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Sunday, December 19, 2004
Fop of Year is Now Time's Person of Year
I can't even comment on this without spitting. Apparently we are now entirely in the new regime where facts and reality are irrelevant:
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's bold, uncompromising leadership and his clear-cut election victory made him Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2004, its managing editor said Sunday.
Time chose Bush "for sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters this time around that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years," Jim Kelly wrote in the magazine.
Personally, I think they should have used this picture for the cover:
December 19, 2004 at 12:31 PM | Permalink
Comments
I think either bin Laden or Hussein has been their person of the year before, but it was because of their effect on world affairs and events. The same *could* have been said of Bush, who has made and will continue to make a huge, albeit harmful, difference in the world. But to editorialize and make his selection an endorsement of sorts is unconscionable.
Letter-writing, anyone?
Posted by: John McAndrew | Dec 19, 2004 2:31:32 PM
oh, PLEEZE! How disgusting.
However, I must agree he's made a huge difference in the world. I predict history will have a prominent place for this warmonger and his cabal, but certainly not favorable.
Posted by: Nancy | Dec 20, 2004 7:02:38 AM
Hi all, from a NM ex-pat (ABQ, Roswell and NMSU)! Just found you from Jess's little award show. ;-)
I took issue with the "person of the year" thing to the point of cancelling my Time subscription today. Also, I offered up my own alternative for POY.
And hey, take heart - my first foray into politics was the early '70s, when Pete Domenici was still mayor of ABQ, and Bruce King was guv. Nice to know things haven't changed much in that regard. ;-)
Posted by: Richard Cranium | Dec 20, 2004 5:57:09 PM
(sorry, forgot to close the tag...)
Posted by: Richard Cranium | Dec 20, 2004 5:58:07 PM
