UTTERLY DISGRACEFUL - AT 6:31 P.M. ET: 

OCOTAL, Nicaragua (AP) - The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials, stepping up pressure on coup-installed leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president.

Coup-installed leader?  When, precisely, was there a coup?  The army did not act until ordered to do so by proper constitutional authority.  This is either lazy journalism, or slanted journalism, but there's no third possibility.

The U.S. State Department did not name the four, but a Honduran official said they included the Supreme Court magistrate who ordered the arrest of ousted President Manuel Zelda and the president of Honduras' Congress.

Last time I looked, the ousted president's name was Zelaya, not Zelda.  Zelda is my aunt.  Is this great journalism, or what?

The State Department is also reviewing the visas of all officials serving under interim President Roberto Micheletti, department spokesman Ian Kelly said.

Micheletti's Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Lorena Alvarado said Supreme Court Justice Tomas Arita and Congressional President Jose Alfredo Saavedro were among those whose visas removed.

Arita signed the order for Zelaya's arrest several days before soldiers whisked him out of the country on June 28.

Hey, they got the president's name right.

COMMENT:  This is an outrage.  We are openly siding with Castro, Ortega and Hugo Chavez, who are allies of this former president, Zelaya, who was ousted by legal action of the Honduran government. 

It took days for the president of the United States to finally drag himself to a microphone to support the pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran, who were being beaten and killed by the mullahs.  He explained the delay by saying that he didn't want to "meddle" in Iranian affairs.  And here we are, diving into Honduras to support a hard leftist, an ally of our enemies.

Tells you where the president's heart lies, doesn't it? 

You may recall that Obama ran as a centrist.  Remember?

July 28, 2009