cheney in the lead for MAN OF THE YEAR in TIME magazine

[bearfartinthewoods]

somebody wake me.

i'm having a nightmare and in my nightmare i just heard this on CSPAN.

wake me please...i begging.

[Brucey]

1. I think Hitler was in the running once too.

[jobycom]

8. Hitler won. 1938, I think. nt.

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[BootinUp]

36. LoL! I didn't know that but how appropriate company it is. (n/t)

[La_Serpiente]

2. WHAt the hell is wrong with TIME!!!!!

They could choose Soros for for doing everything for Eastern Europe. They could choose "Bono" or someone else. But Cheney? What the hell is America coming to?

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. well didnt Hitler get man of the century?

its not all that surprising.

[Dudley_DUright]

32. No, actually Albert Einstein got named Time's person of the century

http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/home.html

[el_gato]

4. what a joke

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. Oh, COME ON!

It's a joke, right? PLEEEEEEASE tell me you're joking! :wtf::nuke:

Can we vote for this online?

[La_Serpiente]

6. They just said it on CSpan

[bearfartinthewoods]

7. no joke

i missed the name of the newspaper he was reading from but the exact quote was: cheneny, the man to beat for man of the year.

btw....i thought they changed that to person of the year?

[nostamj]

9. let's suggest that this suggestion sucks...

[e-mail]

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. ditto!

Done! I hope they get 100's of emails!

[lefty_mcduff]

10. Isn't the 'award' for someone who has 'changed' the world...

...not neccessarlily because they're good guys or anything. Hitler was up for that very same reason. I think OBL was up too, but Time caved to pressure. Under this reasoning, Cheney could be the 'Man of the Year' because of the havoc his finger-puppet (Bush) has unleashed across the globe.

[59millionmorons]

11. I can see Cheney as man of the year

Just because you are a person of the year doesnt mean it's for something good you did. In this case it is likely for bad things, like pressuring the CIA for lies to support this war. On how he was the main guy out there pushing for war, lying about connections between Osama and Hussein. So he might get man of the year, but I am sure it wont be for any good he has done. He also made the cover of Newsweek this month, I am sure he didnt want to get on that cover the way he did.

[Military Brat]

12. "Man of the Year" is often awarded to U.S. presidents

Time picks the single person (man, woman, group or even idea) who, for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year.

Quote: "Franklin D. Roosevelt, the U.S. president who received the honor in 1932, 1934 and 1941, is the only person to grace the Man of the Year cover three times. U.S. presidents appear more frequently than any other group. They are: Harry S Truman (1945, 1948), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1944, as a general; 1959), John F. Kennedy (1961), Lyndon B. Johnson (1964, 1967), Richard M. Nixon (1971, and with Henry Kissinger in 1972), Jimmy Carter (1976), Ronald Reagan (1980, and with Russian premier Yuri Andropov in 1983), George Bush (1990), and Bill Clinton (1992, and with Kenneth Starr in 1998)."

Well, if they chose Ken Starr, they can certainly lower the bar again and choose Cheney, our current president behind the curtain. In one year Time chose a computer. So, again, if they chose a computer, they can choose an android this time; that is, Cheney.

http://www.time.com/time/moy/index.html

Man of the Year is not necessarily an honor.

[Suzette]

14. We posted at the same time, to the

same effect; except, you did it like a grown-up; oh, well...:toast:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

29. unfotunately, it's viewed as an honor these days

time long ago quit bestowing it the infamous of those who influenced the news

conservatives will eat it up if he wins, and the public will misinterpret it as an honor

[Suzette]

13. It's okay, everyone, it's all a bit nuts!

To be Time's Person of the Year doesn't connote what you are presuming.

They define this 'honor' as someone having the most impact.

Therefore, they did name Hitler.

They might name Cheney, but, I'm certain they'll put in little Halliburton, etc., tidbits ans so on.

Seriously, it's not such an honor! :evilgrin:

[newyawker99]

21. Hi Suzette!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[jobycom]

15. Wait-- isn't the award supposed to be for the person in the news the most?

There have been some choices that were less than desireable, and Time's excuse is always that this person was the biggest news story of the year, not necessarily a good person.

When has Cheney been a big news story? I'll bet large numbers of Americans have forgotten he is VP. They work very hard to hide what he does, especially since it is often criminal.

Something's afoot. Are they trying to improve his image before the campaign? Are they expecting something to happen to Bush and trying to make Cheney electable on his own? Or did Cheney get upset that no one knows who he is, and order them to give him some love?

They've been hiding him. Why out him now?

[HFishbine]

17. Person of the Year

is not an award. It's not an honor. It's simply a recognition of the person Time deems to have had the most influence over events. Past "winners" have included these individuals:


Hitler, 1938
Stalin, 1939 & 1942
Nikita Khrushchev, 1957
Ayatullah Khomeini, 1979
Kenneth Starr, 1998 (shared w/Bill Clinton)

these groups:

U.S. Women, 1975
The Middle Class, 1969
U.S. Astronauts, 1968
Young People, 1966
Hungarian Patriots, 1956
G.I. Joe, 1950

and these non-human winners:

The Computer, 1982
The Planet, 1988

[bearfartinthewoods]

22. it still sux

[asjr]

18. cheney

If he wins I hope Time will show him on the cover with fangs dripping oil.

[BringEmOn]

19. Dick "Blood 'n Oil" Cheney

[Kolesar]

20. Will he have his hand up puppet-Bush's ass on the cover of Time

If he gets the man of the year award?

[leftofthedial]

23. Hitler won once. why shouldn't Cheney?

??

[rucky]

24. All Eyes on Cheney? Could be worse...

Time is acknowledging that Cheney has the greatest influence on the events of this year... Meanwhile, he's been doing his best to fly under the radar.

This could be good.

[opihimoimoi]

25. Why do we continue to heap awards on undeserving people is my question

Lifes a Bitch then we die.

Instead of honoring people who give us solutions, the real kind, the ones that make us all live better, longer, sweeter, no, we seem to dote on remoras, those that do not "feed" us but are parasitic instead.

Our KMarts/WalMarts are stocked with food and goods. to the ceiling joists they are. But it gives us Americans a false sense of security.

Famine and Hunger is quite common in the other half of the Planet. It won't take much to disturb the balance and tilt towards a GLOBAL FOOD SHORTAGE. I can tell you one thing, we can't eat Money. If there is no food, what is there to purchase?

The point is, we heap awards like Man of the Year to the fuckin wrong guys.

Come, we go kill a chicken, clean and cook the dang thing.

[mitchum]

30. That's exactly what I was thinking, Rucky

and, of course, such a distinction also undercuts our glorious leader*

[Terwilliger]

26. I think it should be...

Michael Jackson

[giantrobot_2000]

27. Gingrich

I remember the shock when Time gave none other than Devil Face Newt Gingrich "Man of the Year" honors during his reign of terror over the House. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw their rag on display at the newsstand.

If you think that Time isn't "honoring" someone by naming him "Man of the Year," you're being very naive. Time has always been right-of-center. They loved Reagan and pilloried Clinton. Witness the flag-waving and especially slobbering support of Bush immediately after 9/11 and all througout the Iraq debacle.

[CBHagman]

28. What as? "Man of Evil"?

Which was the title of a James Mason movie.

If I have to look at Cheney's bald, cold, remorseless countenance next month, I shall.... :puke:

[RebelOne]

31. Hell, I'd rather see Michael Jackson or Kobe Bryant as Man of the Year

[gulliver]

33. Osama Bin Laden was in the lead too.

It is no great accomplishment.

I wonder how Bush would feel about that in an election year.

[Silverhair]

34. IT ISN'T AN HONOR. Calm down. It simply means who is the...

biggest story of the year. It does not mean who is the greatest human of the year. Once a computer was the biggest story so they changed it that year to "Machine of the Year." It's just a gimmick to sell more copies of the first issue of the new year.

[Carolina]

35. cancel your subscription

if you have one. I did so months ago. When the renewal notice came, I wrote all over it explaining why I would no longer waste my money on such a rag. If you tend to buy issues individually because of an article or cover feature, forego the temptation. Don't but it. You can read what you wish without purchasing it. Money talks so hit 'em where it hurts: in their pockets.

Let them go ahead and put Trickier Dick on the cover. It's sickening but it will rally and further galvanize our side just in time for primary season