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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, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year | |
I never would have believed it. He was the right choice. Has anyone checked the reaction over at DU?
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"My presidency is one that has drawn some fire, whether it be at home or around the world. Unfortunately, if you're doing big things, most of the time you're never going to be around to see them [to fruition], whether it be cultural change or spreading democracy in parts of the world where people just don't believe it can happen. I understand that. I don't expect many short-term historians to write nice things about me."
What choice did they have.......Moore? ;)
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.
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
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.
Can't be. Mainstream media wouldn't honor President Bush. They simply want to destroy him. An honor would stop or delay that.
I thank the correct phrase is "TIME Ragazine".
There really was no other choice, but I am glad that Time at least was able to acknowledge that fact. Plus, it sounds like the article at least begins like they are honoring him and giving him credit for what he has accomplished.
I'm sure that the leftwing kooks like Moore, Franken, the Hollywierds, and the DUers will reference Hitler, Stalin, etc. but that will not be the historical comparison.
Bush deserved it, and I'm glad they left Rove (as the evil puppetmaster) off the cover, that would have been insulting.
RobFromGa
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NEVER FORGET
Praise GOD that...
President BUSH has promised...
During a BUSH Presidency...
FREEDOM's return to:
Communist Vietnam
Communist North Korea
Communist Cuba ..as well as...
FREEDOM's arrival to:
All the countries of the Middle East
...as America's own best self-protection against future terrorist attacks here at home*
*This promise was made in a signed April 2003 BUSH letter read aloud to 1,000's of FREEDOM Loving Little Saigon Vietnamese-Americans demonstrating in support of BUSH's bringing FREEDOM to Iraq, at Mile-Square Park in Fountain Valley, California.
Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer -
An In-person Witness and FREEDOM Loving Vietnam Veteran Speaker at this stunning Event.
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm
NEVER FORGET
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Al Gore is demanding a recount.
I went to Time's site to get the lowdown on what the articles were going to be about. Just a few observations:
First, Joe Klein is historically ignorant. The Republicans were the ones that got the Civil Rights Act legislation through. While the Democrats, tried to stop it. This lie that Republicans tried to block the Civil Rights Act has been repeated too often and believed by too many. You cannot change the facts as they are.
Second, I can't wait to see what Andrew Sullivan has written about President Bush. (NOT!) I can imagine it will be a slam about how he's against gay marriage and how that is going to "haunt his Presidency".
Third, the blogs ruled this year's election cycle. Congrats to Power Line for winning Time's Blog Of The Year.
Congratulations to President Bush!
I went to the Time website to see the cover, and it is blanked out, or I get an error code. They don't want people to be reminded what a cynical and stupid cover Time produced about GHW Bush back in 1992.
The staffs of these magazines are incredibly liberal and out of touch. I am convinced the affirmative action policies of Time and Newsweek to hire 35% homosexuals to their ranks has poisoned these rags beyond hope. To think I used to subscribe to them.