The Honduran Elections: Persistent Courage Trumps Attempted Tyranny
Truly a victory for Honduras!
By the mere act of flocking to the polls, Hondurans expressed en masse their support for their nation’s democratic institutions. They rejected Zelaya’s call for boycotting the election, implicitly rejecting Zelaya and his designs. It’ll be hard for other nations -in the name of democracy- to continue supporting Zelaya whilst ignoring a free and fair election, where the winner garnered 1.5 million of over 2.8 million votes cast.
Zelaya grossly overestimated his compatriots’ appetite for revolution. He thought he could pull a Chavez in Honduras. But Hondurans took a good look at the misery Venezuelans are suffering, and have now said thanks. When power is finally transferred to the democratically elected President Lobo, Zelaya will become irrelevant, a sad footnote in the history of Honduras.
Curiously, the mainstream media, which loudly advertised Zelaya’s ouster in the so-called coup, has been relatively quiet about the election results. I wonder, does the MSM miss the Zelaya controversy… or do they miss Zelaya himself? Is it just that the lack of blood on the streets makes this no longer interesting …or are they reluctant to admit the defeat of a rising left-wing star?
