Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

John McCain Must Reject GOP’s Racism NOW

By Karoli March 8, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

John McCain, Iowans, and US Citizens: Renounce, Repudiate!. If you are reading this, please, please, please blog it, send it to others, and push back. I don’t care if you’re…

Roseanne’s Got Vice on her Mind

By Karoli March 8, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Roseanne Barr wrote one of the most amazing columns I’ve ever read at the Huffington Post, and I don’t mean that in a good way. Just the first line was…

Puerto Rico Complies With Clinton Mandate

By Karoli March 7, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Hearing the cry that Clinton doesn’t do as well in caucuses as she does in primaries, Puerto Rico has changed their caucus to a primary and moved up the date…

Democratic Candidates – Take a Time Out

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

Hey, as brilliant as Samantha Power may be, she’s got a problem. Calling Hillary Clinton a ‘monster’, no matter how angry she is, demonstrates a lack of diplomacy and experience.…

NAFTA-Gate, Redux

By Karoli March 5, 2008 Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

Try to follow this, if it’s possible, from Canada’s Globe and Mail: The Canadian Prime Minister’s chief of staff (Ian Brodie) is locked in a room with the Canadian media…

As Goes Clinton, So Goes the Party?

By Karoli March 5, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Congratulations to Hillary Clinton on her wins yesterday. I wish she had won with politics that didn’t involve aligning with John McCain by holding herself out as some kind of…