"Person of the Year"

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For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year

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There were many things I thought Bush was...Person of the Year was not one of them.

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Just change the 'person' to Bastard...and there you have it. Or include Blair, then change it to Bastards...that's more like it! :wink:

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Who was "Time" magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1938?
( As founder Henry Luce said, "for better or worse-)
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Go ahead, take a wild guess...

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Henry Winkler?

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Hitler

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It just never ceases to amaze me....

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Time has a weakness for those "can do" kinda' guys which it generally lives to regret.

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Smilin' Joe was MOTY in 1952...

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People insist on thinking that Time's "Man of the Year" is an honor when it is nothing of the sort.

Past "winners" include:

1938 Hitler
1939 Joseph Stalin (also 1942)
1957 Nikita Krushchev
1979 Ayatullah Khomeini
1995 Newt Gingrich
1998 Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr

George Bush has "won" three times. 1990, along with his Dad, 2000, and 2004.

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Indeed, Greyfan. I think, I hope, most of us understand where Time (the magazine) is coming from.
With that in mind, please go back up a few posts to Acq's post of 3:57 pm and re-read it, re-think it, substituting time (history) for Time (the mag).
Quite a different spin.

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However this does read as something of an endorsement.:

For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year

... & it makes me wonder why Osama Bin Laden was never Person of the Year. He certainly had a huge influence!

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Magus wrote:

Who was "Time" magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1938?
( As founder Henry Luce said, "for better or worse-)
"
Go ahead, take a wild guess...

Check out 41, 44, 48, 59, 61, 64, 67, 71, 76, 80, 90, 92, 00, 04

Perhaps you'll notice a pattern instead of making these ignorant insinuations.

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McG,
in '71 , the MOTY was Nixon.
In '72 it was Nixon and Kissinger.
In '73 it was JUDGE JOHN SIRICA.

(Funny, how YOUR listings cited excluded Judge Sirica...)

The point being... that the designation isn't necessarily an HONOR, and doesn't quite count as a Laurel Wreath.

Heck, Ayatollah Khomeini got the nod in '79.

But I sincerely regret any distress I might have caused you by attempting to dispel any misperceptions about any "Honor" implicit in the designation... Rolling Eyes

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Magus wrote:

McG,
in '71 , the MOTY was Nixon.
In '72 it was Nixon and Kissinger.
In '73 it was JUDGE JOHN SIRICA.

(Funny, how YOUR listings cited excluded Judge Sirica...)

The point being... that the designation isn't necessarily an HONOR, and doesn't quite count as a Laurel Wreath.

Heck, Ayatollah Khomeini got the nod in '79.

But I sincerely regret any distress I might have caused you by attempting to dispel any misperceptions about any "Honor" implicit in the designation...

Yes, you should be regretful. Look again at the list I made and see if you can decipher the pattern.

Oh yeah, and this is the third time for George.

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The "pattern" seems to be that those were the years in which the sitting President got the "honor" of being the Time (the magazine) Person of the Year. I don't know anything about anyone making ignorant insinuations (we're only on page 2 of this thread, don't you know). Ignorance can sprout up at anytime; insinuations usually come around page 4 or so. (Didn't Clinton & Ken Starr share the honor in 1998?)

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So, the honor is - become president, Time names you Man of the year... So, why the Hitler comparisons? That bit of nastiness serves no other purpose than to make some ignorant insinuation...

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Methinks the minion doth protest too much...

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Magus wrote:

Methinks the minion doth protest too much...

Honestly, I don't think you get it.

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Magus wrote:

Methinks the minion doth protest too much...

That should be: "The minion doth protest too much, methinks."

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