By: Bob McCarty
Bob McCarty Writes

Amanda Simpson

Didn’t hear much about the Obama Administration’s appointment of Amanda Simpson (right) to serve as a senior technical adviser to the Department of Commerce? Neither did I.

Why do you think her appointment didn’t receive much attention in the mainstream media? Perhaps, it’s because President Barack Obama’s poll numbers are so low that his handlers don’t want to drive them lower by bringing attention to the appointment of Simpson.

Who is Simpson?

Among other things, he she is a transgender individual who has served on the board of directors of the National Center for Transgender Equality for the past three years, according to this article.

Despite Simpson’s desire to identify with a gender other than the one of his her birth, his her appointment might work out well. If it does, President Obama will know where to turn — here and here — to hire others like him her.