If so, why is it that candidacy to public office should be subject to different standards than employment.  I mean, you can't stop people form voting on the basis of race, religion, sex, etc.

Posted on: August 25, 2008, 09:08:50 PM

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If so, why is it that candidacy to public office should be subject to different standards than employment.  I mean, you can't stop people from voting on the basis of race, religion, sex, etc.

If I lived in the US, personally I would say good luck to her, be happy that she'd found the courage to be herself, and hope the process wouldn't cause too much disruption to the time spent in office.

But then I wouldn't have voted for her based on her gender to start with.

I don't see what reason there would be for impeachment. She would still be the same person who got elected, same policies, same goals.

And heck, having a president who'd gone through transition might make things a little easier for all the other guys and gals wanting to start the journey, at least in terms of legislation and access to treatment.

So no, I certainly wouldn't be mad.