Former "Nanny" Star Fran Drescher Wants To Take Hillary Rodham's Senatorial Job

[underpants]

Source: AHN

Washington, DC (CNS) - Former "The Nanny" star Fran Drescher wants to replace soon-to-be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Senate. The 51-year-old actress insists she's qualified for the position.

However, Drescher says she wants the job and she has the required qualities to be a senator as she's an "authentic and honest person."

NY Mag quotes the cancer survivor actress as saying, "I've been very successful in getting a bill passed in Washington. I was thinking I'd take the next four years to lay some groundwork, but I'm throwing my hat in the ring."

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[SmileyRose]

1. PLEASE tell me the voice on that show was faked !!

I appreciate her as a person but that voice......argh.

[madrchsod]

2. not by much....she`s a distinct "accent"

[No Elephants]

26. Accent and voice are not the same thing.. Drescher has an annoying voice AND a strong accent.

[LisaL]

3. Oh come on. You can't fake something like that.

[No Elephants]

27. You can. Actors fake things like that all the time. They get voice coaches. She did not fake it

by much, though.

[LisaL]

53. Hers is too special to fake.

[Angleae]

54. I can think of a few other words to descibe it.

[KamaAina]

57. I saw Fran on The View once discussing, of all things, her online dating habits

yes, The Voice is faked. Her true and actual voice, while still a "shtrong" Queens accent, lacks the fingernails-on-blackboard quality of her stage voice.

Speaking of which, like I mentioned, she was trolling for dudes online (!), and one of them asked to speak to her on the phone. Why? You might well ask. He said, "I just want to make sure you don't sound like Fran Drescher or something..."

[Dr.Phool]

4. She could certainly give a few repukes a time out.

Make Liebermoron sit in the corner.

Even she, would beat Ted Stevens to death.

[Enrique]

5. she's from New York?

she always struck me as a Texan.

[John Q. Citizen]

29. I thought she was from El Paso. She's not?

[liberal N proud]

40. That wasn't a Texas accent?

[ShortnFiery]

6. That's cool, celebrity wise Fran Drescher is almost as worthy as Caroline Kennedy.

How 'bout we, the people, BREAK from "celebrity lust" and/or go nuts for "cults of personality?"

Here's a radical idea, WHY doesn't Patterson select a person who's THE MOST QUALIFIED for the Senate of NY?

Or does a Senator of NY State have to now first qualify as "a celebrity" as is seemingly required for the Governorship of California?

[TankLV]

7. In New York?!?! You've got to be kidding...

Of course, if all things were equal, giving a "no name" genuinely qualified person a shot by being appointed would help that person selected in the general election after the appointment. But in the real world, name recognition and muko bucks are the main qualifies in operation, especially in big time politics in New York, unfortunately. That would not only preclude a person sole based on qualifications alone, but unfortunately would also preclude anybody NOT from the NYC area - hence upstate - and especially Western New York - will likely get screwed - again - and will be locked out of the New York power structure.

And that's a shame for an area that has virtually NO effectuve representation in State government for a LONG time now...

[KittyWampus]

21. Just because someone has done some acting they can't run for office? Drescher said in FOUR years

if you actually read the article.

She doesn't expect to be handed anything.

[Bette Noir]

22. Excuse me?

Was Grey Davis a celebrity? Or Pat Brown? Or Jerry Brown, for that matter? Pete Wilson? George Deukmejian?

The current gov is an anomaly foisted upon us by some very dishonest Repbulicans. I'd hardly say that being "a celebrity" is a requirement.

Jerk.

[ShortnFiery]

34. Operative words: "Now" = "Presently" = "The 21st Century"

You're most welcome.

[No Elephants]

30. Drescher is not in the same category as Kennedy politically, but both are smart women.

[Billy Shears]

56. all your bile won't slow Caroline down

watch as she becomes the next President...

[MrsBrady]

8. uhhhh, um....no

[Dead Elephant]

9. Oh mister J

[Mudoria]

10. I know it's up to the Governor to appoint someone

but couldn't he find someone actually qualified that would do a great job instead of putting a "face" in the job? I'm a little tired of Bushes, Clinton's and Kennedy's in the ruling aristocracy.
Know what I mean?

[No Elephants]

32. Caroline Kennedy IS qualified. Why should something that happened almost 60 years ago knock her

out of contention?

[Bake]

42. What, exactly, ARE her qualifications?

In fact, that opens up a very interesting question: what are the qualifications for public office? Other than being the requisite age and meeting the residency requirements? Can not ANY citizen qualify?

Bake

[LibertyLover]

45. Well, let's see - Caroline Kennedy -

after finishing college, she interned with her uncle, Ted Kennedy, then went to work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. That's where I know her from. She is a lawyer with 2 publications on civil liberties to her credit. She is president of the Kennedy Library Foundation and has worked extensively with the New York City Public Schools, first as chief executive of the Office of Strategic Partnerships for the NYC Dept. of Education and now as Vice Chair of The Fund for Public Schools. Additionally she has represented the Kennedy family at any number of official functions. She is very intelligent, passionate about civil liberties and the Constitution and knows her way around the American power structure. To me that makes her a very attractive candidate for the position of New York's junior senator.

[Cha]

46. Thank you for that..from

a New Yorker.

[LibertyLover]

48. No problem - I'm a forner Jerseyite who worked in NYC for

years, including a couple at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when Caroline Kennedy was there. She really is a very genuine and thoughtful individual, who will be an asset in the Senate, should Gov. Patterson decide to appoint her to serve out Hilary Clinton's term.

[Cha]

50. And it shows but it's always

good to hear from people who know personally

[Sanity Claws]

11. NO, Please NO

Who would take her seriously? I hear her voice and I want to cringe. (BTW, I'm from Queens, just like her. I hope to God that I don't sound like that.)

[underpants]

13. CNN had this story this morning

They, or course, had her laugh on

I told my wife "Well I don't need anymore coffee this morning"

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. I dunno...They took Fred Grandy, (Gopher of "Love Boat"), seriously

I don't know that much about her; but I've occasionally heard her discussing the state of things with late night TV hosts. She sounds like a very intelligent woman.

[Alter Ego]

12. Oh dear god NO.

She'd have half the Senate bleeding from their ears each day.

[ShortnFiery]

36. Add Senators Caroline and Sarah to Fran and we'd have a trio of "ACCENTS" ...

to die for?

[FSogol]

14. Well, she could end filibusters by clearing the room with her annoying laugh. n/t

[zbdent]

15. get ready for the "Schwarzenegger for Prez 2012" crowd to go on and on

about the Hollywood ties to the Democrat party and how they kowtow to celebrities ...

[salguine]

16. Bobbi Flekman for Senate!!!

[Nye Bevan]

17. How about Jerry Seinfeld?

He would have the Senate rolling in the aisles. And he has a pretty good sized war-chest for his re-election campaign.

[Alter Ego]

37. "So I go into the Senate and tell them I got an idea for a bill about nothing?"

[acmavm]

18. Why are people here supporting a class of 'professional' politicos?

Did not this country originate on citizens representation?

[salguine]

19. What then? Mr. Belvedere in 2016?

[Alcibiades]

20. At least she's really from New York

It would be better than appointing a Kennedy just because they are a Kennedy.

[No Elephants]

35. Caroline Kennedy is a New Yorker. So was her mother. And Caroline has lots of

qualifications than her surname.

[Alcibiades]

51. The NY part wasn't about Caroline Kennedy

There have been some other folks in that seat who have pretended to be from New York in that seat.

Most of her "qualifications" for the job simply come with the territory for someone who is a child of great privilege. even so, I cannot imagine anyone else so lightly qualified being appointed to such a seat, without dynastic connections. It's not an entry level job--I thin John Edwards proved that quite nicely.

From all accounts, she's a rather private person with something of a distaste for the rough and tumble of political life. Not a particularly good qualification for someone to fill that seat. If it had to be a Kennedy, I like her cousin better.

[Billy Shears]

55. or a appointing a Clinton just because they want a stepping stone to the Presidency

as if Hillary was ever a New Yorker.

[UTUSN]

23. Why not?!1 If Caroline and Hank-Jr can lay claims JUST because they were born...

At least Fran will WORK at the job.

[snooper2]

24. Now that's a cardboard cutout

I would fondle

[nxylas]

25. Being an "authentic and honest person" is qualification to be a senator?

She clearly has a sunnier view of politicians than I do.

[LeFleur1]

31. Most Likely...

...Fran heard Palin and decided if the criteria is annoying voices she's as good as anybody, and she just might be able to beat Palin...on a good day.

[Hugin]

28. I like Fran Drescher.

Flame away!

[HomerRamone]

33. and she was in THIS IS SPINAL TAP! nt

[defendandprotect]

38. Caroline or Fran ... I hope wouldn't be voting for war --

or do a Chuck Schumer pushing for Nukasey --

[agentS]

39. IF NY isn't available for Fran, then she should try Idaho

Today Sen. WideStance lost his appeal to withdraw the guilty plea.
So it looks like Idaho might be needing a new senator after all.
I say go for it.

[rudy23]

41. Isn't Fran Drescher a Scientologist? nt

[onenote]

47. as far as I've ever heard, she's Jewish

were you trying to indirectly smear her? Google not working for you?

[yurbud]

43. it would be tough for GOP to call her an elitist

[xchrom]

44. i like fran - i like caroline -- i'd be happy with either. nt

[tabasco]

52. She's a hottie!

So she's got that going for her!

[Strawman]

58. I nominate Sir Dennis Eton-Hogg