By Zamboni
It's always distressing to lose a smart woman, especially when you have Republican idiots like Marsha Blackburn claiming that the phrase "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" appears in the Constitution. But wow — having to say goodbye to Madeleine Albright is tough.
Maddy was a diplomat, trailblazer, writer, teacher, and superb brooch-wearer (Jill Wine-Banks, take up the baton, please). She spoke a whole grab-bag of languages and, despite her family having to flee first the Nazis and then the Communists, grew into not just one of the Women of the Century but also international mega-celebrityhood. Meaning that she knew just about everybody important in the world.
It's too bad that she died before seeing the end of Vladimir Putin and Benedict Donald. She had both their numbers. As the author of Fascism: A Warning, in a 2020 interview she said:
"Fascism is not an ideology. It is a process for gaining power and it begins with a demagogic leader who is able to exacerbate the differences that are kind of normal in any society, who thinks that he's above the law, who thinks the press is the enemy of the people, and is somebody who is willing to do pretty much anything to be in power."
That was before January 6 — eerie, isn't it?
The United States was lucky to have Madeleine Albright's brilliance at its disposal for so many years. We cats will miss her, and we PURR.
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