levels while zelaya was president.

[chepsoki]

Complete lies, The reason you think that is because you would like to see more people protesting in the streets when the truth is he doesnt have much support.

The police and the military have shown extreme profetionalism those people you say are peaceful are violent criminals that set busses and restaurants on fire, attack pro-democratic marches. ZELAYA BROKE THE LAW!