Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

The Cease-Fire Is Over

By Karoli March 26, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

According to VetVoice, the cease-fire is over, and violence is on the rise. Total Military Deaths in Iraq: 4,001 and counting. Unfortunately, with the end of the cease-fire, this number…

Focus on Dobson

By Karoli March 26, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

Or, “Liberal” ain’t no swear word… James Dobson has fired the first evangelical salvo of the upcoming national campaign between Barack Obama and John McCain. Sen. Obama was recently named…

Righting Wrongs on Iraq

By Karoli March 25, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

There’s a lot of breast-beating in the blogosphere this past week about how many were wrong about the war in Iraq, and why. I especially appreciated John Cole’s candid and…

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…

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…