Fran Drescher has tossed her name in the ring to be Hillary Clinton’s replacement in the Senate. My first reaction was “Hmm, the Onion must have gotten a redesigned site. That looks just like CNN.” But after a moment the notion didn’t seem so odd. What I find even more interesting is the writing style that is increasingly being employed by legitimate news outlets is begining to mimic the freewheeling devil-may-care style of blogs and satire sites. It makes distinguishing between the two a little tougher sometimes.
Drescher, 51, is best known for her starring role in the 1990s television comedy “The Nanny” and an adenoidal voice that could strip the rust off an engine block — a talent that might come in handy during a Senate filibuster.
But since a bout with uterine cancer, she has become an activist for better health care for women and was named a State Department public envoy on the issue in September. Drescher recently toured Eastern European countries to raise awareness of the issue on behalf of the State Department.
