# Caitlyn Jenner for Senate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 18, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601 "2017-07-18T21:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/21 "2017-07-19T20:40:06Z")
Let’s try getting back to the basics here… Does Jenner have any brains worth speaking of? If no, then no. If yes, then I leave this up to California. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/22 "2017-07-19T20:44:24Z")
Transparently learned behaviour of the Kartrashian attention seeking variety. How can it be viewed otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/23 "2017-07-19T21:16:43Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > She has no business running for public office because she is, in my opinion, unqualified and probably needs to work through a few more of her personal issues first. > > She wants public office? Start with “dog-catcher” and work her way up the ladder so she has actual experience and qualifications. > > Also, unfortunately, she’d be seen as the face of the transgender folks and I just don’t think she’s a representative example of that category. Perhaps she could run for mayor; it worked well for Sonny Bono and Clint Eastwood. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/24 "2017-07-19T21:30:16Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > She wants public office? Start with “dog-catcher” and work her way up the ladder so she has actual experience and qualifications. That’s so last decade. We live in a Brave New World, where a reality TV star can start at the top. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/25 "2017-07-19T21:45:00Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Log Cabin Republicans come to mind here. 🙂 I think the Log Cabin Republicans are largely Log Cabin Independents, these days. The recent sharp shift in Republican “values” makes it harder and harder to reconcile. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/26 "2017-07-19T21:48:51Z")
will Mike Pence eat dinner alone with her if she wins? ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/27 "2017-07-20T15:01:26Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Even in California, you can find plenty of Republicans who’d beat her in a primary. California has jungle primaries. Even if she beats all the republicans, she might not make the ballot in the the general. 2016 featured Harris (D) versus Sanchez (D). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/28 "2017-07-20T18:00:14Z")
If she was the other parts of LGBT, I could see Republicans voting for her in a “see, we’re not homophobic” gambit. But not being transphobic doesn’t seem to be something Republicans care about yet, to the detriment of getting younger voters. (See how Yiannopoulos was embraced for as long as he was. Also, I love that I know Greek names well enough that I never misspell that name.) ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/29 "2017-07-20T18:42:05Z")
Switch parties = Democrats offer the nominee position to replace the less popular Hillary Clinton = Instant Presidency ! What fervent Democrat could not vote as some could not vote for Hillary ? It would be hateful ! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/30 "2017-07-20T18:48:03Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-caitlynjenner-idUSKBN1A21QR](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-caitlynjenner-idUSKBN1A21QR) > > She might run. Is America ready for a gold medal winner in the Senate? 🙂 We’re certainly ready for a massive freak show. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/31 "2017-07-20T18:52:30Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > That’s so last decade. We live in a Brave New World, where a reality TV star can start at the top. There is older precedent for marrying into fame and parlaying that into a Senate seat. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/32 "2017-07-20T19:20:07Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It would never work - Jenner would switch parties in mid-race. That is rude, not politically correct, and funny as hell. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/33 "2017-07-20T21:16:53Z")
Honestly, I think it could be a good thing for the transgender cause. Otherwise, I have no idea how she’d be in actual service. But you’re right, it won’t happen as long as she’s a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/34 "2017-07-21T02:36:17Z")
She’s all yours, GOP! ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/35 "2017-07-21T04:48:28Z")
From a May 2015 perspective, which sounds more unlikely President Donald Trump? Or Senator Caitlyn Jenner? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/36 "2017-07-21T19:38:47Z")
lots of celebs have run for office and won . For example a B list actor named Reagan did pretty well. Not to mention : Arnold S Jesse Ventura Al Franken and so on ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/37 "2017-07-26T01:41:02Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Also, unfortunately, she’d be seen as the face of the transgender folks and I just don’t think she’s a representative example of that category. Oh HELL no, as I said. I’d say 8/10 transitioned transgender people I know hate her, and about half of all transgender people. I wouldn’t even have her on my show if she mailed me and asked to be on it - unless I was allowed to ask her any question I wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/38 "2017-07-26T01:59:40Z")
It would not be good for the trans cause because Jenner herself is not good for the cause. She’s anti-gay and oddly transphobic for a trans person. She’s undermining a whole lot of what trans people are fighting for. She’s also not really done a good job as presenting herself as intelligent or capable of the job. So having a trans person who is bad at the job isn’t helpful to the trans cause, either. I’m pretty sure her useful contributions to the cause are over. It was great that some famous person came out as trans, and opened a public dialog about this. But it sucks that it was not a good person. I mean, South Park wasn’t wrong. There’s a reason they didn’t get too much heat for making her Trump’s wife or messing up her face, despite the transphobic overtones of doing so. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/39 "2017-07-29T03:36:04Z")
Jeez, being a Kardashian is bad enough. I have read NOTHING good about her online since she ‘came out’ and got awards and stuff, but the Kardashian stank is strong with this one. She is not liked anywhere, she is a bigot in a dress and wig. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601/40 "2017-07-29T03:40:49Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > I had been blissfully unaware that Jenner was related to them. Ignorance fought, I guess. Jumped Up Jesus In A Sidecar. That’s like saying, “I never heard of New York City, I never heard of Gone With the Wind. What’s this global warming thing I keep hearing about?” I imagine the reception in that cave you live in must be quite poor, but really!! Kind of hilarious as far as ignorance goes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caitlyn-jenner-for-senate/791601.md?page=3)