I saw it happen and it was good.

The support of transgender community would rise. Not a ton but would rise. Heck look at gay marriage it has risen a lot in both parties in a short time. Most look at Crazy Cruz as the Republican Party and he is a minority within the party. Most Republicans can't stand him except for extreme tea party.

But, like I said, I was really surprised by my friend and might be on the whole as well. We'll see. He's catching a lot of criticism for the upcoming documentary, but again, I think telling his story is really important and I applaud him.

a large group of people won't be able to dismiss him as "other" who would have automatically done that before. He might influence more people to see him as a person. And that will help other transgender people, just like Ellen, Rosie, Will & Grace, etc did for gay people.

Would I rather he be a progressive Democrat ? Sure. I really don't care. He and his transformation are going to help the entire world, I'm convinced.

had a different reaction if he had raged for twenty minutes about how Republicans suck.

Sure we would have cheered, but we already support his transition.

Now maybe some of the Republicans and conservatives will open their hearts and their minds to the truth. On this and maybe other subjects.

And good for that as far as it can go.

I think we should crowd fund his ticket to the Repuke National Convention just to see how "the big tent" welcomes him into the fold.

What My-Tee-Fine TV that would be! Just imagine the Reich-wing evangelical heads exploding everywhere.

As Pierce said, "Oh please baby Hay-Soos! You know I'm your amigo."

I personally would not want to be associated with anything that might set him up for ridicule, failure or bullying. He's not a pawn in our political games.

He already has a lot on his plate.

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simply can't pull off dignified.

DU'ers want to feature some dignified transgender individuals who are in the public eye?

How about Jazz Jennings?

Need a real "celebrity"?

How about Andreja Pejic?

Do DU'ers even know who Andreja is?

When people find out it is someone they know, they often modify their views, and a celebrity they like can be like that too.

Living in Texas, I have a couple of friends who are "Republican." I always tell them they are liberals... they just don't know it.

He's adorable and I always tell him he'd totally vote for Josiah Bartlet. He's very socially liberal but comes from old money and so stuck in thinking (R)'s are in his selfish best interest. Someday I will turn him.... though he thinks that someday he'll turn me. Heh... no.

They can accomplish more through a corporate Democratic President then they can with a Republican. Can you imagine the fights they would have had if a Republican President didn't go after Wall Street after crashing the economy?

Getting your picture on the Wheaties box is a good way to start out becoming noticed. That you can become wealthy in this condition is totally amazing. Flash forward a few years and your stepchildren with some questionable values is able to generate enough public curiosity to turn their lifestyle into a cash draw is even more amazing. So now the Wheaties box guy has found a new cash cow that just allows him to be himself. I do find it refreshing to know that this spectacle is being funded for a person who has the fundamental flaw of all Republicans and fanatics. Bruce Jenner cares exclusively about himself while being a conservative there is no other way to be. The second he suggests that some be given his solution that cannot afford it he loses all RW support.

And if you did, you certainly did so with a terribly cynical eye.

He loves his family, warts and all... and they love him, warts and all. Kris has been an asshole, but they were happily married for nearly 25 years. His kids have been very supportive.

The whole bunch is self-appointed royalty. They live for attention. They also do not require a day job.

He became absolutely giddy during the interview when he began rambling on about the irony of he having been the real story all along, the real curiosity in his freakshow family, and not Kim and the other girls. And, his comment about being a Republican because he supports the constitution, well that just proved he is a brainless twit.

Jenner's gender identity is irrelevant to me because he is first and foremost a horse's ass!

I would rather not even look at that in passing. Others in the reality show genre must be having fits of jealousy at the Kardashian renewal of the franchise.

unsuspecting drivers with the SUV.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/07/entertainment/bruce-jenner-car-accident/index.html

GOP protects the Super Rich's wealth. Thats all I need to know about him he has not bared any good fruit.

about a wealthy white republican representing them as the new face of the transgender/transsexual community!

Yay!

The Kardashian's have always been a manufactured celebrity freak show for profit.

but I've gotta admit, learning that he's a self-proclaimed republi-CON actually changed my opinion of him a little.

I totally support his journey - if he feels that's truly and genuinely who he is making the transition he's making, then I support that. I know the news reporter who is now Zoey Tur. She made the transition. Used to be Bob Tur, and at times during my career I'd see him out working some of the same stories I was working. It's a brave step he's taking. Hell, it's a brave step that ANYBODY standing in those shoes undertakes. Yesterday I heard a local radio report - sidebar time! They interviewed Zoey to get the view from one who does indeed walk in those shoes. She talked about how it's actually like a death. The person you used to be is gone. Dead. Irretrievable. She talked about how final that transition is. It's the kind of transition so profound that I don't think any of us who don't face that kind of inner turmoil or questioning can fully grasp. I can't imagine having to deal with something that cataclysmic within one's own self! Then again, though, it's really not for any of us outsiders to say, one way or the other. It's none of our business, really. He's a celebrity so it kind of is, but really, this is a very personal journey HE is on.

So it's never been this chapter in Bruce Jenner's story that's bothered me. I hope EVERY individual everywhere finds his or her true path, personal truth, and hopefully, achieving one's own inner happiness and contentment in life.

But I gotta say - hearing he's a republi-CON was disappointing to me. Frankly hearing ANYBODY is a republi-CON is disappointing to me, and tends to tell me something less than good about them. I DO have a bias and a prejudice - against the GOP. I'm with you, PeaceNikki. I wish EVERYBODY was a liberal.