W - "Time" Man of the Year

[beyond the sea]

Gotta try to get that tax code reformed..... and Social Security. The way the effect of a massive change in out taxing procedures has been explained by the Fair Tax folks and others, the economy could ZOOM upward if the taxing element was straightened out. It must be done, but it will be a drag.........dragging the lefties along!

[mainepatsfan]

He was such a great leader that his country no longer exists!!

[rabidralph]

From the article:

An ordinary politician tells swing voters what they want to hear; Bush invited them to vote for him because he refused to. Ordinary politicians need to be liked; Bush finds the hostility of his critics reassuring. Challengers run as outsiders, promising change; it's an extraordinary politician who tries this while holding the title Leader of the Free World. Ordinary Presidents have made mistakes and then sought to redeem themselves by admitting them; when Bush was told by some fellow Republicans that his fate depended on confessing his errors, he blew them off.

[albee]

"He was such a great leader that his country no longer exists!!"

Perhaps that is why he now spends most of his time living in a U.S. government house (it used to be a Coast Guard Station) on San Francisco Bay. My how the mighty have fallen.

Thanks Ronnie!

[sissyjane]

I just went over to DU, and they are at their swearing ,screaming, liberal bottom-feeding worst.

...going to de-contaminate myself now.....

[MeekOneGOP]

Bush named Time's Person of 2004

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Sunday, December 19, 2004 · Last updated 5:25 a.m. PT

Bush named Time's Person of 2004

By SAM DOLNICK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

NEW YORK -- After winning re-election and "reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style," President George Bush for the second time was chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year.

The magazine's editors tapped Bush "for sharpening the debate until the choices bled, for reframing reality to match his design, for gambling his fortunes - and ours - on his faith in the power of leadership."

Time's 2004 Person of the Year package, on newsstands Monday, includes an Oval Office interview with Bush, an interview with his father, former President George H. W. Bush, and a profile of Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove.

In an interview with the magazine, Bush attributed his victory over Democratic candidate John Kerry to his foreign policy and the wars he began in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"The election was about the use of American influence," Bush said.

After a grueling campaign, Bush remains a polarizing figure in America and around the world, and that's part of the reason he earned the magazine's honor, said Managing Editor Jim Kelly.

"Many, many Americans deeply wish he had not won," Kelly said in a telephone interview. "And yet he did."

In the Time article, Bush said he relishes that some people dislike him.

"I think the natural instinct for most people in the political world is that they want people to like them," Bush said. "On the other hand, I think sometimes I take kind of a delight in who the critics are."

Bush joins six other presidents who have twice won the magazine's top honor: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower (first as a general), Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Franklin Roosevelt holds the record with three nods from the editors.

Kelly said Bush has changed dramatically since he was named Person of the Year in 2000 after the Supreme Court awarded him the presidency.

"He is not the same man," Kelly said. "He's a much more resolute man. He is personally as charming as ever but I think the kind of face he's shown to the American public is one of much, much greater determination."

The magazine gives the honor to the person who had the greatest impact, good or bad, over the year.

Kelly said other candidates included Michael Moore and Mel Gibson, "because in different ways their movies tapped in to deep cultural streams," and political strategist Rove, who is widely credited with engineering Bush's win. Kelly said choosing Rove alone would have taken away from the credit he said Bush deserves.

This is the first time an individual has won the award since 2001, when then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was celebrated for his response to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The American soldier earned the honor last year; in 2002, the magazine tapped Coleen Rowley, the FBI agent who wrote a critical memo on FBI intelligence failures, and Cynthia Cooper and Sherron Watkins, who blew the whistle on scandals at Enron and Worldcom.

[mainepatsfan]

I think in the future historians are going to be amazed that Reagan was able to accomplish what he did in the face of such media hostility.

[LisaMalia]

They just picked this up at DU.

Well, that little click was good for some Sunday morning laughs!

DUers threatening to boycott Time magazine! Is that poetic justice or what?.....LOL

[joesbucks]

Can't be. Mainstream media wouldn't honor President Bush. They simply want to destroy him. An honor would stop or delay that.

[MeekOneGOP]

The AP's full text is on post #86.

Bush named Time's Person of 2004

Excerpt:

NEW YORK -- After winning re-election and "reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style," President George Bush for the second time was chosen as Time magazine's Person of the Year.

The magazine's editors tapped Bush "for sharpening the debate until the choices bled, for reframing reality to match his design, for gambling his fortunes - and ours - on his faith in the power of leadership."

Time's 2004 Person of the Year package, on newsstands Monday, includes an Oval Office interview with Bush, an interview with his father, former President George H. W. Bush, and a profile of Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove.

In an interview with the magazine, Bush attributed his victory over Democratic candidate John Kerry to his foreign policy and the wars he began in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"The election was about the use of American influence," Bush said.

After a grueling campaign, Bush remains a polarizing figure in America and around the world, and that's part of the reason he earned the magazine's honor, said Managing Editor Jim Kelly.

"Many, many Americans deeply wish he had not won," Kelly said in a telephone interview. "And yet he did."

In the Time article, Bush said he relishes that some people dislike him.

"I think the natural instinct for most people in the political world is that they want people to like them," Bush said. "On the other hand, I think sometimes I take kind of a delight in who the critics are."

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest or Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the ping to this.

[LisaMalia]

"Many, many Americans deeply wish he had not won," Kelly said in a telephone interview. "And yet he did."

Damn straight he did.

I had a good feeling walking into my rural Ohio voting place on Nov. 2. It was packed to the hilt with my neighbors....good, hard-working folks. Many of who I was sure were there to make sure a man of character and integrity would be our President for the next four years.

So Mr. Kelly, THOSE are the type of folks who kept W in the White House. And "many, many Americans" are deeply thankful that he is.

[RtWngr]

"The magazine gives the honor to the person who had the greatest impact, good or bad, over the year."

How long do you think i will take the perky Katie or some other MSM'r to point out that Hitler was also named Man of the Year. Frankly, I expected that would be in the body of the article.

[MeekOneGOP]

The magazine gives the honor to the person who had the greatest
impact, good or bad, over the year.

From the tone of the article, it appears to me that Time chose him for
the 'bad'.

[mainepatsfan]

I anticipate it to be in every article in the big MSM papers tomorrow. Certianly in the AP and Reuters stories today and I'm sure Katie will go out of her way to mention it tomorrow.

[jigsaw]

I thank the correct phrase is "TIME Ragazine".

[WIladyconservative]

LOL - that photo makes it look like he has 3 legs and three hands!

[RtWngr]

We should start a thread to keep track.

[mainepatsfan]

It might be easier to just list the one's who don't mention it.

[Grampa Dave]

This cover/issue of Slime will not be welcome in the blue ghetto cities!