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Obama explains why he backs Chavista thug Zelaya  Rick Moran
This is just about what we'd expect from a college student
elevated to running the presidency.  Here's Obama's explanation
for why we want to reinstall a Chavez stooge in Honduras, as
reported nicely by ABC's Jake Tapper:  "America supports now the
restoration of the democratically-elected President of Honduras,
even though he has strongly opposed American policies," the
president told graduate students at the commencement ceremony of
Moscow's New Economic School. "We do so not because we agree
with him. We do so because we respect the universal principle
that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are
leaders we agree with or not. "  The president's remarks came in
the midst of a speech in which discussed "America's interest in
democratic governments that protect the rights of their people"
and supported Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's call for
judicial reforms in his cou