Time Magazine Person of the Year: Nominations

For some background here are the past 5 winners:

'00- Bush
'01- Giuliani
'02- Corporate Whistleblowers
'03- U.S. Soldiers
'04- Bush

I can't think of anyone in the political arena who really stood out, so I branched out to entertainment and sports, and came up with Lance Armstrong. I'd love to hear others' thoughts.

[superleeds]

Me. I'm looking for a new job and it'll look the bollocks on my resumé

[TomCollins]

Cindy Sheehan? The media loves her.

[slickpoppa]

My best guess would be Bill Gates for his philantropy

[slickpoppa]

Or Bono, or as this article is speculating, something to do with Katrina: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/15/time.personyear.ap/

[Autocratic]

Who cares? TIME just likes to suck the public off by naming our soldiers the man of the year and things of that nature. It'll probably be Jesus this year.

[The Don]

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Who cares? TIME just likes to suck the public off by naming our soldiers the man of the year and things of that nature. It'll probably be Jesus this year.

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Agreed, that list is terrible.

[elwoodblues]

Libby

[jesusarenque]

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For some background here are the past 5 winners:

'00- Bush
'01- Giuliani
'02- Corporate Whistleblowers
'03- U.S. Soldiers
'04- Bush



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This list clearly shows that there is a liberal media bias.

[4 High]

I certainly dont understand Bush in 04, but i REALLY dont understand 00. What in the flying hell did he do in 00 besides lose an election?

[TomCollins]

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I certainly dont understand Bush in 04, but i REALLY dont understand 00. What in the flying hell did he do in 00 besides lose an election?

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Ted Rall? Is that you?

[The Don]

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Libby

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If it makes you feel better, I don't think that ANY politician (or their agents) should ever be 'Man of the Year'. I don't exactly know what the criteria is, but I would choose someone who doesn't make a career out of manipulating people. I remember the amazon.com guy winning, I guess that was a semi-decent choice.

I'm betting it'll be the hurricanes. Back in the 80's their "Person" was the computer. And I think Newsweek touts a "Newsmaker of the Year," which would also be the hurricanes. Wouldn't be the first time they made the same choice(s).

[TomCollins]

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I'm betting it'll be the hurricanes. Back in the 80's their "Person" was the computer. And I think Newsweek touts a "Newsmaker of the Year," which would also be the hurricanes. Wouldn't be the first time they made the same choice(s).

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Ding ding ding.

[4 High]

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I certainly dont understand Bush in 04, but i REALLY dont understand 00. What in the flying hell did he do in 00 besides lose an election?

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Ted Rall? Is that you?

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[peritonlogon]

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I'm betting it'll be the hurricanes. Back in the 80's their "Person" was the computer. And I think Newsweek touts a "Newsmaker of the Year," which would also be the hurricanes. Wouldn't be the first time they made the same choice(s).

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I'm saddened to say I think you're right... both of those magazines need to grow a pair.

[natedogg]

It's mother nature.

Lame. Should at least be an individual.


linky (http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/12-03-2005/0004227180&EDATE=)

[slickpoppa]

I'd like to brag about how much I nailed this:

link (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1142278,00.html)

Sandy Berger for bending over and taking it in the rear to save the Clinton administration in front of the 9/11 Commission. Shame he was the only one to come out of that with a crimnal record.... /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[whiskeytown]

If there's one force that is going to have more impact on us in the next 20 years then anything, it's probably Nature -

Global Warming plus Cat 5 hurricanes = major disruptions to the American Way of life - why not make it person of the year.

RB