Fran Drescher: Senate Seat Should Be Mine

According to New York magazine, "The Nanny" star Fran Drescher wants Hillary Clinton's Senate seat:

Fran Drescher wants to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate. She says she's qualified. "I've just been given the appointment of U.S. diplomat," she said at a party for Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven at that restaurant on December 3. "My title is public diplomacy envoy for women's health issues, and I just got back from a four-country European tour of duty. I believe next I'll be sent to the Middle East." ... What else makes her a good candidate? "I'm an authentic and honest person," she said. "And I think Capitol Hill needs more of that."

Mediabistro adds that "Drescher has considered her run before but has never quite made the leap." In fact, US News & World Report quotes her voicing her interest way back in 2007:

Her activism began grimly, when she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. ... Along the way, she says she won first lady Laura Bush's help and was rewarded with a nomination to be a special U.S. envoy on women's health issues. Her appointment is stuck in the usual bureaucracy, but she swears there are no skeletons in her closet. "I'm a good girl, I am," she says. Her further political goal: being a New York senator. "If Hillary wins," she tells us of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, "I want that seat!"

Comments

[LeftLeanWing]

She was working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens,
Til her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes.
What was she to do, where was she to go
She was out on her fanny.

So she I-95'd from Flushing to the Senate Floor,
She was there to sell make up but the Governor saw more,
She had style, she had flair, she was there,
That's how she became Senator Nanny.

[XME]

Well, one certainly cannot claim that Caroline Kennedy is MORE qualified than Drescher!

[Jacqueline3]

Caroline is a lot more qualified. Google Caroline Kennedy and find out what she has been doing. Just because she is not in the news everday, does not mean she is not qualified.

[XME]

And Drescher has also been quite active, like her or not.

[XME]

BTW, my point was NOT that Caroline hasn't done anything, because she has. My point was that for THAT position (a Senator), she's no MORE qualified than someone like Drescher.

[ohiomark]

Can you imagine listening to Fran Drescher's voice in a debate or on the Senate floor?

I'd rather hear fingernails down a chalkboard.

[aznurse]

I'd like Drescher and Palin to debate. Waterboarding for the ears.

[aege8th]

exactly! They should broadcast it over enemy territory! The mujahadeen would be streaming out of the caves, en masse, ears bleeding!

But at least Fran can put an English sentence together! She plays dumb but she's actually quite a smart cookie. Sarah is the opposite.

[Chaucea]

Hehe, I'd love to see Drescher go up against Palin--she'd shred Palin thoroughly, succinctly, and completely.

[1201SLD]

"Can you imagine listening to Fran Drescher's voice in a debate or on the Senate floor?"

No one actually listens to anything said on the Senate floor. That's all said for the Congressional Record and television. The real "persuasion" is done behind closed doors.

[JCrewCommando]

Yet you were supportive of Palin...

[postman606]

This is an overt sign that on the heels of the election, news is hard to come by. Can HuffPo please do a story that my old-as@ plans on pitching for my WhiteSox next season.

[theone718]

That actually sounds like a pretty funny epidsode of "The Nanny"

[sueno]

NO ! Stay home-

[Nick127]

Hell to the no.

[ohioan73]

Fran Drescher vs Caroline Kennedy? I'm sorry. I'd have to go with Kennedy.

[illinoisan]

Okay but I'd prefer Lois Griffin. Her campaign slogan? "Nine . . . eleven."

[Womanvoter4Obama]

Why not? Why couldn't she do it?

[neenj]

simple: she is not qualified.

[1201SLD]

Never stopped anyone else. And what are the qualifications anyway?

[obama4eva]

yay nanny id vote 4 ha (her)

[ssgman]

Latest news: Ms. Drescher has petitioned former President Clinton to a private meeting where she can showcase her political talent and prove, once and for all, that she is fully capable of servicing her constituents.

[radmul]

If she wants to be a Senator let her get on the ballot and win an election. No celebrity appointments. let her earn it. Appointments should be limited to persons that have actual legislative experience. While Arnold is a bit of a tool he did win an election.

[neenj]

exactly.

[bignerd]

2 words - Caroline Kennedy

[Simpletruthiness]

Well havn't alot of us spent all this time egging on Al Franken? Didn't Ahnoold become gov of California and is sidekick in the predator became gov of MN. Do I think its a bad idea hell yes I am just saying things just have bad have already happend in politics.