Time's Man of the Year.

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Not sure if this is a comparison or not.

http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/projects/hitler/sources/40s/414-141HitlerTime.jpg

http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1940/1101400101_400.jpg

http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/20081229_107.jpg

ETA: Time will tell I guess.

[Giselle]

Time also chose Putin last year, if you want to include that. Time chooses the single most influential person/group of people. They aren't playing emotional favorites. This year, they decided it was Obama. At some time, they decided it was Hitler. Nobody can argue that Hitler was incredibly influential, no?

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Nobody can argue that Hitler was incredibly influential, no?

No argument from me, but thats all hindsight for us. I dont think, in 1939, Time Magazine knew the true horrors Hitler had planned.

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Stalin made the list twice, 1939 and 1942.

Churchill also made the list twice, 1940 and 1949.

Harry Truman makes the list 2 times as well, 1945 and 48.

Jimmay Carter made the list in 1977, and he lead us too...

Ronald Reagan making the list twice, 1980 and shares it with Yuri Andropov in 83.

Im getting lazy here but WTS is with the Shrubs getting not 1, not 2, but 3 nods for Times Man of the Year? 1990, 2000, and 2004. Seriously, the Shrubco Clan gets 3 nods?

The 1 Kennedy to get the nod, I will salute proudly, he deserved it. ETA: When I visited JFK's memorial with a friend of mine in 1999 just before the New Year, we held the POA in respect for the man and the office he held.

That was a powerfull moment for me, same as standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where MLK JR gave his speech.

If anyone can visit either sight and feel nothing, I would feel pity for them.

[Giselle]

No argument from me, but thats all hindsight for us. I dont think, in 1939, Time Magazine knew the true horrors Hitler had planned.
I disagree. Hitler annexed Austria in 1938. That's pretty influential to me!

[Edwina's Secretary]

http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/19941226_107.jpghttp://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/20031229_107.jpg
http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/19820104_107.jpg
http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/20081229_107.jpg

It is all in your perspective....

[Edwina's Secretary]

And just as silly as OP....

http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/19800107_107.jpghttp://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/20041227_107.jpg

Oh my gosh!!!! What does it mean!!!!

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I disagree. Hitler annexed Austria in 1938. That's pretty influential to me!

Not nearly as influential as the attrocities from the years following.


http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/19941226_107.jpghttp://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/20031229_107.jpg
http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/19820104_107.jpg
http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/20081229_107.jpg

It is all in your perspective....

I hope your perspective does not equate the Pope, American Soldiers, and a Nobel Peace Prize honorary with monsters like Hitler and Stalin. I strongly disagree with Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize, my perspective wont allow me too, but I would not put him on the same level as Hitler or Stalin.


And just as silly as OP....

http://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/19800107_107.jpghttp://img.timeinc.net/time/images/covers/20041227_107.jpg

Oh my gosh!!!! What does it mean!!!!

I puzzled as why you find your comparison silly, it seems fairly spot on.

[RICHARD]

LOL, I am glad that TIME doesn't print in soy ink.

Otherwise I'd look like one of those monkeys with the colored arse you see at the zoo or on Animal Planet.

Seriously, what has BO done to influence the world?

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LOL, I am glad that TIME doesn't print in soy ink.

Otherwise I'd look like one of those monkeys with the colored arse you see at the zoo or on Animal Planet.

Seriously, what has BO done to influence the world?

He is the first half caucasion American president?

ETA: did I spell caucasion right?

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Im back in lazy mode, can somebody Cliff Note why the Bush clan has 3 Man/Person of the year awards for me?

[Grace]

Im back in lazy mode, can somebody Cliff Note why the Bush clan has 3 Man/Person of the year awards for me?

Possibly for the simple reason that they were POTUS in those years?

Since the list began (in 1927), every serving President of the United States has been a Person of the Year at least once with the exceptions of Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover (the presidents who were in office at the time of the first issue and the term immediately following it, respectively) and Gerald Ford.

[Karen]

Caucasian is the correct spelling, blue!

Time seems to need to explain each year that their pick for "person of the year" is just the most newsworthy - good or bad, either way. And certainly Barack Obama made a lot of the news this year, we couldn't turn to a single news channel or publication without the whole election getting covered ad nauseam. As he is quite literally the "last one standing" - he gets the prize, as it is.

There have been years when the "Person of the Year" wasn't even an individual person.

And of course, Time is a publication with its own opinions and agenda, just like a million others.

Wikipedia has a list of all the honorees, with notes like "first woman chosen" - back in 1936 - Wallis Simpson - included. Kind of interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

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Possibly for the simple reason that they were POTUS in those years?

Simplest is usualy the best. I dont see it, but its a good explanation.


Caucasian is the correct spelling, blue!

And I got Caucasian right last night, dang it.


Time is a publication with its own opinions and agenda, just like a million others.

I guess I preffer facts to opinions.