President George W. Bush is named Time Magazine’s 2004 Person of the Year.
Time made the right choice. I heard the left wanted Michael Moore or Howard Dean.
Pfft.
Love him or hate him – George W. Bush is in a class by himself.
Person of The Year 2004
Fantastic. I wonder what the article is like though.
I can’t help but want to paint him. And his dogs. He’s just got so much character it oozes out of every photo that’s taken of him.
Yep, curious about the article, too. Regardless, good for Time for giving him a seemingly positive spotlight.
Yea – the article is lacking. It’s more of a ‘forced confession’ rather than ‘glowing praise’
But, whatever – they’re forced to admit that this guy is extraordinary . . as I said, love him or hate him.
There’s a LOT I’m not liking about Bush, but on the other hand he has done a lot in the last year. Time’s MOTY has always been a worldwide thing, so despite my love – hate feelings for Bush, I really don’t know what competition he’d have.
You have to wonder how history is going to treat this in fifty years. But, I got Person of the Year last year…well, me and around 4 million of my closest friends. Unfortunately, I was out of the country on…business, so I wasn’t able to get interviewed, but I hear the release party is awesome.
A class by himself? yeah a stupid class…
Who be da man? Dubya!!!!
As I recall the vote was for “Man of the Year” not lunatic of the year. I agree, Time made the absolute clear choice.
BTW, found you on BE.
I think the people complaining lose sight of the fact that the award is not for the best person of the year, but the most polarizing. Adolf Hitler got it in 1939 I think. The point is, like him or not, George W. Bush has become the most powerful man in America. I thought the article took an interesting look at what that means.
Interesting. Thank God it’s not Michael Moore.
Cool, that’s amazing that by randomly browsing through the blogs, one can actually find Bush-lovers.
You seem to be an interesting one.
Yeah your right about being in a class by himself. It’s just to bad the President ha to ride the short bus to get there.
Time is still published? Who knew?
Where’d you find the great pic for this post, or did you create it yourself?
Guess I’ll have to stock up on issues of Time for once.
Pfft
There are a few things that I’d rather George did differently – but the fact that he puts the liberals panties in SUCH a bunch makes my day. Hurray G.W. and hurray for America, we’re getting back from the whacko lefies one election at a time (not cheating like the socialist lefties like to do).
love it
WHHYYYYYY??!!
Bush is not in a class by himself. He’s in a class with Hitler (1938) Stalin (1939/42)Khrushchev (1957) the Ayatollah Khomeini (’79) and the computer (1982). And many honorable people. It’s about influence, not greatness. In 1988, it was Earth as Planet of the Year.
I think Karl Rove deserved it more.
It only verifys the sad state of US media today.
Mummy always said if you can’t say anything nice then say nothing at all……
…. mmmmmph mmmph mmmph ….
~a man’s greatness should not be measured by the actions of those who guide him and have done so in such a deplorable fashion…initiating a war on false pretenses, creating deficits unimaginable to the reality of the economics of the moment, withdrawing support from a majority of countries around the globe, a man who cannot even speak in full sentences…~
…..mmmmmph…..
Class by himself? I bet he got a C in that one,too!
that “K” above was not me…I don’t get up that early!
Ugghh…Spider X was here. Yet another liberal who has nothing better to do than post up Photoshop-ed pics of Bush with a Hitler moustache.
See, it’s funny – but what a lot of people don’t get is that Time’s “Person of the Year” is not a popularity contest. Their criteria is based soley upon the person who was most newsworthy in the year. Who created the most news, good or bad? Who was the most polarizing figure of the year? Just the small amount of comments here prove how polarizing he is – - which is why I said “Love him or hate him”
Last year, Time chose The American Soldier.
The year before that, they considered UBL as Person of the Year – - not because people love him . . but because he was the most talked about, most polarizing person of the year 2002.
The people that crinkle their nose and leave comments like “what a sad thing” “Oh how horrible they chose a guy like him” blah blah . . . haven’t done their homework and don’t realize WHY Time Magazine chose him.
People who love him think it’s great!
People who hate him have to agree that he was the person who generated the most news . . . the most love and the most hate . . and polarized this nation like none other in 2004.
Read up next time!
Lisa, is Right Voices down? Sorry to be OT, but I didn’t know how to reach ya.
I just get a blank screen.
I can’t imagine my company blocked me from one site, but maybe, since I am there constantly!
Never mind – I am in!
If Kerry had won, maybe Michael Moore would have had a shot. If we Demos had picked a better candidate (like Dean), then maybe him. But when all is said and done, Bush is the right choice; not cuz I like him, but someone else has already pointed out that TIME doesn’t lavish only praise with this “honor.”
“Their criteria is based soley upon the person who was most newsworthy”
Then shouldn’t TMPOTY be Scott Peterson?
If you are saying that it is just an award for being newsworthy, good or bad, why are you so cock-a-hoot about him “winning” it?
Shit… see what you made me do ? …. Mmmmmph Mmmmmph Mummmmph …..
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! Why is it not Time Magazines Newsworthy person of the year? …. Mmmmmmph
…….. :::pop:::
Because I probably think he’s deserving for completely different reasons than Time does . . or that you do. . or that any liberal does.
Hey, I don’t make the damn rules – - don’t shoot the messenger! lol
33- were you this crazy when he won it in 2000 also? or when hitler won it?
Typical American sub-human responses. Bush is the most retarded, uneducated and stupid president your sorry uneducated country has ever known.
America – One nation of stupidity. You have no class, no style, no culture, and, ultimately, no reason for existing.
You worthless idiots.
And that is before Bush’s lies. His most recent “This country has a strong dollar policy” – And, yet the dollar continues to slide and slide.
Lies, stupidity and more lies. Typically American.
Hi Brian,
Can you please provide us with a link to your site so we can see how smart people make comments?
Not sure what country you are from – but I am not uneducated (same as Bush). And my Dad PAID for my education, from private school through my Master’s degree, b/c he believed it was the RIGHT thing to do. I didn’t ask to be born.
So no crappy, liberal education for me, as well as no crappy subsidized healthcare.
Brian- If we are so stupid and uneducated as you say, then why would you visit a blog hosted by an American? (And a cheesehead at that?)
Bush has been the Many of the Year at my house for 4 years! I just love my president.
Why lord Whhhhyyyyy!!!!!!
He’s a complete moron. TIME must have been paid off.
I guess I have to buy the magazine!!
36… I was fresh off the boat in 2000, so I don’t remember, I may not have even noticed.
Brian is wrong, but it is a common misconception the world over, and Bush is not the greatest arguement against Brian’s rant. That is a large part of what I dislike about Bush, but I also appreciate that most Americans could care less what the rest of the world and Brian thinks. Still think Peterson was more newsworthy, he certainly got more airtime, and he certainly polorized the public opinion, he thought he was innocent and the whole rest of the country thought he was guilty as hell.
ew person of the yr! the dudes an indirect murderer. wow. some people need to get their heads checked.
Sadly, George W. is my fellow American. But more than that he is my vote for the American idiot whom leads his nation of blind sheep on its way to the slaughter house.
Baaaaaaaaaa!
Who would of thought that liberating a people from a genocidal dictatorship would be so unpopular in these modern liberal times. The interesting thing is that in poll after poll, the Iraqis have stated that they prefer the current struggle towards democracy than the old Saddam regime, yet the liberal world still thinks its morally correct to leave the Iraqis under Saddam against their wishes.
From down under, respect to the yank president.