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Sunday, January 14, 2018

Manning The Barricades

In the "You won't believe this" section of today's news, Chelsea Manning has filed to run for the senate in Maryland.  The seat is now held by Ben Cardin and has been considered a safe Democrat seat.

For those who don't remember, Chelsea Manning used to be Bradley Manning.  Manning was the soldier who released enormous amounts of classified documents and was tried and convicted and sentenced to prison.  Despite the treasonous act, Manning was pardoned by president Obama just before Obama left office.  Oh, and while in prison, Manning got a sex change and became Chelsea rather than Bradley.  Maybe Chelsea was hoping for some motherly love from Hillary Clinton.

In any event, with Manning in the race, it will be interesting to see if any of the far left in Maryland decides to support the traitor rather than the current senator.  Were Manning to pull off the feat of winning the Democrat primary, it would make it possible for the GOP to win the seat.  I doubt either event will occur, but it is still interesting to consider.

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