Chelsea Manning running against Cardin (MD-Sen)

[America needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

I will be voting for Manning in the primary.

[KingSweden]

Oh man I'm trying so hard to resist the temptation to read the previous pages of this thread. This is gonna be a hilarious read when Manning inevitably gets like 6% of the vote and Cardin get 85%.

Trust me, don’t read it. This thread is a bipartisan, across-the-spectrum disaster zone.

[TheRocketRaccoon]

-BUT RUSSSSSSSIAAA hysteria victims

All of my least favorite groups of people, all united for one goal.

lol if you think Russia will help you fulfill your socialist utopia.

[heatcharger]

Oh man I'm trying so hard to resist the temptation to read the previous pages of this thread. This is gonna be a hilarious read when Manning inevitably gets like 6% of the vote and Cardin get 85%.

June 26, 2018. That's gonna be a hilarious night.

[publicunofficial]

-BUT RUSSSSSSSIAAA hysteria victims

All of my least favorite groups of people, all united for one goal.

lol if you think Russia will help you fulfill your socialist utopia.

That's EXACTLY what I'm saying and thinking, brain genius.

[publicunofficial]

Oh man I'm trying so hard to resist the temptation to read the previous pages of this thread. This is gonna be a hilarious read when Manning inevitably gets like 6% of the vote and Cardin get 85%.

June 26, 2018. That's gonna be a hilarious night.

I can see it now: Chelsea conceding in a beautiful and inspiring speach after a spirited campaign, and a million Atlas virgins going U MAD? OWNED LOL I LOVE THE NSA

[Brittain33]

Cardin's base is wealthy white Jewish suburbanites in Montgomery, Howard, and Baltimore county. They aren't generally enamored with the Iran deal.

I can see why one would think that, but realistically speaking that adds up to a tiny percentage of the Democratic electorate, even if one that punches above its weight. He must be doing something right with other Democratic voters... and many of those voters are not generally going to vote in a senate primary based on a certain interpretation of the Iran deal.

[heatcharger]

Oh man I'm trying so hard to resist the temptation to read the previous pages of this thread. This is gonna be a hilarious read when Manning inevitably gets like 6% of the vote and Cardin get 85%.

June 26, 2018. That's gonna be a hilarious night.

I can see it now: Chelsea conceding in a beautiful and inspiring speach after a spirited campaign, and a million Atlas virgins going U MAD? OWNED LOL I LOVE THE NSA

Just based on demographics, virgins will probably make up a larger proportion of Manning’s support than Cardin’s.

[Doimper]

Oh man I'm trying so hard to resist the temptation to read the previous pages of this thread. This is gonna be a hilarious read when Manning inevitably gets like 6% of the vote and Cardin get 85%.

June 26, 2018. That's gonna be a hilarious night.

I can see it now: Chelsea conceding in a beautiful and inspiring speach after a spirited campaign, and a million Atlas virgins going U MAD? OWNED LOL I LOVE THE NSA

Just based on demographics, virgins will probably make up a larger proportion of Manning’s support than Cardin’s.

I eagerly await the day that polls include virginity crosstabs

[Lothal1]

For some crazy reason I feel like people in my state would still somehow find a way to vote for a literal traitor for Senator and make her win.

[Landslide Lyndon]

For some crazy reason I feel like people in my state would still somehow find a way to vote for a literal traitor for Senator and make her win.

You have confused Maryland with Alabama.

[KingSweden]

Oh man I'm trying so hard to resist the temptation to read the previous pages of this thread. This is gonna be a hilarious read when Manning inevitably gets like 6% of the vote and Cardin get 85%.

June 26, 2018. That's gonna be a hilarious night.

I can see it now: Chelsea conceding in a beautiful and inspiring speach after a spirited campaign, and a million Atlas virgins going U MAD? OWNED LOL I LOVE THE NSA

Just based on demographics, virgins will probably make up a larger proportion of Manning’s support than Cardin’s.

I eagerly await the day that polls include virginity crosstabs

You joke but be careful what you wish for

[libertpaulian]

Are you all forgetting that even if Manning were to somehow win it all, the Senate would refuse to seat her?

[MAINEiac4434]

I still find it hilarious that a TRANSWOMAN is considered some sort of Russian spy.

I guarantee you she hates Russia and Putin.

[MAINEiac4434]

Are you all forgetting that even if Manning were to somehow win it all, the Senate would refuse to seat her?

She isn't going to win, and the people who are supporting her know this.

No one - not even Manning herself - thinks she'd win the primary, let alone the general. She's basically running to bring attention to security, trans and foreign policy issues.

[PragmaticPopulist]

Are you all forgetting that even if Manning were to somehow win it all, the Senate would refuse to seat her?

She isn't going to win, and the people who are supporting her know this.

No one - not even Manning herself - thinks she'd win the primary, let alone the general. She's basically running to bring attention to security, trans and foreign policy issues.

Trump apparently didn't think he'd win the primary or the general, so how is Manning any different from Trump?

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Donna Edwards should run for this seat.  In a political climate in which black women are becoming civically engaged in record numbers?  A state that's heavily African-American?  If anyone wants to unseat Cardin, it's Edwards!

Donna Edwards couldn't even beat Van Hollen for the open seat.

Maryland doesn't go for "exciting" politicians not named Elijah Cummings.  It elected Martin O'Malley for God's sake.

[MAINEiac4434]

Are you all forgetting that even if Manning were to somehow win it all, the Senate would refuse to seat her?

She isn't going to win, and the people who are supporting her know this.

No one - not even Manning herself - thinks she'd win the primary, let alone the general. She's basically running to bring attention to security, trans and foreign policy issues.

Trump apparently didn't think he'd win the primary or the general, so how is Manning any different from Trump?

Trump wasn't running against an entrenched incumbent.

[Intell]

-Conservatives
-Nat Sec hawks
-People who get butthurt when Dems are primaried
-Transphobes
-BUT RUSSSSSSSIAAA hysteria victims

All of my least favorite groups of people, all united for one goal.

I don't know which group I'd fall under. I just don't believe Manning is best person to represent the democratic party.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I still find it hilarious that a TRANSWOMAN is considered some sort of Russian spy.

I guarantee you she hates Russia and Putin.

Then why did she aid a staunch Putin ally and likely FSB asset?

[publicunofficial]

I still find it hilarious that a TRANSWOMAN is considered some sort of Russian spy.

I guarantee you she hates Russia and Putin.

Then why did she aid a staunch Putin ally and likely FSB asset?

Because the gave the info to the NYT and WaPo first and they did nothing with it? And acting like she should have known everything we know now about WikiLeaks in 2018 way back in 2010 is an extremely bad faith line of criticism, and straight-up revisionist history?

[KingSweden]

I still find it hilarious that a TRANSWOMAN is considered some sort of Russian spy.

I guarantee you she hates Russia and Putin.

Then why did she aid a staunch Putin ally and likely FSB asset?

Because the gave the info to the NYT and WaPo first and they did nothing with it? And acting like she should have known everything we know now about WikiLeaks in 2018 way back in 2010 is an extremely bad faith line of criticism, and straight-up revisionist history?

How long of a period of time was there between her (rightfully) contacting NYT and WaPo and her pulling the trigger with Assange? Big newspapers (unlike, say, Fox News) do a ton of fact checking and CYA before they run something this big (like with the Pentagon Papers, a good if more extreme corollary). If it was, say, six or nine months, that’s one thing. Otherwise, if it was only a handful of weeks, that says something about Manning’s lack of patience more so than the newspapers

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Also could've just given it to a non-American outlet that wouldn't be worried about legal ramifications, I mean would The Guardian seriously refuse to publish something like that?

[KingSweden]

Also could've just given it to a non-American outlet that wouldn't be worried about legal ramifications, I mean would The Guardian seriously refuse to publish something like that?

Fair point

[fluffypanther19]

People who work for the federal government also live in Maryland. A lot of them are Democrats. They don't view Chelsea Manning as a hero. Trust me.

seriously, this would be a colossal f@ckup by the dems wtf