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Don't forget this is under "People who mattered, 2005"... and the other nominees are...

Patrick Fitzgerald

His CIA-leak inquiry has cast an unflattering light on the inner workings of the White House and the press. But the tight-lipped federal prosecutor, the son of a Manhattan doorman, has won respect for his independence—a Washington outsider in the best sense of the word.

Cindy Sheehan

Who would have thought that this mother of a soldier killed in Iraq could spoil the President's vacation—and become spiritual leader of the antiwar camp? Keeping vigil outside Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch for nearly a month, Sheehan became a folksy celebrity: a hero to some and a villain to others.

Ray Nagin

Could he have done more to get his people out before Katrina hit? Probably. But once the levees broke, the mayor of New Orleans embodied the pain and frustration of his city, even cursing on the radio as he joined thousands of stranded residents in wondering why their government had failed them.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

He is an unlikely firebrand: the soft-spoken son of a blacksmith who still sometimes drives a 30-year-old Peugeot. But Iran's new President doesn't shrink from controversy. After winning a disputed election, he said he would continue Iran's nuclear program, called the Holocaust a "myth" and pledged to destroy Israel. Even some of the nation's ruling clerics are nervous about what he will do next.

Geena Davis

Ginger Rogers, it is said, did everything Fred Astaire did—backward and in high heels. In a similar fashion, Davis, as the steely-spined first woman President on ABC's Commander in Chief, once defused a crisis while dancing with the President of Russia. Does the drama's success bode well for Hillary or Condi? They'd have big shoes to fill.

Darth Vader

Turns out he was just misunderstood. Critics hailed George Lucas' Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith for giving resonance to the space baddie's downfall. Anakin Skywalker, led astray by his master, loses his morals and the love of his life—but gains a cool mask.

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After a while, you have to wonder if they know how stupid and biased they look... Then you remember - it's Time.