it is amazing that our society can preach tolerance for one set of characteristics and then total intolerance for another.  We can only be one gender, race, religion, colour and so on at any point in our lives (and have the ability to change some of those characteristics!)  None of the above should prevent one from attaining the highest political office in the land and by the same token if they can speak 1, or 2 or 5 languages, it is just part of their resume, not an exclusion criteria.