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 Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:35 pm Bush Named Time's Person of the Year |
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Bush Named Time's Person of the Year
Sunday, December 19, 2004
NEW YORK � After winning re-election and "reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style," President George Bush (search) for the second time was chosen as Time magazine's (search) 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 (search).
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.
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Hitchhiker
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:43 pm |
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Thanks for ruining the surprise. Not that I was that surprised 
I mean, who else has done anything this year? The rest of us have all sat around at home, watching George Bush do stuff. He's like reality TV . . . I may not like him, but I certainly find him entertaining. 
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Republican_Man
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:55 pm |
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Good. That's good.
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Superman
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 6:44 pm |
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Nah, it should have been Hulk Hogan or The Rock. 
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:07 pm |
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Nah, Hulk Hogan is getting old.
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Superman
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:16 pm |
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He's still the man, can still draw a crowd and perform on the mike.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:24 pm |
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Yeah very true. He can act too.
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Superman
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:27 pm |
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Here's an idea...
George Bush appears on a WWF card (I know they are now called WWE but I prefer WWF) to thank the superstars. Hogan comes down to ringside to shake hands but Bush blanks him. They have words and have to be seperated by referees.
The main event for a major PPV. Hulk Hogan VS George Bush in a Steel Cage Match with winner becoming U.S. President.
Just kidding of course.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:33 pm |
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You so silly ole bear
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Superman
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:34 pm |
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Being silly is what helps me deal with the harsh realities of life.
But I think a Hulk Hogan/George W. Bush match would draw big money!!!
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:37 pm |
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Yeah they would too.
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Superman
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:40 pm |
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You know how over-the-top these wrestling matches are.
It could take place in a ring in the White House. Bush grabs a nuke at the end but Hogan kicks it out of his hand. Secret Service agents try to grab Hogan but he clotheslines them all to the floor and pins George Bush.
Yes, I am strange.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:42 pm |
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You are very talented with your ideas about that
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Superman
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:44 pm |
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Thanks for the compliment but I missed out on talent.
JanewayIsHott, sorry for going off-topic.
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Puck
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:47 pm |
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I don't care  . It's not my job to enforce the rules anyway, so unless a mod stops yall, just continue as you please.
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Superman
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:47 pm |
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| JanewayIsHott wrote: | | I don't care . It's not my job to enforce the rules anyway, so unless a mod stops yall, just continue as you please. |
Well thank you. I just shouldn't have turned this into a wrestling topic. But glad you're not angry. 
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sun Dec 19, 2004 7:48 pm |
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Bush rocks. I think he looks good as a person of the year. But thats just my opinion.
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Defiant
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 1:30 am |
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Lame. There are tons of WAY better people to be person of the year.
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Jeremy
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 6:36 pm |
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I heard about this on the radio. The catagory is: | Quote: | | The magazine gives the honor to the person who had the greatest impact, good or bad, over the year. |
So I think everyone would agree that he is the Man of the Year. Whether it is for good or bad... And if you want to know then some other people who have been Person of the Year before are Hitler and Stalin.
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Superman
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:31 pm |
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When was George Bush Sr. Man of the Year? I can't remember the exact year...
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Puck
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:39 pm |
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| Quote: | 1927 Charles Augustus Lindbergh
1928 Walter P. Chrysler
1929 Owen D. Young
1930 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1931 Pierre Laval
1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1933 Hugh Samuel Johnson
1934 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1935 Haile Selassie
1936 Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson
1937 Generalissimo & Mme Chiang Kai-Shek
1938 Adolf Hitler
1939 Joseph Stalin
1940 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
1941 Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1942 Joseph Stalin
1943 George Catlett Marshall
1944 Dwight David Eisenhower
1945 Harry Truman
1946 James F. Byrnes
1947 George Catlett Marshall
1948 Harry Truman
1949 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
1950 American Fighting-Man
1951 Mohammed Mossadegh
1952 Elizabeth II
1953 Konrad Adenauer
1954 John Foster Dulles
1955 Harlow Herbert Curtice
1956 Hungarian Freedom Fighter
1957 Nikita Krushchev
1958 Charles De Gaulle
1959 Dwight David Eisenhower
1960 U.S. Scientists
1961 John Fitzgerald Kennedy
1962 Pope John XXIII
1963 Martin Luther King Jr.
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson
1965 General William Childs Westmoreland
1966 Twenty-Five and Under
1967 Lyndon B. Johnson
1968 Astronauts Anders, Borman and Lovell
1969 The Middle Americans
1970 Willy Brandt
1971 Richard Milhous Nixon
1972 Nixon and Kissinger
1973 John J. Sirica
1974 King Faisal
1975 American Women
1976 Jimmy Carter
1977 Anwar Sadat
1978 Teng Hsiao-P'ing
1979 Ayatullah Khomeini
1980 Ronald Reagan
1981 Lech Walesa
1982 The Computer
1983 Ronald Regan & Yuri Andropov
1984 Peter Ueberroth
1985 Deng Xiaoping
1986 Corazon Aquino
1987 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1988 Endangered Earth
1989 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1990 The Two George Bushes
1991 Ted Turner
1992 Bill Clinton
1993 The Peacemakers
1994 Pope John Paul II
1995 Newt Gingrich
1996 Dr. David Ho
1997 Andy Grove
1998 Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr
1999 Jeff Bezos
2000 George W. Bush
2001 Rudolph Guliani
2002 The Whistle Blowers
2003 The American Soldier
2004 President George W. Bush |
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Superman
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:40 pm |
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Thank you for the list.
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Jeremy
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:17 pm |
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Anyone notice a link between American presidents and people on that list?
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Republican_Man
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:19 pm |
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| Jeremy wrote: | | Anyone notice a link between American presidents and people on that list? |
Yes. The year they were elected.
I HATE this though!
| Quote: | 1938 Adolf Hitler
1939 Joseph Stalin |
Humbug! Damn them! They should NOT have been chosen!
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Arellia
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| Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:24 pm |
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| Republican_Man wrote: | | Jeremy wrote: | | Anyone notice a link between American presidents and people on that list? |
Yes. The year they were elected.
I HATE this though!
| Quote: | 1938 Adolf Hitler
1939 Joseph Stalin |
Humbug! Damn them! They should NOT have been chosen! |
Well, they're purpose is not to show the best person of the year, but the person who most affected things. And Stalin and Hitler both achieved that.
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