Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Obama and Black America

By Karoli June 6, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Baratunde Thurston’s wonderful op-ed for The Independent in the UK: I was not alone in my outsider perspective. Many black Americans have a different take on America. The attacks of…

Where Larry Johnson becomes a black hole…

By Karoli June 5, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

At last, he has collapsed upon himself. I’m not even gonna tease with a quote — the summary is that good.

Lieberman Angles for McCain/Clinton ’08

By Karoli June 5, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Seems to me that he’s angling for that ticket from this email. He really should lose his chairmanship and become a Republican. It’s hard to believe he ran against Bush.…

Lead, Senator Clinton.

By Karoli June 5, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

As much as I don’t want to keep talking about Senator Clinton, I feel compelled to say something about this. There are so many things that Harriet Christian said that…

“We are always Americans first”

By Karoli June 4, 2008 Election 2008, Notes No Comments

Tonight my daughter asked me why I wasn’t on the moon. I tried to explain my frustration at the grandstanding that had gone on in advance of his speech, not…

Dan Abrams has it wrong

By Karoli June 3, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

He described the Obama supporters opposed to Hillary Clinton as VP as opposing her nomination because they don’t like her. I don’t know her. I don’t like things she’s done.…