Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Just Call Me Hussein: The Meme

By Karoli February 29, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008, Iraq No Comments

Yesterday I explained why you can just call me Karoli Hussein. That meme is now spreading through the blogosphere, smacking down the folks who think using Barack Obama’s middle name…

Barack Obama – Start the Iraq Dialogue, then Own it

By Karoli February 29, 2008 Election 2008, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

The Pew Research Center released the findings of a voter survey conducted around the Presidential candidates today, specifically analyzing their perceived strengths and weaknesses in various policy areas when compared…

Is America Ready?

By Karoli February 28, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Watch and see if you are. Thanks to twitterbuds @QueenofSpain and Baratunde. Pass it along. Technorati Tags: humor, election2008, video

Just Call Me Karoli HUSSEIN

By Karoli February 28, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Whaddya think? Today is “Just Call Me Hussein” Day in response to the continuing idiocy over Barack Obama’s middle name. The amazing thing about this whole dustup is how stupid…

Hypocrisy Encore: John McCain

By Karoli February 28, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Just after I published my post on Hypocrisy, this crossed my feeds: Mega-Church Pastor in Texas Backs McCain Senator John McCain got support on Wednesday from an important corner of…

Hypocrisy in Three Acts

By Karoli February 28, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

…or the “Do as I say, not as I do” edition: The Bush Administration US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to Turkey, on the subject of Turkish incursions into Northern…