[lbo-talk] Honduras--The Big Lie

[Shane Mage]

Why has nobody pointed out the Big Lie in all the MSM coverage
of the Honduran coup?  From The Daily Show to the Wall Street Journal  
they all say that Zelaya "wanted to change the Honduran Constitution  
to allow him to run for reelection."  But the fact, undenied by  
anybody, is that Zelaya wants to hold a referendum on whether a  
Constituent Assembly should be elected next November *at the same  
election when his successor as president is to be elected*.  So, if  
Zelaya eventually gets everything he wants in the way of a new  
constitution he would still leave office, and his elected successor  
would take office, in January 2010.  Long before a Constituent  
Assembly could even be elected, let alone write a new constitution,  
have it ratified by referendum, and put into effect.

The reelection of Zelaya is thus impossible.
Yet the MSM goes on lying.

Shane Mage


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