Russian President Vladimir Putin Named Time's 'Person of the Year'

Fox News ^ | 12/19/07 | AP

[mware]

NEW YORK — Russian President Vladimir Putin was named the Time magazine "Person of the Year."

Richard Stengel, Time's managing editor, said the 2007 honor went to the Russian leader "for an extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability."

Others in the running for the honor included Nobel Prize-winner Al Gore and author J.K. Rowling

[melancholy]

Putin is a nationalist and it’s too bad we don’t have a leader like him in the White House.

You'll get your chance in '08, vote Ho She Marx and you'll get your wish!

[Calpernia]

Vladimir Putin became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and has never formally resigned from it. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian adherents to the CPSU tradition reorganised themselves as the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is the head of the International affiliation Union of Communist Parties

List of Communist Parties

[Pharmboy]

Terrific comment.

This qualifies as a Great Moment in the History of Irony.

[Ron in Acreage]

Chavez is a lock for next year. Or they may wait until 2012 when his term expires and he remains in power through the use of military force. Liberals at Time love their like minded tyrants.

[Calpernia]

Check this out

[NavVet]

Ironically, the Times Moscow reporter was released from prison shortly after this announcement was made :)

[monkapotamus]

[newzjunkey]

Just heard this on radio and thought it was a joke. I wonder if this will be like their choice of Stalin or Ayatollah Khomeini.

[Beckwith]

... for an extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability."

Can't imagine Time writing that statement to describe Pervez Musharraf.

[freekitty]

I don’t buy Time magazine.

[dangus]

Is this a joke?

“for an extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability.”

Sounds like Petraeus.

[1Old Pro]

Time loves a good commie.

Yes they do, I believe this is the second time a Ruuskie commie got the award. It's also why algor was in the running.

[Halgr]

The world and the US media just gets crazier and crazier every day!!!!!!!!!!

How do we stop this madness????

[onja]

A sad day. I mean, why should Time be wholeheartedly, sycophontically praising a repressive, illiberal, practical dictator? Sure, he’s important, but it is idiotic to praise him for his services to Russia, considering that he’s destroyed democracy, freedom, and every principle we in America stand for.

Now, if Time were Russian, this announcement might make some sense. I just wonder what they’d say about Ahmadinejad. Defender of the honourable, peaceful, cute religion of tyranny?

[FewsOrange]

The criteria is "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year."

[never4get]

“for an extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability.”

Bawahaahaahhaa....the man commences a program that curtails basic freedoms, in lieu of the old Soviet type run government, and Time Mag. actually writes the above. Moonbat liberals never cease to maze me with the outright ignorance and stupidity....In the same breath they then will condemn Bush for using our technical expertize to spy on terrorist calls...and that is “an invasion of privacy”...These people are truly the dumbest people on the face of the earth. This is just the coronation of the liberal “I love socialist dictators” ignorance and stupidity. I am pretty sure it was a tough choice between Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and Putin. So many dictators, so much to love, how confusing it must be for these total buffoons. Really, you can't make this stuff up.

[AU72]

I guess the man who’s strategy saved Iraq from falling to the terrorists wasn’t good enough against a Stalin wannabe.

[Niteranger68]

"I was robbed! Oh...and praise Allah!"

[Uncle Miltie]

Kinda like Hitler: Hard to ignore.

[Santa Fe_Conservative]

Oh please no one ever said being Person of the Year is supposed to be an honor! It's bestowed on the person
who has done the most to influence the events of the year-for better or for worse, for good or ill."

Which is why folks like Stalin, Hitler, Khruschev, Faisal, Ayatollah, and Clinton have all been "person of the year".