Their own standard for Man Of The Year--now the PC-driven "Person..." was traditionally "The person who, for good or ill, affected the most people worldwide during the year."
In 2001 that would clearly had been Osama bin Laden. TIME chose Rudy; a choice more suited to a feel-good stroke for the city of New York than one of a quality newsmagazine being true to its founders' standards.
Since their honorific has become far more of a PC popularity contest than a realistic journalistic recap, I couldn't care less who they choose. It will be as irrelevant to serious people as the winners of the American Music Awards. |
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It'll be Hugo or Mahmoud (since Putin beat them out last year).
I kind think it should be Michael Phelps myself. |
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It is going to be Obama, and I actually have no problem with that choice. There is a world wide cult of Obama. As much as I don’t get it, it is a fact. However, I am still upset they chose Gorby over Reagan as man of the decade. Gorby got less than 1% of the first election in Russia and essentially got his butt kicked by Reagan. Reagan fixed the US economy, won the Cold War and freed hundreds of millions of people. They also snubbed Reagan for man of the century. |
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as significant and accurate as the World Series of Baseball.
Ho hum. |
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Most people have never understood the point of this title: it is not a popularity contest, but rather who has had the greatest impact -- good or bad.
Sorry that Todd can't see beyond his own set.
I think it should be Bush. He has destroyed our economy and seriously damaged the global economy. He has created many more terrorists and made the world less safe.
Who has had a greater impact than that? |
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That said, I humbly nominate the:
Sub-Prime Loans.
Will go into history as the devices that changed a nation, showed its seamy side and waylaid a war hero's bid for the Presidency. |
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Clinton, Pelosi, Dodd, Frank, et al, and the resulting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debacle. Bush demanded closer scrutiny of the lax lending practices, called for greater regulation and was rebuffed by the Democrats. |
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It will be Obama.
He'll be carved into Mt. Rushmore on
the cover.
Or shown as the Dali Obama.
Or parting the sea like Moses c/o
Heston.
He's the new President, he won a historic
election, he is adored by the world, he is
all Time hoped he would be when they helped
him with free campaign publicity for the past
two years. THEIR MAN won.
Followed by the man behind the curtain,
George Soros, moveon.org, Daily Kos, and
Huffington Post.
Actually, liberal bloggers may win.
I mean, 'women' won one year didn't they?
Joe the Plumber, Eli Manning, MIchael Phelps,
Pelosi and REid, Michelle Obama, Sarkozy,
and Rafael Nadal will be there far, far ahead
of George W. Bush....and all he did was have
another year of success fighting terrorism
and win the war in Iraq so well, it left the
entire campaign stage.
Palin should get mention. More than McCain.
As will the 'maverick' Republicans like
Hagel and McCain, for bucking the old party
line. Yeah, that worked out really well. |
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We're the ones footing the bill,
dealing with layoffs, cutbacks,
budget crunches, our $401K's and
IRA's are getting killed by Wall
Street ups and downs....and
we voted.
How about us?
We're the ones who will get the
brunt of those 'non-tax cuts' and
'incentives' and 'investment' projects
Obama is going to plow through..........
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as one with 'sound jugment' and one who will bring a 'fresh face' with hope and change we can believe in. She can be credited with her best marketing efforts yet because Americans have a president elect whose birth place is in question and who has never held an executive position. Oprah should be on the cover for sure, kissing up to the messiah - and Michelle for lack of pride of the country she will now be representing around the world. The cover of the greatest 'hoax' ever will be perfect for the threesome. Sorry Wright - we should have nominated you but BHO would not be pleased. |
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But please Matt. Tina Fey had an impact? On what? The success of the media's hatchet job on Palin? I think the media accomplished that all by themselves. |
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If you have to ask...who, then you really are in the Artic Circle. |
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This is the TIMES we are talking about. Obama. No brainer. He was chosen before he was born. |
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not another loser politician. |
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Who cares?
Stick to the weightier matters if you have any desire whatsoever to be considered anything like a contemporary of Amanda Carpenter, Jonah Goldberg, or Carol Platt Liebau.
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