Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

No, I Won’t Leave My Church. Neither Should Barack Obama

By Karoli March 18, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

The following is verbatim text of an email I sent to my pastor on December 18, 2007, after discovery of a petition in our church lobby intended to repeal a…

About Race

By Karoli March 16, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

I was going to write a post about my attitudes, as a white person who was raised in a more-or-less colorblind household. How I pushed back during the 60’s and…

Damn America, Indeed

By Karoli March 16, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

Everyone’s all in a twist about Jeremiah Wright and his fiery sermons. Just for the record, my pastor has many opinions I disagree with. Why do I keep going to…

For What It’s Worth

By Karoli March 14, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

One of my all time favorite songs with powerful images…watch it, for what it’s worth. h/t Momocrats Technorati Tags: video, obama, campaign, images

Refocus

By Karoli March 14, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

And refocus. Andrew Sullivan wrote this piece in July, 2007 and it rings truer today than it did then. Sometimes it’s worth turning off the noise that’s getting louder and…

MI-FL No Superdelegates, Revote or No?

By Karoli March 12, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Seat the delegates, but don’t seat the superdelegates. This is an elegant solution to a touchy problem. If the true issue is to give the people of Florida and Michigan…