Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Cheney: Lookin’ for Love in all the Wrong Places

By Karoli March 25, 2008 Bush Administration No Comments

Cheney on ABC News Last week Cheney made headlines when asked about recent polls that show about two-thirds of Americans say the fight in Iraq is not worth it. “So?”…

In Memoriam

By Karoli March 25, 2008 Bush Administration, Iraq No Comments

A mosaic of 4,000 dead in the Iraq War, by Nico Pitney But Vice President Cheney, in a moment of immoral terpitude, reminds us that they volunteered. As if that…

Nexus or No?

By Karoli March 24, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

I can’t help wondering if there’s a relationship between Dick Cheney’s visit to Iraq last week, the attacks on the Green Zone, and the possibility that the al Sadr cease-fire…

The Old Politics, Described and Acted

By Karoli March 24, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

David Brooks: Why does she go on like this? Does Clinton privately believe that Obama is so incompetent that only she can deliver the policies they both support? Is she…

Ronald Reagan: A Reminder

By Karoli March 24, 2008 Foreign Policy, Iran No Comments

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New Politics, New Rules?

By Karoli March 24, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

Instead of focusing on the incessant pundit prattle that’s polluting the airwaves today, perhaps it would be worth looking at the rules for those of us who want to be…