OBAMA REACHES A NEW LOW IN POLLS

Many refer to the Daily Presidential Tracking poll as the "Passion Index", which compares the percentage of people who strongly APPROVE of Obama's policies vs. the percentage who strongly DISAPPROVE.

His personal worst for this Index rating was a -12 and while he hasn't eclipsed that today with his -9, he has reached a new high when it comes to people who strongly DISAPPROVE of his performance. Today, he's at 41% and his previous high was 40%.

This may be splitting hairs but I believe any president would have to be concerned with these numbers going in the wrong direction.

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HONDURAS VERSION OF FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

What do far left socialists (and their supporters) all have in common? One thing that's unequivocal is a desire to silence opposition and free speech. The answer is obvious. Far leftists create paradigms and realities based on lies and we all know how lies stand up to truth.

As ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya continues to scream like a toddler kicked out of a sand box, his supporters are enforcing their version of the Fairness Doctrine in his old country. The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports:

Honduran media have been the focus of tensions since the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

The attack early Saturday was the sixth against media outlets and other institutions critical of Zelaya.

The AP went on to report that four of its journalists had been detained by Honduran authorities as well.

Zelaya ally Hugo Chavez recently shut down several radio stations in Venezuela and Zelaya is the guy he needs in power to help him with his income streams from that country.

Now we have belligerent pro-Zelaya protesters added to the list of examples demonstrating that the sitting Honduran government was probably justified in removing Zelaya.

Earlier, I was questioning the Micheletti-led government of charging protesters with sedition but fire bombs being hurled at the buildings of media outlets critical of Zelaya is quite extreme.

h/t to DRUDGE

IS NEW HONDURAS GOV'T PITTING OBAMA V. CHAVEZ?

This wasn't supposed to happen. Manuel Zelaya should have been reinstated by now. He's Hugo Chavez' guy and Obama wanted him back in as president. The OAS and the UN supported Zelaya as well. Roberto Micheletti and his newly installed gov't didn't have a chance.

WRONG.

By choice or not, Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez were aligned in their support for Zelaya. Micheletti continues to stand tall and Obama appears to be backing away. But Obama didn't just back away from meddling in Honduras. He slapped Honduras' Latin American neighbors (to include Venezuela) as he did so.

Hugo Chavez has a problem with that apparently, as The Hill points out:

Venezuela has taken umbrage with President Barack Obama's Monday statements about "hypocrisy" by Latin American critics who want his administration to get tougher on Honduras.

That can't be good.

Here is part of what Obama said while in Mexico that set Chavez off:

"The same critics who say that the United States has not intervened enough in Honduras are the same people who say that we're always intervening and the Yankees need to get out of Latin America. You can't have it both ways."

How can Micheletti not be emboldened by this? He knows that Obama came out forcefully in support of Zelaya and now he's pretending not to be all that interested. Translation: Obama backed down because Micheletti stood up.

Does anyone doubt for a second that Obama wouldn't be thumping his chest had Zelaya been reinstated? He loves to do that.

Thi Hill also quoted from a statement issued by the Venezuelan Ambassador to the OAS:

Roy Chaderton, Venezuelan ambassador to the Organization of American States, called Obama's "interpretation" of the situation "arbitrary and mischievous."

Fortunately for Micheletti, the truth about Zelaya is proving to be so egregious that the former is finding support in the U.S. Congress. One of those supporters is Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL), who said the following through his press secretary:

"Congressman Mack believes that at this critical time, the United States should stand with the Honduran people who seek freedom and democratic principles – not punish them for merely following their constitution and the rule of law."

The stance Obama took in support of Zelaya the day after he was removed is a stance that is aging like bad wine.

Check out the ENTIRE ARTICLE at The Hill.

h/t to Barrackaid #2