Noble and Knave of 2006

The Washington Times ^ | 01/06/2007

[Christopher Lincoln]

There were, however, more than 130 votes that separated Yale from your Knave of the Year. Usually, the Editorial Page would tease readers a bit before unveiling the winner, but you know who it is. Yes, Jimmy Carter -- president, humanitarian, election observer, Nobel Peace Prize winner, world diplomat, author, peanut farmer, alleged plagiarizer, Israel-hater. Is there anything this man hasn't done?

[Gritty]

[rfp1234]

Absolutely right on the mark wih Monsoor. May this Hero's memory live on forever. RIP.

[jazusamo]

One day the Editorial Page hopes that it will not be honoring fallen U.S. soldiers as Nobles as frequently as it does. But that is not today. The country remains at war and Americans continue to die in service to their country, giving, as Abraham Lincoln said, "the last full measure of devotion." Nowhere is Lincoln's phrase more apt than when talking about Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, a member of the Navy SEALs. Petty Officer Monsoor was positioned on a rooftop with his fellow SEALs in Ramadi, Iraq, when a grenade hit him in the chest and rattled to the ground. Petty Officer Monsoor knew the blast would surely kill him and the two SEALs nearest to him. "He never took his eye off the grenade," said a SEAL later. "His only movement was down toward it." As one reader asked, "Is there anything more noble?" No, sir, there isn't, which is why Petty Officer Monsoor is the Noble of the Year.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, one of America's finest.

God Bless him and his family.

[Theresawithanh]

God bless the men and women of the United States military!

Glad Jimmy got the #1 knave spot, although it would have been equally rewarding to see it go to Murtha or Webb. Too bad it won't shut him up and make him just fade away into obscurity.

[definitelynotaliberal]

ping

[Cicero]

The Washington Times has been off its game surprisingly often this year, but this editorial is right on the mark.

[Tom D.]

My only complaint with this editorial is that the WT gave much more print to the knaves than to the Nobles.

Otherwise, a great editorial.

[OldPossum]

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor, one of America's finest.

The Washington Times got that one right, that's for sure.

Wonder who The Washington Post would select as their hero of 2006? Cindy Sheehan?

[jazusamo]

Wonder who The Washington Post would select as their hero of 2006? Cindy Sheehan?

It wouldn't surprise me at all if WaPo chose her, OP. They both deserve about the same level of respect, very little.