Newt Gingrich: "The sympathy for the left in this administration is unending"

Newt Gingrich talks to Greta Van Susteren about the Obama administration's bizarre backing of backing leftist strongman Manuel Zelaya in Honduras.

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Newt Gingrich blasted the Obama Administration for backing the leftist strongman Manuel Zelaya in Honduras. The former speaker criticized the naive president for supporting an obvious criminal.

Ousted Honduran Leader Zelaya had Plans to Steal Election Allowing Him to Remain in Power

According to Spanish reporters, Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya already had the results of the upcoming Presidential referendum on his computer. Not surprisingly, the results were very favorable for him. Zelaya is an ally of Hugo Chavez. Perhaps, Chavez has loaned his dirty trick playbook to Zelaya. In spite of Zelaya's close ties to Hugo Chavez and accusations of voter fraud, President Obama has called for Zelaya to be returned to power.

Babalu reported:

A Catalan newspaper is reporting that Honduran authorities have seized computers found in the Presidential Palace belonging to deposed president Mel Zelaya. Taking a page right out of the leftist dictator's handbook, these computers, according to the news report, contained the official and certified results of the illegal constitutional referendum Zelaya wanted to conduct that never took place. The results of this fraudulent vote was tilted heavily in Zelaya's favor, ensuring he could go ahead and illegally change the constitution so he could remain in power for as long as he wanted to. ACORN, I'm sure, is taking notes.

This is the man that the OAS, the UN, and the Obama State Department want the Honduran people to reinstall as their leader.

Democrats begin to change stance on Ousted Honduran President Zelaya

When Honduran President and Chavez ally Manual Zelaya was first removed from power, Democrats were outraged and called for his immediate reinstatement. A hasty meeting with Secretary of State Clinton was arranged. Now, some democrats have gone from demanding he be reinstated to pointing out he was ignoring his country’s own Supreme Court, legislature and political party.

From The Hill:

There are tentative signs from Democrats in Congress of support for the forces that removed Honduras President Manuel Zelaya from power at the end of June.

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), chairman of a key House subcommittee with jurisdiction over Honduras, roundly criticized both factions at a Friday hearing. But he also stopped short of calling for Zelaya’s immediate reinstatement, which he’d done in previous statements.

While Engel said the United States and its allies in the Western Hemisphere could not tolerate what appeared to be a military coup, he said Zelaya had ignored his country’s own Supreme Court, legislature and even members of his political party when he sought to change the constitution by seeking a second term as president.

“When the entire political establishment speaks and expresses dire concerns, the President needed to listen. From everything I can see, he did not,” Engel said during the hearing of his House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

In a statement on June 29, a day after Zelaya was removed, Engel called for Zelaya’s immediate reinstatement.

“I strongly condemn the removal of President Zelaya and believe that he should be reinstated without delay,” Engel said in the statement.

Honduran military ordered to turn back Zelaya's jet

Ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, is trying to return to Honduras. The military has been told to stop him. All flights from the airport he is headed to have been suspended. This could get interesting.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduras' exiled president flew toward home in a Venezuelan jet in a high-stakes attempt to return to power on Sunday, even as the interim government ordered the military to turn away the plane.

"I am the commander of the armed forces, elected by the people, and I ask the armed forces to comply with the order to open the airport so that there is no problem in landing and embracing with my people," Manuel Zelaya said while en route. "Today I feel like I have sufficient spiritual strength, blessed with the blood of Christ, to be able to arrive there and raise the crucifix."

Interim President Roberto Micheletti refused to withdraw his order to prevent the plane from landing, and said he would not negotiate with anyone until "things return to normal."

"We will be here until the country calms down," Micheletti told a news conference. "We are the authentic representatives of the people."

Thousands of protesters descended on the airport in the Honduran capital in anticipation of the showdown, pressing against about 250 officers with riot shields as they waved Honduran flags and posters of Zelaya, chanting "Honduras! Honduras!"

Update: The military refused to let Zelaya's plane land. Instead, he landed in Nicaragua.