She Didn’t Learn Her Lesson Well or Our Favorite Punching Bag

My first thought when I heard of Caitlyn Jenner running for governor of California was the Ricky Nelson song Garden Party and how Jenner didn’t learn her lesson.

Some people don’t learn their lessons that they are not wanted, no matter how much they are snubbed. With something like over 200 anti-trans bills that were introduced this year by Republicans you would think that Ms. Jenner might have gotten the message that we weren’t wanted in the Republican party… but Noo…

According to the LA Times the governor’s Newsom recalled efforts are being orchestrated by former Trump loyalists.

“We always knew the Republican recall would be a ludicrous circus full of Trump supporters, which only reinforces how much Californians appreciate Gov. Newsom’s competent, compassionate, experienced leadership during an unprecedented series of crises,” said Dan Newman, a Newsom advisor.

But into that nest jumps Ms. Jenner and she has become a laughing stock over her running.

Don Sipple, a political consultant who produced advertising for Schwarzenegger’s 2003 campaign, burst out laughing at the prospect of Jenner’s candidacy.

“What credentials are there?” he said. “What’s the groundwork that’s been laid in the public policy arena to suggest she would be a plausible candidate or a plausible governor?”

People magazine wrote,

Jenner is "running as someone that's socially liberal and fiscally conservative," a campaign adviser told the outlet. A spokesperson for Jenner did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

Unfortunately the Republicans are socially and fiscally conservative so she will have not an up hill battle to become the Republican candidate but it is more like facing a cliff.

Outsports had this to say,

“I’m in!” With those two words, world famous Olympian, reality television star and out transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner launched a bid to unseat California’s embattled Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces an almost certain recall election this fall.

“Get out!” was the collective response on social media with very few exceptions

The Daily Beast had this to about what Bill Maher said about her on his show Real Time...

Yikes. Maher then moved on to Jenner, the former Olympian turned reality-television star—a lifelong Republican who, despite Trump’s deeply anti-trans platform, was once snapped driving around in a red “Make America Great Again” hat. Still, there’s no excuse for the transphobic jokes that Maher hurled her way.

“How about this for news: Caitlyn Jenner is running for governor. I know you think of her as a reality-show star, but come on, people change,” offered Maher. “She is trans, rested, and ready. She’s got a great slogan: take the ‘sack’ out of ‘Sacramento.’”

Lastly the Outsports article reported that Jennifer Finney Boylan tweeted on her tweeter page…

I’m not going to be commenting on Caitlyn Jenner's candidacy for CA governor. I said everything I have to say when I co-starred on her series. She is my friend, but yes, I did once hit her with a rolled up newspaper.

How do I end this? With “Good Luck” or with “I hope that a dose of reality doesn’t hurt too much?”